Discussion-Infectious Diseases

BIO212 MICROBIOLOGY

FINAL PRESENTATION EXPECTATIONS AND GUIDELINES

You have been asked to prepare an educational presentation to a public health class for high school students.

Your presentation will delve in-depth into one particular epidemic disease caused by a microorganism.

You must select an appropriate disease from the list provided in the course module 2 (also shown here). COVID-19 is NOT one of the allowed selections! Any other ideas that are not listed, must be approved by your instructor BEFORE you submit the module 2 proposal.

First: Select one disease process from the list:

· Malaria

· Cholera

· Plague (Bubonic, plague two forms)

· Tuberculous

· Zika

· Ebola

· Spanish Flu

· Swine Flu

· Asian Flu

· Smallpox

· HIV/AIDS

· SARS

· MERS

· H1N1

· Polio

· Yellow fever

Your presentation should include all of the following aspects of this disease:

· The organism that causes the disease

· A thorough examination of what type of organism this is (virus, bacteria, protozoa, etc.)

· Its life cycle in detail, any other species involved besides humans, life stages, etc.

· How it is spread

· The infection process as it happens inside the human body

· Regions of the world where this is found, where it may be spreading, other environmental concerns that impact the life cycle of the organism. Social and economic issues that impact the spread, war, famine, etc.

· Historic perspective, especially if your disease has been around for a long time. When was it first identified? how often has it resulted in epidemics or pandemics?

· Current statistics about this disease, yearly patients, deaths, changes over time, is it getting worse or better?

· The disease process:

· Follow this from infection through all the symptomology and outcomes

· What is the human immune system response?

· Is the patient a carrier, or infected with recurrent episodes or is the surviving patient immune from further infections?

· What is being done to combat this disease and by who?

· Current medications, vaccines, mosquito nets, draining swamps, etc.

· Latest technologies such as genetic modification of infectious insects.

· National and international efforts to eradicate the disease.

· Future prognosis for this disease: will it continue to exist, spread or disappear?

· What can your audience do to protect themselves?

· What can they do to help the fight against this disease?

Directions for your presentation

This assignment is an opportunity for you to craft a 5 to 8-minute professional presentation of your research on the disease you selected. 

· This is an activity that will provide you with skills and techniques that are invaluable as you proceed to future courses and your work in your career.

You have several technology options for executing this presentation (see below), but whatever approach you select, it must be built around a presentation of your disease and include video in some form, either inserted into a PowerPoint or as part of a complete video presentation. Your work must have graphics, diagrams, and illustrations, do not be just a talking head. Think of this as a TED talk.

Presentation Deadlines

· By end of day Thursday (but the earlier the better) of M8, you will need to share a draft of this presentation in our M8 Discussion for peer input (see next page)

· By end of day Sunday of M8, you will need to submit the final version of this presentation (making whatever final edits you see fit).

Content Requirements as outlined above.

Visual Requirements

· Photos and graphics as appropriate illustrations

· Any included graphics should be clear, legible, and labeled correctly with scientific notation.

· All photos and graphics need to have citations included on the slide. 

· A video element of you presenting the information, think of a TED talk.

· You must be seen on-screen for at least two minutes (though you may choose to be seen throughout).

Don't just be a talking head!

Technology Options

Select one of the approaches below showcase your work using both voice-over and on-camera narration. There are four approaches for creating your presentation. Please review the BIO 212 course page Audio/Video Tools, Tips and Instructions for technology specific how-to's and recording tips.

1. Screen recording with Webcam narration (via Screencast-o-Matic or equivalent tool) which must include all the supporting photos, graphics and visuals

2. A video of you presenting your slides (this kind of thing )

3. PowerPoint presentation with webcam video narration (requires latest version of Office 365)

4. PowerPoint presentation with audio narration plus embedded video clips (of you presenting)

· When on-camera: show your upper body, look in the camera, and speak to your audience. Professional attire is highly recommended.

Submission Instructions

Review your presentation and be sure your sound is clear, and you are satisfied with the overall organization.

· Submit your final presentation as a link or a file to the assignment dropbox.

· Include your references as a separate MS Word document.

Your final submission is due in M8 by Sunday, 11:59 PM ET. Per above, you must also post a draft of your presentation to our M8 discussion forum by Thursday, 11:59 PM ET.

Evaluation 

Please review the Voice-over PowerPoint Presentation rubric before submitting your work for evaluation details.

This assignment is worth 15 % of your final course grade.