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Articles: Delivery - 0 views

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      vmcgee on 24 Apr 15
       
      I agree with this statement, but I think it is because passion leads to (1) energy and (2) greater understanding.  These make for a better presentation.
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      vmcgee on 24 Apr 15
       
      I agree.  As I reflect on my own presentations to my class, it seems that the success or lack thereof that occurs in the first few minutes of a lesson presentation will continue on through the rest of the lesson.
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      vmcgee on 24 Apr 15
       
      I did not know this.  I could definitely use this.
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  • Resistance doesn’t have to be a bad thing. In fact, if you prepare for it, you’ll sharpen your presentation and stand a much better chance of winning your audience over.
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      vmcgee on 24 Apr 15
       
      I agree.  In effect, this is "preparing for the worst."  If we are ready for the worst-case scenario to develop, then we can handle whatever comes our way.
  • Unfortunately, people read from their PowerPoint slides much more than they think they do, Gallo notes.
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      vmcgee on 24 Apr 15
       
      I hadn't thought about this before.  It makes perfect sense, and I am sure that I have read from the slides more than I have thought I was doing.
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Articles: Design - 0 views

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  • Try to avoid text-heavy (and sleep inducing) slides like this one
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      vmcgee on 22 Apr 15
       
      I gave a presentation today on behalf of another teacher that was structured much like this slide.  It had too much text and information on it, and I found myself racing to get through it before I lost the attention of my audience.  Afterwards, it completely felt like a waste of time.
  • Not sure what two guys shaking hands in front of a globe has to do with the fertility rate in Japan. Yet even if we were talking about "international partnership" the image is still a cliché.
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      vmcgee on 23 Apr 15
       
      It seems like I have seen some sort of "handshake" image a thousand times.  It is overused and carries no meaning - which I think defeats the purpose of an image in a slide.
  • An audience can’t listen to your presentation and read detailed, text-heavy slides at the same time (not without missing key parts of your message, anyway
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      vmcgee on 23 Apr 15
       
      This is probably the topic that has had the greatest effect on my presentations so far.  I have done about 3 different presentations since this course began, and I am now always concentrating on not having my students read slide material while I talk.
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Articles: Preparation - 3 views

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      vmcgee on 17 Apr 15
       
      This really goes hand in hand with the focus of our lessons.
  • Contrast is about differences, and we are hardwired to notice differences.
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      vmcgee on 17 Apr 15
       
      In science I think this can be done by emphasizing differences between a correct and an incorrect model.  I have found that students can learn what is correct often by understanding what is incorrect, as long as they understand why this is the case.
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  • I guarantee it will make your presentations better because it requires you to find the most salient points and to know how to explain them well.
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      vmcgee on 17 Apr 15
       
      I think that giving ourselves guidelines like this is a good way to force ourselves to make adaptations to the way that we do things.  It all comes back to concentrating on the focus of the lesson.
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Articles: Presentation "Awakening" - 11 views

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shared by vmcgee on 10 Apr 15 - No Cached
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      vmcgee on 12 Apr 15
       
      I guess I knew this, but hadn't really thought about it.  Many times in the past when presenting with PowerPoint I have just stopped mid-talk and allowed my students to copy what was on the screen before I continued speaking.
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      vmcgee on 12 Apr 15
       
      Great point here for educators.  Great idea to think of the presentation in terms of the students' brains.  In the past for me the focus of the presentation has been purely on the content.
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