π€ What is presentation? How can it support what we are learning?
Learning the art of public-speaking is no longer an option to succeed in the 21st century; itβs fundamental.
~ Carmine Gallow, Forbes Magazine
π§ Let's see presentation in action and get some ideas!
Substitution: Students take their notecard bullet points they are presenting and put them on Slides. They project these slides while presenting to the class.
Augmentation: Students write a digital presentation. They incorporate images and videos within their presentation to further add to and support their content. Students deliver the presentation in class.
Modification: Students create a digital presentation, incorporating various multi-media elements. They record their presentation with a screen recorder. Their presentations are made available for peers to watch.
Redefinition: Students create a group interactive presentation containing various types of multimedia (audio, video, graphics, etc). Within their presentation students also embed several polls and opportunities for audience feedback. Students provide follow up remarks based on the feedback from the audience.
π€ Let's Give it a Try!
Now it's your turn to create. Choose 1 of the tools below and learn how to use it. Create your own artifact with this tool. It should be something you would use with students or with coworkers. You'll add either your completed artifact or a link to this artifact to the Google Classroom Assignment below.
π€© Let's Design for Students
If you choose to write a lesson plan, be sure to include:
Standards: What standards are you addressing?
Introduction: How will you hook students in?
Instruction: What are you teaching?
Activity: What will students be doing or creating?
Conclusion: How will you wrap things up?
If you choose to build the lesson materials, be sure to include:
Standards: What standards are you addressing?
Teacher Materials: What will you be showing/teaching the students?
Student Materials: What directions, models, rubrics will students need?
Model, model, model
Over time, introduce students to various tech features in a program: font, color, images, sizing, arranging, etc. Pick 1 feature to focus on each time you create, adding to what students have learned.
Start with topics know lots about. Then progress to topics they actually have to research and learn about first.
Make bad presentations. Make good presentations. Talk about them.
Make single slide presentations.
ALWAYS provide structure of some kind. Often, vague directions like "Make a presentation about..." result in lack of content, innappopriate content, behavior problems, and a true lack of focus on the standard and showcasing what students have learned.