SENIOR PROJECT PRESENTATIONS

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SENIOR PROJECT PRESENTATIONS

Exams might be over, but the Class of 2014 still has one last step to go through before they graduate: their senior project presentations!

SENIOR PROJECT OPTIONS
You can do several or only one of these options for presenting your senior project. Although ICly your character does have to submit a senior project in order to graduate; OOCly you are not obligated to post anything here. Life is short. You will all be dead soon!!!!

• Silent submission. You may submit a project to your Head of House, to be passed onto the assessment committee for grading. This is considered either the "shy kids" option or "I wrote this paper overnight and I'm too ashamed to look at it anymore" option. You can still get a good grade this way, but doing an actual presentation is known to net bonus points and/or extra benefits.


• Showcase in the Atrium. Space has been set aside in the Atrium as either gallery space or science-fair-style booths. All students are encouraged to spend time in the lodge today to see everyone's projects. Although it's not required, seniors who are present for their showcases (in order to answer questions or run their booths) will net additional points for effort, and likely get a grade boost in classes relevant to their project (e.g. a machine that mixes and dispenses potions might net you a grade boost in Potions and Artificing). You can have a showcase and a presentation in the auditorium if you're an overachiever.


• Presentation in the auditorium. Students will be allotted 15 minute blocks, by request, in order to use the stage to make a presentation on their hard work. Assume that students have booked their 15 minute blocks ahead of today, and have been given lots of leeway in what preparations they can make (e.g. a projector for a slideshow, lighting and music, musical instruments or objects they want set up onstage). This is the option is popular for people who are hoping their senior project will create opportunities for the future (see below).


• Headmistress Bloom is extremely well-connected and knows people from a wide variety of fields. Business leaders and influential Gooseberry alums will be in attendance. Every senior who booked the auditorium was required to write a short treatment on their project, and if Bloom believes an idea is promising, she's invited industry people who might take interest. (e.g. If your project is related to medicine, there might be Healers and people who run wizard hospitals; if it's a prototype, there might be people who can fund production or distributions; if it's a performance piece, there might be art patrons or recruiters for theatre troupes. Please feel free to say that your character got a really cool offer after their presentation!)

» The Atrium: Gallery space and booths have been set up for showcasing projects.

» The Auditorium: Participating students have been allotted a maximum of 15 minutes to impress.

» Other Projects: For those of you who wanted to avoid the spotlight but still wanted to talk about what you'd spent all year working on. Hopefully all year.

» OOC: QUESTIONS, COMMENTS & CONCERNS

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Xavier's Presentation

[solveforx]

If you ever wanted to hear Ted Theodore Logan give a TED Talk, well, this is probably the closest you're going to get. Xavier comes on stage with a a stack of papers firmly clutched in both hands and a big, nervous smile on his face. Things start out rocky; he stumbles over introducing himself and his project - Developing Arithmantic Models for Numerical Animagus Prediction. - and dives into rattling off a brief history of Animagi, interspersed with a lot of ums and uhs. But that part concludes in just under two minutes.

Then, Xavier steps aside and pulls out his wand. With a quick flick, he projects a lot of numerical data up into the air, glimmering and green. Lengthy differential equations, mostly, in script neater than his own handwriting. From there, he launches into a confident discussion of his methods and the data, occasionally jabbing at the air to illuminate a relevant set of numbers. It's... very dense and pretty dry, but Xavier seems enthusiastic. As he draws closer to his conclusion, Xavier discusses specific cases of Gooseberry Animagi from this year and last. To make things a bit more interesting (and, really, to show off), Xavier punctuates each individual case by crumpling up the piece of paper he was reading, tossing it in the air, and transfiguring it into a large paper likeness of the animal that particular student transformed into.

By the end of the presentation, the stage is littered with origami animals and the conclusion is obvious: the measurable patterns in successful Animagus transformation can be applied to determine both chance of success and, possibly, illuminate just what animal a person might change into - at least, for this particular case study.

He wraps up by vanishing his mess of paper animals, delivering an enthusiastic, "Thank you!" and hurrying off stage, hands shaking.