1!Educational Technology Minor Dr. Leigh Zeitz [email protected] www.uni.edu/edtech Presenting with Technology!Robin Galloway!Ed Tech & Design!Spring 2010!University of Northern Iowa!www.gettyimages.com!! How to design & deliver effective presentations supported by technology!! Overview of presentation assignment! 240:031 students (not 240:020)!! Some technology tools for presenters!Today’s Agenda!Presentation Process! Plan! Design! Rehearse! Setup! Deliver!www.gettyimages.com!Presentation Process: Plan! Analyze audience! Identify objectives! Strategize!• Message design!• Identify key points!• Sequence ideas! Identify resources!www.gettyimages.com!Your Upcoming Presentation! Present between April 21–30!• During regular class time! 15-min with a partner! Share your units and compare use of technology! Supported by PowerPoint, Google Docs or Prezi!2!Assessment!Follows assignment pages#Presentation = 90 points!PowerPoint = 40 points#Individual grades!Expectations!! Describe how you designed technology to support learning ! Reflect on decisions you made as a teacher ! Compare your choices to those of a classmate. ! Describe how media you created will help students attain instructional objectives Individual Report - 5 min each!1. Describe the unit context!2. Describe the learners!3. State all unit goals & objectives!4. Describe how your media projects facilitate student learning!5. Open & demonstrate one project!“Facilitate Student Learning”!! How media supports studentsʼ attainment of instructional objectives!• Which objective does your project support? !• Consider methods & INTASC standards!• Content, visual design, interactivity, usability!! Align each project with an objective!! Demonstrate one project#Compare & Contrast - 5 min!1. Compare how media is used in each unit to support student learning!! You used the same media, but…!! Different objectives, learners, content, & methods!! Different decisions as teachers!#2. Describe ways to improve the use of technology within each of your units!Resources! Assignment pages (presentation, powerpoint)!• See requirements, FAQ, demo slide show, etc. ! Graded unit description paper!• You are expected to incorporate feedback! RWLDs & lecture handouts! INTASC+1 standards! Reflections submitted with your projects!3!Collaborate (next week in lab)!! Share unit information!! Examine projects!! Outline presentation!! Create slides (PowerPoint, Google Docs, or Prezi)!! Familiarize yourself with equipment!! Preview slide show!Before lab next week! Prepare your own individual slides!• Continue what you begin in lab this week# Explore assignment pages!• Presentation & PowerPoint assignments# Contact partner if you wonʼt be in class!Presentation Process! Plan! Design! Rehearse! Setup! Deliver!www.gettyimages.com!Presentation Process: Design!Slide Show! Supports presentation! Provides visual cues! Outlines talking points! Engages Audience (multimedia)! Enhances the presenter!www.gettyimages.com!How NOT to use PowerPoint (YouTube)#http://tinyurl.com/2fvlzr !Labs This Week: Options! Microsoft PowerPoint! Google Docs Presentation (docs.google.com)!• Online, collaborative! Prezi (www.prezi.com)!• Online, collaborative, non-linear!• Example: http://prezi.com/showcase !See also: Ludwigʼs Technology Boot Camp: http://prezi.com/st4fdj5px60y !Presentation Process: Design!Clear & Concise!• Not complete sentences!• Apply 6x6 rule & visual design principles (CARP)! Key words & terms used by the speaker! Use imagery to illustrate and reinforce ideas! Supports you (not overshadow you)! Engages the audience! Not cumbersome or distracting!4!PowerPoint: Design Templates! Color scheme! Graphics! Animations! Sound effects!Template Color Scheme  Do colors contrast?  Light on dark  Dark on light  Avoid busy backgrounds and textures Template Graphics • Built-in graphics • Appear on every slide • Do they relate? Animation Effects  Entry effects  Included?  Distracting?  Correct order? Sounds Effects  Built-in sounds  Play with animation  Do they annoy or distract people?  Are they appropriate?  Do they relate? Presentation Design: Visuals! Engage audience! Reinforce key points! Accurate spelling/grammar! Not complete sentences! Are clearly legible & easy to decode!• (6x6 rule, CARP, etc.)!5!Presentation Design: Font Face! Serif (best for printed media) The fox jumped over the moon  Sans Serif (best for projected media)#The fox jumped over the moon!Presentation Design: Font Size! 28 Helvetica! 36 Helvetica! 24 Helvetica! 36 Times New Roman  28 Times New Roman!www.gettyimages.com!Presentation Design: Rehearse! Collaborate with partner (feedback)! Plan to assist each another! Practice using all equipment in advance! Rehearse mentally and physically! Donʼt read directly from slides or notes!Presentation Design: Set-up! Arrange materials strategically!• Access to files, web sites, etc.! Check sound levels! Understand equipment! Anticipate problems! Have a backup of files!www.gettyimages.com!Some Tools for Presenters! Audience response system (clickers)! Presenter mouse! Capture systems! www.sharetabs.com! www.slideshare.net! www.ustream.tv!Image from Flickr user Didier Moulin!Presentation: Delivery! Anxiety! Voice! Eye contact! Presence! Gestures!www.gettyimages.com!6!Anxiety! 3 deep breaths before you begin! Keep it simple! Keep breathing & moving! Convert energy to enthusiasm! Practice – know your material! Work with your partner!Voice! Use a natural conversation style! Speak slowly, use pauses! Watch filler words! Use a microphone if available! Project to the back row!Eye Contact! Establish eye contact before you begin! Sweep the audience! Maintain eye contact,