Group IRR Discussion

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Let's discuss our IRR's.

Each group is required to meet and discuss their IRR research. This is an opportunity for each of you to check in, make adjustments to the individual reports or the overall team presentation topic as well as see what everyone else has been working on. Your instructor will also set up a group discussion board for your and your team to communicate as you move through the remaining components of these tasks.

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Individual Research Report (1,200 words)

Work with your team to decide and clarify your individual approach to the team question.
Throughout your research and as a team, continually revisit and refine your original team research question to ensure that the evidence you gather addresses your collective purpose and focus.
On your own:
- Investigate your assigned approach, range of perspectives or lens on the problem or issue of your team research question.
- Identify a variety of sources that relate to your particular approach to the team research question.
- Analyze the credibility of the sources and relevance of the evidence to your area of inquiry.
- Synthesize the perspectives you have gathered and chose which ones would be most valuable to share with your team in your individual report.
- Consult with your peers to get feedback and refine your approach throughout.
- Ensure that the report that you submit is entirely your own work.

Team Collaboration and Argument Construction

Read all team members’ reports.
Teach other team members what you learned so that all team members understand all perspectives presented in the reports (in the Oral Defense, you may be asked about any team member’s work)
Collaboratively synthesize and evaluate individual findings and perspectives to create a collective understanding of different approaches to the problem or issue.
Consider potential solutions or resolutions to your team’s problem or issue.
- Conduct additional research on solutions or resolutions.
- Evaluate different solutions in relation to context and complexity of the problem.
- Propose a solution or resolution to your problem or issue.
- Develop an argument to support your proposed solution(s).

Team Multimedia Presentation and Defense (8–10 minutes)

Together with your team, develop a presentation that communicates a convincing argument for your team’s proposed solution or resolution. Your claims should be supported by evidence and you should show you have considered different perspectives and your proposed solution’s or resolution’s limitations and/or implications.

Develop and prepare a multimedia presentation that will convey your argument for your proposed solution or resolution. You should design your presentation to be appropriate for an educated, non-expert audience.
Be selective about the information you choose for your presentation by focusing on key points you want your audience to understand.
Plan each team member’s role in the presentation design and delivery.
Design your oral presentation with supporting visual media (e.g., presentation slides, a poster, a website), and consider audience, context, and purpose.
Prepare to engage your audience using appropriate strategies (e.g., eye contact, vocal variety, expressive gestures, movement).
Prepare notecards or an outline that you can quickly reference as you are speaking so that you can interact with supporting visuals and the audience.
Rehearse in order to refine your design and practice your delivery.
Ensure that you can deliver it within the 8- to 10-minute time limit.
Ask each other questions about the process and final product of this project to prepare for your oral defense.

Then, deliver an 8- to 10-minute multimedia presentation in which you:

Evaluate different solutions or resolutions to your team’s problem or issue by considering their implications and limitations.
Present a well-reasoned argument that links claims and evidence to explain why your team chose its proposed solution(s) or resolution(s). Make sure you cite or attribute the evidence you use to support your claims (either orally or visually).
Identify and explain the implications and limitations of the solution(s) or resolution(s) your team chose.
Engage the audience with an effective and clearly organized presentation design that guides them through your argument.
Engage the audience with effective techniques of delivery and performance.
Demonstrate equal participation and engagement of all team members.

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