Flash Multimedia Presentation

This semester, you will be responsible for a flash, five-minute multimedia presentation.

Requirements:

• The presentation must be no more than 5 minutes in length.
• There should be at least six slides (including introduction and conclusion) and should contain least one video clip—absolutely no more than two minutes in length.
• On the day of your presentation, email your presentation (or a link) to me at dhdelao@gmail.com.

Also:

• You must provide your own laptop.
• You may utilize any presentation program you like (e.g PowerPoint, Keynote). However, please sort out any technical issues BEFORE your presentation date (our room's projection system can be found throughout campus).
• Macs will require an Apple-specific adapter to connect to the university’s projection system. Newer model PCs with HDMI-only connections will also require special adapters. 
• You must present from a downloaded version of your presentation (e.g. PowerPoint, Keynote); DO NOT present directly from Google Docs online.
• Presentations without an introduction and/or conclusion cannot score higher than a C You may be docked for a lack of preparedness

Topics:

1. When Disaster Strikes: The Great Chicago Fire of 1871
2. How Traffic Affects Your Health
3. Risen From the Ashes: One World Trade Center
4. Madam Mayor: Susanna Madora, America’s First  Female Mayor
5. The Hottest Ticket in Town: The 1964 New York World’s Fair
6. What Happens If a Great Quake Hits the Pacific Northwest?
7. The Cost of Living: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
8. The Least Educated Cities in America
9. The Bay Area 101
10. An Oasis in the Desert: How Las Vegas Came to Be
11. How We Vote: Rural vs. Urban
12. The Most Diverse Cities in America
13. Better Bikeways SJ: What to Know
14. The Cost of Living: Denver, Colorado
15. The City on Film: La La Land’s Los Angeles
16. The Story of the Golden Gate Bridge
17. California’s Japantowns
18. “Shanghaied” in Portland
19. The Most Dangerous City in America
20. Cal 3: The Plan to Split California
21. What is a Food Desert?
22. The Nightmare City: Visions of Gotham City
23. Are City Dwellers More Stressed and Depressed?
24. The City on Film: Manhattan’s New York City
25. The Most Educated Cities in America
26. When Disaster Strikes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906
27. Reboot: How Silicon Valley Came to Be
28. The City on Film: Ferris Beuller’s Day Off’s Chicago
29. Going Nowhere Fast: Why the US Doesn’t’ Have a High Speed Rail System
30. The Cost of Living: Cleveland, Ohio
31. W4M: The Single Woman in "Man Jose" 
32. In the Depths: American Cities and Rising Sea Levels
33. America's Best Urban Parks
34. Back in the Day: In the Valley of Heart's Delight 
35. The City on Film: Rocky's Philadelphia

Schedule:
 
Sec. 2-

Week 5: Tue 2.19/Thu 2.21 

1. Jerry Y. - How We Vote: Rural vs. Urban

Week 6: Tue 2.26/Thu 2.28 

1. Minh M. - What is a Food Desert?
2. Tiffany H. - The Cost of Living: Denver, Colorado
3. Murisa B. - When Disaster Strikes: The Great Chicago Fire of 1871

Week 7: Tue 3.5/Thu 3.7

1. Jenny N. - How Traffic Affects Your Health
2. Ganna M. - The Story of the Golden Gate Bridge

Week 8: Tue 3.12/Thu 3.14    

1. Amanda W. - The Most Diverse Cities in America
2. Xiaoguang Y. - What Happens If a Great Quake Hits the Pacific Northwest?
3. Yu Ju L. - “Shanghaied” in Portland

Week 9: Tue 3.19/Thu 3.21

1. Joshua K. - An Oasis in the Desert: How Las Vegas Came to Be
2. Brizelda C. - In the Depths: American Cities and Rising Sea Levels

Week 10: Tue 3.26/Thu 3.28        

1. Edward H. - America's Best Urban Parks
2. Desteny S. - The Nightmare City: Visions of Gotham City
3. Billy T. - The City on Film: Manhattan’s New York City

Week 12: Tue 4.9/Thu 4.11

1. Jasmine K. - The Bay Area 101
2. Eric N. - Risen From the Ashes: One World Trade Center

Week 13: Tue 4.16/Thu 4.18        

1. Vy T. - California’s Japantowns
2. Derek N. - The City on Film: Ferris Beuller’s Day Off’s Chicago

Week 14: Tue 4.23/Thu 4.25

1. Elizabeth O. - Reboot: How Silicon Valley Came to Be
2. Ryan B. - When Disaster Strikes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906

Week 15: Tue 4.30/Thu 5.2     

1.  Jasmine M. - W4M: The Single Woman in "Man Jose"
2.  Zhaorui L. - Going Nowhere Fast: Why the US Doesn’t’ Have a High Speed Rail System

Week 16: Tue 5.7/Thu 5.9

1. Devin Ramos - Back in the Day: In the Valley of Heart's Delight

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Sec. 4-

Week 5: Tue 2.19/Thu 2.21 

1. Kayla P. - The Most Dangerous City in America

Week 6: Tue 2.26/Thu 2.28 

1. Pardeep K. - The Bay Area 101
2. Jared M. - W4M: The Single Woman in "Man Jose"        

Week 7: Tue 3.5/Thu 3.7

1. Brenda L. - California’s Japantowns
2. Melanie M. - The City on Film: La La Land’s Los Angeles
3. Ryan C. - An Oasis in the Desert: How Las Vegas Came to Be

Week 8: Tue 3.12/Thu 3.14    

1. Paulina Y. - Better Bikeways SJ: What to Know
2. Anthony L. - What Happens If a Great Quake Hits the Pacific Northwest?
3. Debasmita R. - The Story of the Golden Gate Bridge

Week 9: Tue 3.19/Thu 3.21

1. Ashley C. - Are City Dwellers More Stressed and Depressed?
2. Jennifer R. - The Most Educated Cities in America 
3. Collin M. - The Hottest Ticket in Town: The 1964 New York World's Fair

Week 10: Tue 3.26/Thu 3.28        

1.  Michelle T. - How Traffic Affects Health
2.  Brianna P. - What is a Food Desert?
3. Analisa F. - Risen From the Ashes: One World Trade Center

Week 12: Tue 4.9/Thu 4.11

1. Angel R. - The Least Educated Cities in America
2. Brandon V. - The Nightmare City: Visions of Gotham City

Week 13: Tue 4.16/Thu 4.18        

1. Asrita B. - When Disaster Strikes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906
2. Emmanuel Z. - Going Nowhere Fast: Why the US Doesn’t’ Have a High Speed Rail System?

Week 14: Tue 4.23/Thu 4.25

1. Zacharia S. - In the Depths: American Cities and Rising Sea Levels
2. Aryssa T. - Back In the Day: In the Valley of Heart's Delight   

Week 15: Tue 4.30/Thu 5.2     

1. Jorge G. - The Cost of Living Denver, Colorado

Week 16: Tue 5.7/Thu 5.9

1. Shannon D. - Reboot: How Silicon Valley Came to Be
2.