Sunday, October 9, 2011

Copyright Presentation revised for Chapters 7-9

I changed my title slide by adding a picture that would make an impact to the audience about copyright since in the chapter readings it is said that as an audience the title slide is the most viewed in time.  I also added humor with a comic on copyright as suggested in Chapter 8.

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Chapter 9 Tapping Emotion

Chapter 9 Tapping emotion discusses the impact presenters make through the use of emotions.  Emotions stick whether it be a positive or negative impact.  Presentations are about “the transfer of emotion.”  As a presenter, your goal is to persuade your audience to adopt your point of view.  If a presenter adds humor or emotional content to the subject, it may turn an impossible-to-learn subject learnable.  “If the information somehow touches you personally, you’ll remember it.”  Comments with a positive emotional charge enrich our lives; on the other hand, comments with a negative emotional charge drain us and leave us vulnerable to every “virus” that comes along.  There is no neutral column.  A presenter has the power to change the mood of their audience and set the tone for the session.  The words we choose contribute to making a positive or negative impact.  Words, images, and music determine the connection made between the presenter and their audience.  As a teacher, one should take advantage of the opportunity to instill a positive impact in our students that will result in lasting a lifetime.

Monday, October 3, 2011

Chapter 8 Playing Music

Lynell Burmark, discusses the impact music has on the audience during a presentation in Chapter 8, Playing Music.  In the age of black and white movies, the audience needed music to engage their emotional reactions and involvement.  According to professor Norman Weinberger, music is needed now a days to supply the actual emotional states and feeling the audience needs to identify with the action and the characters involved. Music dictates our emotional state and tells us when to laugh or when to cry.  Music takes over our emotions.  Based on a research study conducted by Carol Krumhansl listeners easily identified musical compositions as happy, fearful or sad.  Music should be selected intentionally.  Musical experiences enrich the learning process.  Maximize educational benefits from playing music in a presentation by using the same music at the same tempo when trying to recall material when you learned it.  Incorporating images with music into your presentation will impact your audience.

Chapter 7 Starting with Images

Chapter 7, Starting with Images, states that starting with a picture embraces the conventions of live theater rather than the traditions of words and images on a printed page.  Using images that illustrate improve learning only if the visual illustrates the point you are trying to make.  A 4-Step process should be considered when focusing on reducing text on a slide.  The 4-step process begins with selecting a slide that has too much text on it.  Next, keywords or short phrases should be highlighted.  All other text should be removed which would leave the key words as mnemonics.  The last step includes adding an image.  Garr Reynolds quotes “ a simple quote is a good springboard from which you can launch your next topic or…support your point.  The trick is not to use them too much and to make sure that they are short and legible.”   Images should fill the screen and full-bleeds.  Color should be used in presentations since we use it to identify our world, it grabs attention and helps organize data.  Burmark highlights important points to remember when preparing presentations include: 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 percent.  Combining words with images has a life-long payoff benefit.  Eyes go to images first and then to text on a slide.  Author Lynell Burmark suggests that educator practice a Rapid Fire technique that presents information in a one-minute illustration and narration presentation versus traditional reports.   Evaluation outcomes accomplish the same goal while engaging students through pictures. 

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Copyright PowerPoint Revised for Chapters 3, 4, 5 & 6

Changes made to Copyright PowerPoint presentation, according to suggestions made for chapter 3, 4, 5 and 6, include: adding a compare and contast venn diagram for side by side comparison, minimizing text by including a word cloud created on wordle.net and adding full size pictures.