Presentation

Presentation tools allow educators and students to present curriculum content in concise, shareable formats for use in real-time or asynchronous instruction. These tools can integrate diverse media including images, charts, animations, videos, or illustrations. As a learning tool, students can work collaboratively or individually to demonstrate their learning.

Examples of tools in this category include

What does this look like in my class?

Why and when are you using these tools/functionality?

Presentation tools can support both synchronous and asynchronous learning including:

  • Highlighting teacher-led direct instruction or presentation(s)

  • Providing format for student voice

  • Presenting student learning objectives

  • Facilitating student-led collaborative projects

  • Creating tutorials for student asynchronous learning and/or differentiation of content

  • Reviewing highlights of teacher presentations (when students are unable to attend synchronously)

  • Organizing content and curriculum material into succinct bulleted key points

What are students doing?

  • Reading or viewing instructional materials

  • Creating demonstrations of learning

  • Working collaboratively with peers in small groups, with a partner, and in large group settings

What are educators doing?

  • Organizing content

  • Gathering student-created evidence of learning

  • Presenting or enhancing main ideas of lesson content

  • Embedding media to enhance instruction

What digital resources do educators need to use presentation tools?

Some presentation tools can be create and/or use resource when offline, though most require access to cloud storage for full functionality.

For creating presentation material/content:

  • Basic presentation tools: digital device, preferably a computer

  • Advance tools: digital device with camera, wifi

For presenting created material:

  • Digital device

  • Wifi, unless the resource has been made available for offline use.

Which tools could I use?

What else do I need to know?

Accessibility Features

Google Slides and Powerpoint offer accessibility features such as closed caption and translation. There are tools and guidelines available through which you can check your originally-created presentations to see if they are IDEA and WCAG 2.1 compliant. (See your tools settings under "Accessibility".)

Classroom Management & Best Practices

For the best online classroom management environment consider the following when using presentation slide tools:

For educator presentations:

  • Ensure all students' accessibility

  • Do not be tech-dependent

  • Minimize "lecture style" direct instruction

  • Use each slide to highlight key concepts, central thoughts or big ideas

  • Use as few words as possible, e.g., eliminate articles

  • Never read word-for-word from slides

  • However, if there are quotes/sections for students to read, give them enough time to read fully and check for understanding before moving on

  • Be careful not to show one narrative and speak another

  • Intersperse graphics and/or shorter worded slides with longer ones

  • Add images, videos, and animation to appeal to varied learning preferences

  • Pause frequently to elicit questions and encourage interaction with content

For student-use presentation:

  • Ensure all students have equitable knowledge of presentation tool features

  • Establish norms prior to independent work

  • Check in early for accuracy of following directions, format, appropriateness, and content relevancy