This project will be graded in class.

Submit: Post a link to your presentation and/or other media in the spreadsheet linked from the Final Skit slide deck under the D2L Projects content section.

Work is to be completed in class in groups of four for this assignment. Be certain the spreadsheet correctly notes all contributing team members.

The Presentation

Select a famous and influential computer scientist from the list of Turing Award winners. (The Turing Award is not given posthumously, so there are many other important and deserving computer scientists who have not been so recognized. Talk to the professor if you'd like to present on an alternative computer scientist.)

Skits will be graded on a 20-point scale:

• 5 points: What they were famous for
• 5 points: What impact their work has today
• 5 points: Three primary sources
• 5 points: Creativity

Time is of the essence to get through all of the teams in two class periods. Points will be deducted if your group goes over 4-1/2 minutes.

Presentation order will be randomly determined on game day. Come prepared to go on Wednesday.

You may optionally pre-record something if you are more comfortable doing this than presenting live. Time limits still definitely apply.

Your skit / presentation must include a closing bibliography/credit slide(s) that cites at least three primary sources about your topic, and clearly credits any excerpted recordings or text. Wikipedia is generally not considered a primary source. The ACM Turing Award site is an excellent primary source for this project. However, this project is intended to be your own synthesis of the material -- "in your own words", as we used to say -- and should not consist of more than 50% excerpted or quoted directly from another presentation.

A/I chatbots also do not count as primary sources. (Although like Wikipedia, they might lead you to primary sources.)