presentations

=__Module 3 - Presentations__=

**PART 1 - Desktop Presentations**
This session includes both a basic overview of presentation software and an introduction to presentation design principles. Advanced topics include the creation of hyperlinked and non-linear presentations. Participants will learn how their lessons (and their student's projects) can be infused with images, impact, and interaction.

**Overview of Presentation Software**

 * [|Presentation Programs]
 * [|Open Office]

**Overview of Microsoft PowerPoint**

 * Menus: File, Edit, View, Insert, Format, and More...
 * Toolbars: Standard, Formating, Drawing, and More...
 * [|Shortcuts]

Presentation Tips

 * [|Garr Reynolds' Presentation Tips]
 * Jigsaw the following topics: Organization and Preparation Tips, Presentation Tips, Slide Tips, and Design Basics
 * Focus on: Sample Slide Make Over - See Tip #2 on the [|Slide Tips page].
 * [|Presentation Zen] (More Garr Reynolds) - Check out the "Popular Posts" in the right hand column.
 * Guy Kawasaki's Presentation Tips (From //The Art of The Start//)
 * [|Presenters' University]
 * [|PowerPoint Tutorial]

Power Tip: Find High Quality Images and Video

 * [|Where can you find good images?] (From Garr Reynolds) See also: [|Where to get Quotes For Presentations]
 * [|Copyright-friendly Digital Images and Media] (From Ted Lai, the Podpiper)
 * [|Search Creative Commons]
 * [|The Internet Archive]
 * [|Discovery Streaming] and [|California Streaming] (If you have access.)

Power Tip: Find Presentations Online

 * Add "filetype:ppt" to any Google search! (Without the quotes of course.)
 * Search [|TeacherTube], [|Slideshare], and more.

Activity 1: Extreme Presentation Make-Over

 * Create a typical poorly designed 3 slide show (or use an existing one of your own... or find one using the tips below).
 * Recreate the slides with better design: more images, impact, and interaction. ;)
 * Share with those around you - then a few volunteers can share up front.

Overview of Interactive Presentations

 * Linear v. Nonlinear
 * Slide Show v. Slide View
 * Ink Annotations (with or without a Tablet PC)
 * The poor man's SMART board: project on a white board
 * Animation for Education
 * Embedded Media
 * [|Powerpoint Game Templates]

Activity 2: Non-Linear Presentations

 * Create a non-linear "deck" (such as a multiple-choice tutorial for instance)
 * Include a splash screen
 * Include a slide for the "first" question.
 * Include a slide for each answer (A, B, C, and D) explaining why it is right or wrong. Wrong answers should redirect students back to the question. Right answers should direct students to the celebration slide. (Consider using giant transparent buttons for this effect.)
 * Include a celebration slide to congratulate students on getting the right answer. This can double as your ending slide - or you can have another concluding slide.
 * Don't be limited by this sample - if you another idea for a non-linear slide show, go for it!
 * For this activity, design is less important than function.
 * Share with those around you - then a few volunteers can share up front.

**PART 2 - Online Presentations**
Free web-services now allow students and educators to create, share, and publish presentations online. Learn to collaborate on shared presentations, to host a "backchannel chat" while presenting, and to embed a completed presentation into a website - and learn how this will change your classroom.

Activity 3: Collaborative Online Presentations

 * Log in to [|Google Docs] using your Google Account (or Gmail Account)
 * Work in a group of three or four to create a 3 to 5 slide show that shares three ways you might use online presentations with your students. (You can select one each or agree on the top three.)
 * One person should create the presentation and then invite the others as collaborators.
 * Then each person can contribute from their own computer.
 * Add the instructor as a collaborator as well - one or more groups will have their presentations shared up front. :)
 * Place a link to your presentation below:
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Extending Online Presentations with Other Tools (Time Permitting)

 * Use [|Skype] or [|Ustream] to provide audio and video online.
 * Use [|Twitter] to share links to your presentation and to invite others to join the chat.

Power Tip: Share Presentations to Mobile Devices (Time Permitting)

 * Save as jpeg (in PowerPoint)
 * Create photo albums to sync with an iPod or other device
 * See http://learninginhand.com/ipod/photos for more ideas.

Additional Resources
Module 3 2007 Archive [|Death by PowerPoint] - A presentation on Slideshare [|How Not To Use PowerPoint] - A comedian on YouTube