DAYLIGHT

SAVING TIME
Should we do it?
Portfolio Document by ELST 0383 R76 - Eve and Mike
29th March 2013

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME

Table of Contents

The choice of the Topic Explanations I. Why we chose this news event II. Why we think our audience would be interested in this topic III. What we think our audience knows about this topic About the Topic (DST) Brief and Arguments I. Brief II. Argument (Analysis) III. Our presentation strategy * Presentation Strategy and Outline Teaching Points Questions and Answers PowerPoint Slides Thumbnails Following a Current Event Research Log Sheets Mike Research Log Sheet I Eve Research Log Sheet II Vocabulary / Terms and Appropriate Cues List of the Sources References 3 3 3 4 5 5 6 6 7 8 9 10 10 11 12 14

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The choice of the Topic Explanations

I. Why we chose this news event

Choosing this topic Daylight saving time (DST) is that because time is an indispensable element of our daily life. Without it, we would not be able to live normally. By adjusting forward one hour about the start of spring and backward in autumn, this practice (DST) allows evenings have more daylight and mornings have less in the summer. To most of our audience (the class), this time shifting practice is fresh and interesting. Because most of us come from China, in which DST is not observed. Although, DST is observed in most of the western countries, the dispute over benefits and drawbacks of DST is always diametrically opposed to each other. Through this presentation, we are going to introduce the definition, talk a little bit background knowledge, state the pros and cons, and hold a quick vote about supporting or opposing the DST.

II. Why we think our audience would be interested in this topic

Subjectively, we are going to involve our audience by holding a quick vote after our presenting the information of DST. To achieve this purpose, we are planning a smart and clear structure of our presentation in order to deliver

DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME everything efficiently. Also, we will use whatever we learnt from the lectures to catch our audience as tight as possible. Objectively, the summer time (DST) is always complained by our audience (the students) on advancing clocks side; however, on autumns backward adjusting side, DST turns to be a hurray on one hour more for sleeping in the morning. Therefore, we think our audience would focus on what we present.

III. What we think our audience knows about this topic

Depends on our background, we think most of us might know little about DST. Some of us might hear about it, but be hard to explain it clearly. Our goal is to make our audience know well about DST and show a little bit personal opinions on the issue of whether we should do it.

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About the Topic (DST) Brief and Arguments

I. Brief
Definition - Daylight saving time (DST)also summer time in several countries in British English, and European official terminology is the practice of advancing clocks so that evenings have more daylight and mornings have less. Typically clocks are adjusted forward one hour near the start of spring and are adjusted backward in autumn. History - Modern DST was first proposed by the New Zealand entomologist George Vernon Hudson in 1895, whose shift-work job gave him leisure time to collect insects, and led him to value after-hours daylight. Current Situation - Although not used by most of the world's countries, daylight saving time is common in the Western world.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org

DST observed DST formerly observed DST never observed

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II. Argument (Analysis)

Pros of DST Saving energy Promoting outdoor leisure activity in the evening Being good for physical and psychological health Reducing traffic accidents Reducing crime Being good for retail business Cons of DST Insomnia Heart attack increased Higher risk of traffic accidents Negative impact on market Environment Cost money

III. Our presentation strategy *

By debating the pros and cons of DST, we try to educate our audience about the DST and lead them to build their own understanding and opinions on if we should do DST every year. Also, we try to map a process of learning about DST by offering an output activity a vote on supporting or opposing DST at the end of our presentation, so that we can involve our audience interactively and exam the effect of our delivery immediately rather than one-way transferring the information.

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Presentation Outline
Strategy
A. Pros Mike (M) B. Cons Eve (E)

Outline
I. Introduction (1:30) M Hook Preset a vote activity distribute ballots (Support / Oppose) Statement of purpose To educate our audience, request them to think, and make them show their personal opinions about DST. Overview of the presentation Brief the outline and process of our presentation II. Body (10:00) E&M 50% Background (2:00) Definition of DST History of DST Current Situation (1:00) Arguments on DST (6:00) Pros Cons Vote of supporting or opposing * (1:00) E III. Conclusion (0:30) E Summary Restate purpose Main points Concluding the results of the vote

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Teaching Points Questions and Answers

1 2 3 4 5 What is DST? How it works? Is DST observed by all over the world? What are the pros of the DST? Which groups of people support DST? What are the cons of the DST? Which groups of people oppose DST? Do you support or oppose DST?

Questions

Answers
Daylight saving time (DST)also summer time in several countries in British English, and European official terminology is the practice of advancing clocks so that evenings have 1 more daylight and mornings have less. Typically clocks are adjusted forward one hour near the start of spring and are adjusted backward in autumn. 2 DST is not used by most of the world's countries, but it is common in the Western world. Proponents of DST generally argue that it saves energy, promotes outdoor leisure activity in the evening, and is therefore good for physical and psychological health, reduces traffic 3 accidents, reduces crime, or is good for business. Groups that tend to support DST are urban workers or professionals, retail businesses, outdoor sports enthusiasts and businesses, tourism operators, and others who benefit from increased light during the evening. Opponents argue that actual energy savings are inconclusive, that DST can disrupt morning activities, and that the act of changing clocks twice a year is economically and socially 4 disruptive and cancels out any benefit. Groups that have tended to oppose DST are farmers, transportation companies, and the indoor and outdoor entertainment business. 5 We are looking forward the answer!

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PowerPoint Slides Thumbnails

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Following a Current Event Research Log Sheets

Mike Research Log Sheet I

Name: Mike Title of current event: Daylight Saving Time Should we do it?
Date/Time Worked Mar 22nd / 50 mins Activity Initial meeting and discussion for project planning General source research What I learned Built the structure of the project & set the presentation strategy Got rough ideas of DST Follow up questions How to catch our audience tightly? What kind of structure should we use to present all these info?

Mar 23rd / 2 hrs Mar 24th / 2 hrs Mar 25th / 2 hrs Mar 25th / 45 mins Mar 25th / 15 mins Mar 26th / 2 hrs Mar 26th / 1 hrs Mar 27th / 30 mins Mar 28th / 2 hrs Mar 28th / 3 hrs Mar 29th / 1.5 hrs Mar 29th / 3hrs Mar 30th 31st / 3 hrs Apr 1st 3rd / 6 hrs

Work on portfolio document I - Design & 1st Draft Specific research I - Definition & History Specific research II - Current situation Specific research III - Pros of DST Work on portfolio document II - Strategy & Outline Work on portfolio document III - Teaching points Specific research IV - Relevant news videos watching Specific research V - Relevant news articles researching Work on portfolio document IV - Accomplishment Write Speech Draft Practicing I & II Practicing III, IV & V

Designed the layout of portfolio document N/A Sketched the outline of the presentation Learnt he definition & history of DST Learnt the Current Why dont other situation of DST countries observe DST? Learnt the pros of DST What is the reality of these Pros? Confirmed the Strategy & Outline of N/A the presentation Listed the teaching How to deliver those points and set the points to our answers of them audience? Do we need a video inside of PowerPoint Slides? Focus on pros of DST

Vocabulary of DST

N/A

Practicing!!!

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Eve Research Log Sheet II

Name: Eve Title of current event: Daylight Saving Time Should we do it?
Date/Time Worked Mar 22nd / 50 mins Mar 23rd / 2 hrs Mar 24th / 2 hrs Mar 25th / 2 hrs Mar 25th / 45 mins Mar 25th / 15 mins Mar 26th / 2 hrs Mar 26th / 1 hrs Mar 27th / 30 mins Mar 28th / 4.5 hrs Mar 29th / 3 hrs Mar 30th 31st / 3 hrs Apr 1st 3rd / 6 hrs Activity Initial meeting and discussion for project planning General source research Work on portfolio document I - Design & 1st Draft Specific research I - Definition & History Specific research II - Current situation Specific research III - Cons of DST Work on portfolio document II - Strategy & Outline Work on portfolio document III - Teaching points Specific research - Relevant news articles researching Write Speech Draft Practicing I & II Practicing III, IV & V What I learned Built the structure of the project & set the presentation strategy Got rough ideas of DST Designed the layout of portfolio document Sketched the outline of the presentation Learnt he definition & history of DST Learnt the Current situation of DST Learnt the cons of DST Confirmed the Strategy & Outline of the presentation Listed the teaching points and set the answers of them Focus on cons of DST N/A Practicing!!! Follow up questions How to design our portfolio document? Which information is important to be chosen? N/A N/A N/A Why is DST only observed in western countries? How to find supporting data? N/A Is the info enough to educate our audience about DST?

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Vocabulary / Terms and Appropriate Cues

Vocabulary / Terms
Incandescent Producing light as a result of being made very hot Terminology The words and phrases used in a particular business, science, or profession Entomologist People who works on the scientific study of insects Insomnia A medical condition in which you have difficulty sleeping Deprivation A situation in which people do not have basic things that they need to live a comfortable life Carbon dioxide A gas without color or smell, it was produced when you breathe out or when substances containing carbon are burnt. The fact that the earth is getting hotter because of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is called the greenhouse effect.

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Appropriate Cues
- Delivery a. Today, we are going to talk about / introduce / learn b. We will repeatagain / Please pay a little bit attention on c. Lets have a look at / get familiar with / vote d. Here is / are a (an) / some evidence (s) / data / chart (s) / map (s) Transition a. Firstly, Secondly, Finally b. Now / then / following c. However / but / moreover d. Which / that mean (s) / is / are e. Because / so / therefore Leading / Response a. Lets make a decision / think about / imagine b. You might be thinking / in everyones mind, that c. What do you think about / do you have / feel anything similar with d. Great / awesome, we have done / finished

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- Summary a. AS you can see b. Like what we mentioned c. Ok / well, lets sum up d. Shows e. End up with...

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List of the Sources References

5 daylight time facts that will open your eyes. CBC NEWS. Web. 08 Mar 2013. <http://www.cbc.ca/m/rich/canada/story/2013/03/06/f-daylight-savings- time-faq.html> Aries, M.B.C. "Effect of daylight saving time on lighting energy use: a literature review." Energy Policy. 36.6 (2008): 1858-1866. Print. Bright Lights, Safe Cities: How Daylight Saving Fights Crime. NEXT CITY. Web. 11 Mar 2013. <http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/bright-lights-safe-cities-how- daylight-saving-fights-crime> Day light saving time. Wikipedia. Web. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time> Day light saving time in Canada. Wikipedia. Web. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time_in_Canada> Daylight Saving Time brings fatigue, maybe heart attacks. CBC NEWS. Web. 09 Mar 2013. <http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british- columbia/story/2013/03/09/bc-daylight-saving-time.html?autoplay=true> Four things you might not know about Daylight Saving Time (which starts this Sunday). National Post. Web. 08 Mar 2013. <http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/03/08/daylight-saving-time-2013/> Huang, Arthur. "The effects of daylight saving time on vehicle crashes in Minnesota." Journal of Safety Research. 441. (2010): n. page. Web. <www.elsevier.com/locate/jsr>. Schocker, Laura . "Daylight Saving 2011: How Time Change Affects Our Health ." Huffpost Healthy Living Canada. Huffingtonpost, 11 Jun 2011. Web. <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/06/daylight-savings-timehealth_n_1078661.html>. The Never-ending Daylight Saving Debate. TIME AND DATE. Web. <http://www.timeanddate.com/time/dst/daylight-saving-debate.html> U.S. economy lost $433,982,548 because of daylight saving time. Smart planet. Web. 13 Mar 2013. <http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/bulletin/us- economy-lost-433982548-because-of-daylight-saving-time/14749>

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Authors Signatures

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