Presentation ToK Presentation: Past Experience and Tips

[Grumps]

^nope, 'specially if you live in the good 'ol US of A

Ours was related quality perception to setting, and it was presented Yahtzee style, speech complemented by a rapid fire slideshow of comically related pictures.

We got a good mark I think. Our teacher even mentioned how good it was on my report card.

[Reality ninja]

Mine is still a work in progress but the gist is as follows: Is AI(artificial intelligence) Possible? If so what are the social, ethical, and legal repercussions?

Obviously I think AI is possible otherwise I wouldn't get past the first part. I didn't plan to spend too much time on the whole possibility aspect so I could concentrate on the social/ethical/legal aspect. I was going to talk about; how would a first world society deal with artificial intelligence beings in their midst? how would discrimination towards AI's be similar to the discrimination of other human minorities? What position would AI's hold in a typical class based society(would they be given equal status to humans)? How much control could we justifiably exert over them?

These are only a few of the questions I intended to go for, any suggestions, comments?

[Tilia]

I did it on food advice in media and talked generally about how those experiments are carried out and why they can't be trusted blindly. It was apparently good, 20/20

My advice is to read about KIs (knowledge issues) really carefully. I've seen many posts here, where it is obvious that the poster has not understood what a KI really is and how to structure a presentation. ToK is not the same as philosophy, you cannot have a KI about anything.

[iMedic]

I'm doing my presentation on 'Euthanasia for patients in Persistent Vegetative State and its link to religion, emotion, limitations and boundaries of science.'

so far this has been really interesting since i'm into the medical stuff. Furthermore there is a lot to write/talk about this so should be quite easy

[lia]

I did mine on the connection between Maths and Arts - was kinda hard because I only had ten minutes, but I tried to explain everything very simple and included many knowledge issues and examples.

Expecting an 18-20 =)

Tip: try to think about limitations in your conclusion - it really makes things easier

Edited November 14, 2010 by lia

[pumkinns]

i did mine on "ethically speaking, how do you judge wat is right or wrong". 18-20

but one of my friends did a really good one and got a 20/20 about whats "courage" he came in slamed the laptop, and said this is courage. and just sat down. o.O

[navbiha]

I know that for our TOK presentation we can use thing like powerpoint, projectors and even videos. I was thinking of making a ten minute video, presenting all of my ideas, knowledge issues, etc. Thus, I do not have to actually speak during my presentation. Is that alright? I have no trouble speaking but I am a film-inclined person and I want to make this presentation as fun for me as possible. Also, does IB care about copyright issues? Say, for example, I rip clips from a movie (Inception) to use in my film. Thanks!

[Mahuta ♥]

Like I said somewhere else I was told that you have to talk throughout the presentation. It's an oral presentation, unless your teacher told you otherwise.

[Ice Cream is really yummy]

I am doing mine on the arts: "In what mesure can art be invalidated by emotion, reason and perception?" -- sorry, that's a bad translation from french Anywho, I'm presenting tomorrow... and this is my first year IB-- barely into it, actually. And they are making this count towards our final grade! We have barely talked about ANYTHING and I don't feel prepared

AND I FORGOT TO MENTION that we didn't get any pre-IB classes, nor that TOK-Philo classes

Edited March 16, 2011 by egr12resa

[NavyBratt]

9/11 would be a very interesting topic because so many people are misinformed about what led to it. You would just need to be very careful about how some statements get words because emotions still run very high about what happened, and who's really to blame.

[Gad]

Hi,

I am doing my presentation on the ethics on wealth, but I am having some difficulty narrowing it down into sub-topics.

I was wondering if anyone has done something on wealth and whether or not the wealthy have a responsibility to the poor?

thanks

[Gail.]

I did the practice TOK Presentation, near the end of grade eleven, on Procrastination and to what extent is it a bad thing, you can guess how appreciative my teacher was when I proved that procrastination id beneficial

I did my final one Beauty and to what extent is our perception of it influenced by culture and trends, the teacher said he really liked it and it was really good. We incorporated Science and Religion in the presentation.

Tips for those who have yet to do it:

• think of a question before the day preceding the date of your presentation
  
• have a clear cut conclusion that recognizes all points of view yet indicates which you prefer
  
• have differing points of view and argue both with equal vehemence
  
• if you're working in a group make sure all members know what they are doing before you enter the class room
  
• ensure that you are capable of answering any question of you include class discussion in your presentation
  
• do not make the presentation sound rehearsed , even if you rehearsed it, and just wing some bits. Make it sound as natural as possible.
  
• do not choose an asinine topic that has been already dissected beyond recognition i class
  

Edited April 14, 2011 by Gail.

[Ice Cream is really yummy]

You guys think doing one on 9/11 is a good idea??

You can do it now since it's been +10 years since it has happened. BUT! I would still double check with your teacher. You need to be able to find points to talk about, right? So make sure you have them all down. There are also some conspiracy theories.

ACTUALLY! You can use 9/11 as your REAL LIFE situation. It's up to you to find your question

[Keel]

You guys think doing one on 9/11 is a good idea??

You can do it now since it's been +10 years since it has happened. BUT! I would still double check with your teacher. You need to be able to find points to talk about, right? So make sure you have them all down. There are also some conspiracy theories.

ACTUALLY! You can use 9/11 as your REAL LIFE situation. It's up to you to find your question

The 10 year rule only applies to subjects like history as they try to distinguish between historic events and current affairs. So yes you can do 9/11 but in my opinion, 9/11 is so over done, so clichéd and boring. Of course if you can make a good presentation out of it go ahead, but I would do something new and fresh.

[Ice Cream is really yummy]

Thanks for the double-checking, Keel

I do see 9/11 being over-used, but I am sure that you could come up with a great ToK question from that same real life situation. All you need to do is be inspired by the situation and talk about how your topic relates back to it.

[pigsonthewing]

tip: show personal input. that is, give as many personal examples as possible to support your argument.

I did my presentation on Artifical Intellegence and got 18/20 as the examiners felt my discussion was too philosophically academic and formal rather than..well, personal.

[Ice Cream is really yummy]

tip: show personal input. that is, give as many personal examples as possible to support your argument.

I did my presentation on Artifical Intellegence and got 18/20 as the examiners felt my discussion was too philosophically academic and formal rather than..well, personal.

Did you have any personal input at all?

[pigsonthewing]

tip: show personal input. that is, give as many personal examples as possible to support your argument.

I did my presentation on Artifical Intellegence and got 18/20 as the examiners felt my discussion was too philosophically academic and formal rather than..well, personal.

Did you have any personal input at all?

I did have personal input, as I was presenting arguments of my own and not of anyone else. however, the examples I used to support those arguments (and counter-claims ; you need those, very IB ;P ) were not at all personal (that is, I did not say " *yadayada presenting argument*..I had in fact experienced this myself. for example, when I was walking my pet fish Lola......yadayada occured...yadayada"

Edited April 25, 2011 by pigsonthewing

[Ice Cream is really yummy]

tip: show personal input. that is, give as many personal examples as possible to support your argument.

I did my presentation on Artifical Intellegence and got 18/20 as the examiners felt my discussion was too philosophically academic and formal rather than..well, personal.

Did you have any personal input at all?

I did have personal input, as I was presenting arguments of my own and not of anyone else. however, the examples I used to support those arguments (and counter-claims ; you need those, very IB ;P ) were not at all personal (that is, I did not say " *yadayada presenting argument*..I had in fact experienced this myself. for example, when I was walking my pet fish Lola......yadayada occured...yadayada"

I understand. What was your official title for your TOK presentation? If you worded it "Artificial Intelligence" then I understand whow it would have been difficult to find some personal connection to it to achieve maxium marks for that.

That's probably what got you a 4 instead of a 5 on that section of the grading.

Edited April 25, 2011 by egr12resa

[Rhythm and Sole]

IKN:

what knowledge issues regarding musical theatre did you discuss? I too am interested in the performing arts and have been told to do my presentation on something I am interested in.

Thanks.