Power Point v5

I have updated the power point to incorporate music I believe will evoke emotion. I have also replaced some of the "cheesy" clip art with more images that could elicit a more profound response.

Chapter 9 Synopsis

In chapter 9 of “They Snooze, You Lose” Burmark focuses on emotion. Evoking emotion can help people really listen to what you are trying to convey or learn what you are trying to teach. “Whatever you are “thinking” in your heart radiates at least fifteen feet in every direction” (Burmark, 2011). I never really thought of that statement and how that applies beyond presenting in front of a group or class, but even in a one on one with a colleague or boss. I took from this chapter that if I want positive and enlightening presentation or dialogue to occur, I must be in that frame of mind myself. It also does not hurt to use the positive feeling words, “concerned, excited, honest, confident, sensitive to others, gracious, neat, energetic, etc…” in my presentations (Burmark, 2011). I used to think emotions being the focus of the chapter could only be evoked through limited means in my situation, considering we teach online adult learning. Burmark’s ideas have helped broaden this understanding. References Burmark, L. (2011). They snooze, you lose:the educator's guide to successful presentations. San Francisco: Josey-Bass. DOI: www.amazon.com

Chapter 8 Synopsis

In chapter 8 of “They Snooze, You Lose” Burmark writes on the power of music and how to apply it to our presentations. I am a self professed queen of clip art in PPT. I feel that a little clipart from in a PPT goes along way. Well you can see and feel my dismay when I read Burmark’s comments, “The key as an educator or presenter is to select music intentionally. You don’t impose gratuitous music the way some Power Point presenters slap on dorky clipart” (Burmark, 2011). Oops! This week’s assignment with Go Animate works well with this week’s reading. I have always enjoyed a presentation with a good musical score and I forgot how much music an evoke emotions until working on the Go Animate assignment. Burmark speaks about our emotional reaction to music throughout chapter 8, but as it relates to my work I just did not realize that “any” music was not the same as music “intentionally” selected music. I have always come from the school of thought some music is better than no music. My mind has been completely enlightened. References Burmark, L. (2011). They snooze, you lose:the educator's guide to successful presentations. San Francisco: Josey-Bass. DOI: www.amazon.com

Edtc 6340 assignment 2 ppt v4 from Candice Markham

Based on the suggestions by Burmark, I removed a majority of text that I felt was unnecessary. I focused more on bullet points and color. I changed the background frames to black and white to emphasize the color on my pictures.

Chapter 7 Synopsis

In chapter 7 of “They Snooze, You Lose” Burmark focuses on images and color within a presentation and how it can enhance the audiences experience. To bring in the right images, Burmark gives us step by step instructions on what to do to get the main point across on the slide, while still telling a compelling story. In summary she says, select a slide that has too many words, highlight one keyword or phrase from the bullets, remove all the other text on the slide, then add an image. I felt this was some of the most useful advice presented in how I could apply these techniques in my educational environment. Burmark also reviews color and how the effect our presentations. “Color visuals increase willingness to read by up to 80 percent, using color can increase motivation and participation by up to 80 percent, color enhances learning and improves retention by more than 75%.” (Burmark, 2011) The truth is that we as humans like pretty picture, less words, and entertainment. This chapter solidifies this preconceived notion about how our minds are wired. I cannot help but to agree. References 3M Corporation research cited in “The Power of Color in Presentations,” 3M Meeting Network and Advice. 2001 (Online article was posted at:www.3m.com/meetingnetwork/readingroom/meetingguide_pwer_color.html). Burmark, L. (2011). They snooze, you lose:the educator's guide to successful presentations. San Francisco: Josey-Bass. DOI: www.amazon.com

Chapter 6 Synopsis

Burmark would like us to interject humor into our presentations. I like the section on neotenty. “It’s all about keeping the childlike whimsy, the joy we had before we entered kindergarten – sustaining it throughout our lives.” (Burmark, 2011) Bringing the unexpected or surprise into presentations helps again keep the audience more engaged with the presenter. Stephen Sultanoff identifies the following 3 components, with, mirth, and laughter. I have personally felt that my audience is typically not one that would want interjections of too much humor. I appreciate Burmark’s comments about how to get content across. “First, you have to your audience’s attention…Second; you need to connect the humor to your content.” (Burmark, 2011) Again, I think my difficulty in my setting would be trying not to disqualify my message by turning my presentation juvenile. Funny images verses jokes would probably allow me to keep a light tone, but continue to get my point across. References Burmark, L. (2011). They snooze, you lose:the educator's guide to successful presentations. San Francisco: Josey-Bass. DOI: www.amazon.com

Chapter 5 Synopsis

Burmark continues to give strong advice about presentations and the audience involvement. Let us discuss the 10:2 theories, for every 10 minutes of presentation the students are given 2 minutes discuss a partner. “The pauses are programmed into the instruction and occur with nearly clock-like precision.” (Burmark, 2011) According to Burmark this practice aligns pedagogically with John Medina’s research findings that students start to tune out after about 10 minutes of instruction. It makes sense that this thought process would also apply to an adult mind. Most participants in a presentation who truly want to learn about the subject do not want to sit and listen to someone babble on for an hour. It is good to get audience interaction and involvement. Most of my presentations are online due to working in an online school. The most connecting I can do with my audience is through remembering their names. I cannot walk through the audience or entice with freebies. I have tried to think of virtual freebies, but for now my presentation is my PPT and my voice. References Burmark, L. (2011). They snooze, you lose:the educator's guide to successful presentations. San Francisco: Josey-Bass. DOI: www.amazon.com

Updated Presentation - Version 3

The suggested changes in chapters 3 and 4 presented as changes to the visual look of the PPT. I decided to incorporate more pictures and reduce the amount of slides. I also added music to some of the key slides.

Chapter 4 Synopsis

Burmark makes a strong point of images and sounds and how they can truly transform a presentation. First Burmark addresses hooks and how they play into any group, referencing “Britain’s Got Talent” as an example. Using “connections, humor, images, music, emotion, story, and senses” (Burmark, 2011) the audience was transformed and in rapture about this show. This created the acronym chimes and this can be applied to any power point presentation. Images and music I believe are the most relatable CHIMES for the purposes of this class. Images invoke emotions and also give the presenter more time to speak about the intended subject and for the audience to respond. By adding music the presenter also gives time for the audience to use multiple senses to experience the full presentation. Burmark also lays reference to Dick Bolles’s Prioritizing Grid, which can help a presenter decide what is most important in their presentation. References Burmark, L. (2011). They snooze, you lose:the educator's guide to successful presentations. San Francisco: Josey-Bass. DOI: www.amazon.com

Chapter 3 Synopsis

In Chapter 3 Burmark writes about the presenter and how they can make a presentation more engaging. The section of reading I found most interesting and what I could apply to my current presentation are the tips Steve Jobs used to help with his own presentations. They were listed as, “have fun, toss the script, use your body, pause for effect, dress appropriately, change it up, provide a headline, doe the preparation, be the presentation, and present what you love” (Burmark, 2011). I have participated in several presentations myself and too many times have relied on my power point to carry me through the scheduled 45 minutes. I now see a different more exciting approach to presentations. It is important that the presenter is the presentation and the slides. I come from the world of each slide equals one minute, but Burmark is correct in stating that is not necessary to overwhelm students, “classroom teachers…could start with short, three-slide presentations so the preparation wouldn’t be overwhelming” (Burmark, 2011) References Burmark, L. (2011). They snooze, you lose:the educator's guide to successful presentations. San Francisco: Josey-Bass. DOI: www.amazon.com

EDTC Updated PPT v2

I have made the following changes to my original power point based on Burmark's comments: 1. Changed the color scheme on the slide using more thoughtful colors of blue and gold/bronze. 2. Reduced amount of text on slides and added thoughtful notes. 3. Added images to help convey the message. References Burmark, L. (2011). They snooze, you lose:the educator's guide to successful presentations. San Francisco: Josey-Bass. DOI: www.amazon.com

Chapter 2 Synopsis

Lynell Burmark looks at creating slides and handouts in chapter two of her book, “They Snooze, You Lose”. I think the strongest point she tries to convey is the importance of pictures to accompany the text. You have the ability to capture the audience’s attention by using the right image or graphic during your presentation. Burkmark also stresses the effect good handouts can make on a presentation, including financially. Going back to slide creation, Burkmark says “What should you put on slides? In most cases, what’s too expensive to put on printed handout-color, especially full-color…?” (Burmark, 2011) Keeping these tweaks in mind, you can apply them to your presentations to create a more engaging show and also something that allows for a higher rate of retention. Burmark also ask, what goes on a handout? Her response is key to the message she is trying to convey, “The handout is where you transform what I think is important for you to learn into what you think is important for you to remember.” (Burmark, 2011) References Burmark, L. (2011). They snooze, you lose:the educator's guide to successful presentations. San Francisco: Josey-Bass. DOI: www.amazon.com

Chapter 1 Synopsis

Lynell Burmark addresses three major topics regarding power point presentations in chapter one of her book, “They Snooze, You Lose”, templates, color and type. She gives suggestions on different ways to make your power point presentations more entertaining. She asks the reader to look at how color can change the audiences’ reaction to the message trying to be conveyed during the presentation. Color can make a bold statement, but a great example given by the author and his accidental use of blue and gold at a Stanford University of California, Berkeley game. (Burmark, 2011) When looking at templates she suggests again that the audience be kept in mind when sending your message. If the background is too busy or you are unable to read the presentation because of the template, simply do not use one. Finally, the type on a power point is very important. The size and style of font can change an audiences’ reaction to a presentation. References Burmark, L. (2011). They snooze, you lose:the educator's guide to successful presentations. San Francisco: Josey-Bass. DOI: www.amazon.com

Glogster

Blog 7/4 • Name of tool - Glogster • Prior experience- none • Pre-impression (after readings)- I thought how is this different from Power Point or Padlet • Post-impression (after assignment) – I thought it was a fun way to present information to a group. • Possible personal use – Create a Glog of my daughter, because she if funny. • Possible professional use - I could use it for students to collaborate on assignments. • Most engaging feature – The ability to upload videos directly from You Tube. • Most aggravating feature – The bandwidth of the servers seems slow. • Comparable tool you like better / why? It reminds me of MySpace, but with more emphasis on education. I think it allows for more collaboration.

Twitter

Blog 6/4 • Name of tool - Twitter • Prior experience - none • Pre-impression (after readings) – Before the reading I felt I was going to be inundated with tweets. • Post-impression (after assignment) – I think Twitter is a useful tool. • Possible personal use – I now understand why people connect with celebrities, I want to see what Dave Matthew’s tweets about. • Possible professional use – I would use it during class so students could tweet their reactions to live news feeds. • Most engaging feature – The hashtag (#)search feature. • Most aggravating feature – The fact that anything can be a hashtag, so searching is broad. • Comparable tool you like better / why? - I would compare it to Facebook posts, but I enjoy Twitter more because of the limited amount of characters allowed in posts.

Blogger

Blog 5/4 • Name of tool – Blogger.com • Prior experience – I have had experience using Blogger with other courses in my program. • Pre-impression (after readings) – I have always found blogging as a convenient way to express yourself. • Post-impression (after assignment) – I learned how to embed video in my blog, which I had never done before. This was great. • Possible personal use – I would really like to keep track of the time my daughter and I spend together, like an online journal for our relationship. • Possible professional use – I would use it for my online students to share and communicate about that week’s journal reading. • Most engaging feature – The ability to track your blogs from the first publication. • Most aggravating feature – The inability to delete blogs under an old account. • Comparable tool you like better / why? – The closest thing to blogging for me right now is Facebook posts. I like blogging more because I look for the information and it is unfiltered.

Photobucket

Blog 4/4 • Name of tool - Photobucket • Prior experience - none • Pre-impression (after readings)- I thought it was just like any other photo database • Post-impression (after assignment) – I feel that it was easy to upload photos and worked for our assignment. • Possible personal use – I would use it to store digital photos as a backup. • Possible professional use – I could see myself using it as part of an assignment to present to the class. • Most engaging feature – I could quickly create an account. • Most aggravating feature – It had nothing special over other photo database. • Comparable tool you like better / why? – I would compare it to Screencast which I enjoyed using more because it allows for more sharing capabilities.

Padlet

Blog 3/4 • Name of tool - Padlet • Prior experience- none • Pre-impression (after readings) - I did not understand the difference between this and a blog. • Post-impression (after assignment) - I see that you can be more personal with Padlet. • Possible personal use- I could see myself using it to plan our next family reunion. • Possible professional use – I would post discussion questions for responses from my students. • Most engaging feature – The ability to personalize the page. • Most aggravating feature – I did not see an option for notifications. • Comparable tool you like better / why? – I would compare it to Glogster, but only because I just learned about it in this course and I see there are similarities in posting. I like the fact that Padlet is interactive.

Wordle

Blog 2/4 • Name of tool - Wordle • Prior experience- none • Pre-impression (after readings)- I thought the tool would be juvenile • Post-impression (after assignment) – I thought the tool was a fun way to express yourself. • Possible personal use – Writing a poem about my daughter and creating a word collage. • Possible professional use – Using it as a tool for my online students to introduce themselves. • Most engaging feature – How quick and easy it was to use. • Most aggravating feature- The only way to delete published post was to save the “special URL” from the delete page. • Comparable tool you like better / why? – There is nothing I would compare this tool to.

Wiki

Blog 1/4 • Name of tool – Wiki • Prior experience – I am familiar with using wikis. • Pre-impression (after readings)- I knew it would be something I needed for my program and have always found it as a great place to store information. • Post-impression (after assignment) – It is interesting working directly in a Wiki and communicating using other means outside Blackboard. • Possible personal use – I have used wikis as an online resume. • Possible professional use – I have asked my career services group to build e-portfolios for our graduates to help them find employment. • Most engaging feature – The ability to build and upload almost any format of content. • Most aggravating feature – The fact you have to convert files from .png to .jpg to use it PBWorks is very aggravating. • Comparable tool you like better / why? – I would compare my Wiki to my Linked In page. I like Linked In because of my ability to network faster.

Copyright Assignment

Introduction

I am driven.  I live to make my mother proud because she worked incredibly hard for my sister and me to be happy and successful.  I am blessed with the most intelligent and beautiful daughter.  Her energy and spirit capture my heart and I love her with every part of my body and soul.  I had no idea that you could love someone that much that you had only known for so little of time.  I have a great husband and step-son.  They are the perfect father son team and together I am a very lucky woman. 

My perfect day would be rain clouds, and a slight drizzle falling from the sky.  Not enough to interrupt any regularly scheduled programs, but enough to keep you inside and under a blanket.  I would have a glass of peppermint tea and something downloaded on my Kindle that could be read in a day.  I would not want to live my perfect day not knowing the end to a perfect short story.

You have one thing to do in life, live it. I think too many times we make excuses on why we cannot do something or why an idea that was successful for someone else was not successful for us.  The thing is we are guaranteed absolutely no time on this earth so my message is simple, live each day like it is your last.  Always tell the people you love you love them and have fun. 

Synopsis:

In the world of education we have choices to make as educators (and have already made some choices); we can either teach to teach or teach to motivate students’ creativity.