Project Meeting 5: Powerpoint Slides (With teacher mentor)

Date: 22^th February 2011

Time: 1425-1440

Venue: Outside Staffroom

Members : Gary, Hao Yu, Boning(CCA), Akira(CCA)

Mentored by: Teacher Mentor

Discussion and consultation on Prelims PowerPoint Presentation

No.	Discussed
1	Slide 1-Addressing of Group Members and Introduction of Project ·        To add in an image of the PlantPlat in the first slide
2	Entering scenes? ·         Is there any deas to attract audiences’ attention?
3	Need of a Plant Pot Plate ·        Explain clearly why roots need to breathe (Include some pictures) ·        State an example (e.g. Mangrove tress)
4.	Disadvantages of Plant Pot Plate ·        Lifting the pot is inconvenient. How so? à Heavy, back straining ·        Dengue Fever Show related news articles showing that such mosquitoes breeding areas can cause outbreak of dengue.  ·        Some types of plant pot 'dish' is inconvenient because it is difficult to lift the plant pot
5.	Structure of Plant Plat ·        Explain how the drawer works, in details, how the water is emptied (animations)
6.	Advantages of Plant Plat ·        Explain how it can be more convenient ·        How can it reduce dengue cases ·        In what way is it more convenient to empty it as compared to plant pot dish
7.	Others ·        Consider more aesthetic designs (interest of the consumers are very important) ·        Prelims à Show our basic idea (intended product), advantages and how it is better than plant pot plate (state evidences) ·        Semi-finals à  Prototype must be done, choose the right materials

 During this meeting, our teacher mentor gave us many useful tips for improving our Powerpoint slides. We then continued to work hard on the slides and gather more relevant information to include in the slides. Our group then think of more ideas to improve our presentation.

Task allocations:

Haoyu: Work on slides

Akira: Work on scripts

Boning and Gary: Search for related information or articles