Comments on: Presentation21 Make-Over http://langwitches.org/blog/2010/06/10/presentation21-make-over/ The Magic of Learning Thu, 24 May 2012 03:28:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Thing 7a: From my Reader (Ooooo…am I ready to redefine the word “Reader”? | We Think in Words http://langwitches.org/blog/2010/06/10/presentation21-make-over/comment-page-1/#comment-36689 Thing 7a: From my Reader (Ooooo…am I ready to redefine the word “Reader”? | We Think in Words Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:24:53 +0000 http://langwitches.org/blog/?p=6576#comment-36689 [...] By following this link and that in ways I can lo longer remember or re-create, I also have found and read some wonderful articles and sites.  How to manage this, how to share it, how to make one of those line-ups down the side of the blog of great things found?  Don’t know yet!  Looking forward to finding out.  But here are a couple of (to me) fun and useful ones, just linked here until I learn a better way:  Useful Information In and Out of the Classroom , Once Upon a Time in Afghanistan, 100 Awe-Inaspiring Black-and-White Photographs, and Presentation21 Make-Over. [...] [...] By following this link and that in ways I can lo longer remember or re-create, I also have found and read some wonderful articles and sites.  How to manage this, how to share it, how to make one of those line-ups down the side of the blog of great things found?  Don’t know yet!  Looking forward to finding out.  But here are a couple of (to me) fun and useful ones, just linked here until I learn a better way:  Useful Information In and Out of the Classroom , Once Upon a Time in Afghanistan, 100 Awe-Inaspiring Black-and-White Photographs, and Presentation21 Make-Over. [...]

]]> By: Top 100 technology blogs for teachers http://langwitches.org/blog/2010/06/10/presentation21-make-over/comment-page-1/#comment-36660 Top 100 technology blogs for teachers Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:27:53 +0000 http://langwitches.org/blog/?p=6576#comment-36660 [...] 3. Langwitches – Popular amongst fellow educational bloggers, this blog has been nominated as the “Best Teacher Blog” for the 2009 Edublog Awards. It was also listed as one of the Top 100 Language Blogs in 2009 and 2010, and nominated as the “Best Resource Sharing Blog” and “Best Tech Support Blog” for the 2008 Edublog Awards. Recommended posts: “Infographics- What? Why? How?,” and “Presentation21 Make-Over.” [...] [...] 3. Langwitches – Popular amongst fellow educational bloggers, this blog has been nominated as the “Best Teacher Blog” for the 2009 Edublog Awards. It was also listed as one of the Top 100 Language Blogs in 2009 and 2010, and nominated as the “Best Resource Sharing Blog” and “Best Tech Support Blog” for the 2008 Edublog Awards. Recommended posts: “Infographics- What? Why? How?,” and “Presentation21 Make-Over.” [...]

]]> By: sinikka http://langwitches.org/blog/2010/06/10/presentation21-make-over/comment-page-1/#comment-36462 sinikka Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:55:12 +0000 http://langwitches.org/blog/?p=6576#comment-36462 What a great post to start me thinking of and planning for the next school year this summer. I have tried to incorporate visual literacy and presentation techniques in my English classes. Some teenagers do protest, though, not seeing the relevance of this for learning English as a language. It takes a lot of persuasion to make them think more holistically. If students keep producing boring bullet-point 'death by Power Point' work, we teachers have only got ourselves to blame! The visually more engaging products need a lot of modelling by us teachers first. Thank you for inspiring me, and providing useful links. What a great post to start me thinking of and planning for the next school year this summer. I have tried to incorporate visual literacy and presentation techniques in my English classes. Some teenagers do protest, though, not seeing the relevance of this for learning English as a language. It takes a lot of persuasion to make them think more holistically. If students keep producing boring bullet-point ‘death by Power Point’ work, we teachers have only got ourselves to blame! The visually more engaging products need a lot of modelling by us teachers first. Thank you for inspiring me, and providing useful links.
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]]> By: Danny Maas http://langwitches.org/blog/2010/06/10/presentation21-make-over/comment-page-1/#comment-36406 Danny Maas Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:49:35 +0000 http://langwitches.org/blog/?p=6576#comment-36406 Great post! I love the presentations that have no words or just a couple keywords in each slide and try to remember that the slides are for learning now, not meant to be a handout later. Rehearsing becomes even more important when presenting this way as the presenter doesn't necessarily have the safety net of text notes on the slides. We could discuss what role a presentation plays at all in learning, as we know real learning happens in a more active environment through social interaction versus passively listening. That said, presentations can inspire or bring awareness to key ideas which could then lead to actions which promote learning and, in the case of teachers, implementing new teaching practices. Build in interactivity, discussion, even active responses or decision-making into presentation slides so a presentation becomes a learning experience. Great post! I love all the graphic organizers and diagrams you use in your own presentations Sylvia! Great post! I love the presentations that have no words or just a couple keywords in each slide and try to remember that the slides are for learning now, not meant to be a handout later. Rehearsing becomes even more important when presenting this way as the presenter doesn’t necessarily have the safety net of text notes on the slides.

We could discuss what role a presentation plays at all in learning, as we know real learning happens in a more active environment through social interaction versus passively listening. That said, presentations can inspire or bring awareness to key ideas which could then lead to actions which promote learning and, in the case of teachers, implementing new teaching practices.

Build in interactivity, discussion, even active responses or decision-making into presentation slides so a presentation becomes a learning experience.

Great post! I love all the graphic organizers and diagrams you use in your own presentations Sylvia!
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