Presentation

//I will be here on Tuesday, November 10, and thought that we could talk about the ways that you can use technology to teach/enhance presentation skills. I think of this topic as moving Beyond Power Point. Here are some ideas that I will share with you: //

//REMEMBER: I'm available to meet with you during your individual planning periods. E-mail me if you want to meet! (slogan@ e1b.org) // 
 * //Uploading existing Power Points to the internet so that students can access them from home. //
 * //Using VoiceThread to have students comment/collaborate on presentations. This tool is AWESOME. //
 * //Want to recapture their attention? Want a presentation tool that works less like a flip book and more like a mind map? I've got the solution! (And I'll tell you on the 10th!) //

//**December 15: Presentation Skills **//

//Technology enhances presentations created y both students and teachers. The following tools can be used by you to present information to students, or can be used by students to create multimedia presentations themselves.//

//SlideShare

This is one of several tools that allows users to put Power Point presentations online. You can upload a presentation to Slide Share, choose permission levels, get an embed code, and viola! Turn a Power Point into an online study guide. Example:

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Slide shows can be places on a wiki, blog, or even your teacher website! //

//VoiceThread

A step above SlideShare is VoiceThread. They look similar -- a Power Point that you can scroll though. The difference is that you can narrate each slide, AND other people can comment. Here's an example of a VoiceThread I created for a Differentiated Instruction PD. Scroll through to see examples of comments from teachers.

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You can get a free account, or can purchase an educator account so students can use it, too. // Options & Features** ||= **Class Subscription** ||= **Pro Educator** ||= **Free Educator** || (email optional) ||= Yes, up to 100 ||= no ||= no || I love VoiceThread for peer collaboration, an alternative to in-class discussion, etc. It's awesome!
 * **K-12 Pricing
 * Create student accounts
 * Custom Ed.VoiceThread web address for publishing work ||= Yes ||= no ||= no ||
 * View/Edit/Delete student work ||= Yes ||= no ||= no ||
 * Manage students ||= Yes ||= no ||= no ||
 * Work in accountable K-12 environment, Ed.VoiceThread ||= Yes ||= Yes ||= no ||
 * Create Groups ||= Yes ||= Yes ||= no ||
 * Archival Exports ||= 30/year or 3/month ||= 3 ||= no ||
 * Storage ||= 10 GB + 400 MB/student ||= 10 GB ||= 2 GB ||
 * VoiceThreads ||= Unlimited + 15/student ||= Unlimited ||= Unlimited ||
 * **Cost** ||= **$60/year or $10/month** ||= **$10 one time** ||= Free ||

 And now for something completely different. Let's move beyond Power Point and look at...   Prezi

With Prezi, you can create presentations in "concept map" format instead of linear outlines, as Power Points are most often arranged. Here's one I created for a presentation on Online Credit Recovery:

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//<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">As you scroll through, you will notice that the presentation is really one big picture, and the program scrolls to words/phrases/pictures that I set. This really impresses an audience! //

And the last idea for today: Glogster.

Glogs are like online posters. Here's a Glog created by Tony Vincent:

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Instead of displaying final-project-posters around your room, you could create a wiki or use your website to display virtual posters!

//<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">I am here today if you want to learn any or all of these tools. My next day will be December 15, and I HOPE it is a B Day!! In the mean time, e-mail me if you have questions: slogan@e1b.org.

See you soon, Shannon //

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