We all do them, we all have to do them. Students learn differently now then when I started teaching 15 years ago. We have to be entertainers now to be able to capture the mind of the student who is imbedded in technology almost every waking hour.
This blog will focus on the presentation, which is such an important part of our teaching. Thank you to the KYGoDigital Conference for this information to share with fellow teachers.
Characteristics of the “The Worst Presentation”
Powerpoint: Good, Bad, Ugly The Ugly
Life After Death By Powerpoint (video)
Really Bad Powerpoint (and how to avoid it) (Handout)
Worst Powerpoint Slide Contest Winners
8 More Powerpoint Train Wrecks
The Bad
The Teleprompter:
Do NOT Read Your Slides
Do NOT Read Your Slides
Do NOT Read Your Slides, etc.
This
10 Coolest Slideshares
Lawrence Lessig
To learn more on how to create effective presentations:
Web
Potent Presentations Initiative (p2i)
Video
Moving Beyond Bullets: Making Presentation Slides Compelling (A Coffee-Break Webinar)
Alternatives to Powerpoint
Keynote (by Apple)
Overview Video
Examples (semi-motivational message for school districts)
Advantages
Examples (on teachers and social media)
Advantages
Overview Video
Advantages
Good Overview Video
Advantages
Wiki (like this one)
Wikispaces
Smore
Visual.ly (for those that have found everything up to this point boring).
Feedback from Participants – Formative Assessments
Google Forms (create a new form - also creates spreadsheet for feedback data)
Survey Monkey
Poll Everywhere
Socrative
Definition: a secondary or covert route for the passage of information. I think these can be good for students who do not speak up in class. This is a way to get all students involved.
This blog will focus on the presentation, which is such an important part of our teaching. Thank you to the KYGoDigital Conference for this information to share with fellow teachers.
Characteristics of the “The Worst Presentation”
- Read direct from the slides.
- text only
- very tiny words & bunches
- bright yellow font
- distracting animations & noises
- sit for hours
- way too much on one slide, busy, dissertation
- pixelated pictures
- color craziness
- base template
- no shortcuts
Powerpoint: Good, Bad, Ugly The Ugly
Life After Death By Powerpoint (video)
Really Bad Powerpoint (and how to avoid it) (Handout)
Worst Powerpoint Slide Contest Winners
8 More Powerpoint Train Wrecks
The Bad
The Teleprompter:
Do NOT Read Your Slides
Do NOT Read Your Slides
Do NOT Read Your Slides, etc.
- Too many words.
- Less than 6 per slide should do. Never more than 10.
- ClipArt ... nothing more.
- Animations
- Get through 3 slides of a deck of 15 ... and skip ahead through several.
- Many, many more.
This
10 Coolest Slideshares
Lawrence Lessig
To learn more on how to create effective presentations:
Web
Potent Presentations Initiative (p2i)
Video
Moving Beyond Bullets: Making Presentation Slides Compelling (A Coffee-Break Webinar)
Alternatives to Powerpoint
Keynote (by Apple)
Overview Video
Examples (semi-motivational message for school districts)
Advantages
- Smoother Transitions
- Multimedia Friendly(er)
- Sleek Design (typical Apple)
- User Friendly
Examples (on teachers and social media)
Advantages
- Sharable (more than 1 person can work on it at a time)
- Lives in the Cloud
- Web publishable
- FREE (with incredible amounts of storage)
Overview Video
Advantages
- Cool interface
- Web Publishable
- Media Integration
- Screencast to Video
- Mostly Free (for web version)
Good Overview Video
Advantages
- Super Simple, Super Clean
- Fast
- Cheap, some themes have small cost.
Wiki (like this one)
Wikispaces
- PBWiki (use education version)
Smore
- Great for advertising and collecting registrations
- Simple, yet awesome, graphic design
Visual.ly (for those that have found everything up to this point boring).
Feedback from Participants – Formative Assessments
Google Forms (create a new form - also creates spreadsheet for feedback data)
Survey Monkey
Poll Everywhere
Socrative
- Idea Gathering
- Online Shared Whiteboard
Definition: a secondary or covert route for the passage of information. I think these can be good for students who do not speak up in class. This is a way to get all students involved.
- Today's Meet
- Twitter Hashtag – pick one to use in your class
- Celly – I am going to use this instead of Remind 101 this year. This allows for so much interaction instead of just a text reminder. Check it out – I think you will like it.
- Google Hangouts
- Collaborative Notetaking
- Google Docs
- TitanPad
- Timing