EDTC 6340 Chapter 5 Making Connections

Making the connection is basically the presenter making sure he/she can make the hook up with audience. For example if the presenter is delivering a boring topic, the audience will get up and leave. As I was reading this chapter, one of the examples.that Burmark mentions is about making the abstract concrete, to ask the audience members to make a picture in their head when you say the word rose. (2011, P. 71).    My first picture on my mind was my mother, because her name is Rose. This is how you would make the learner connect with the presenter by having more concrete context which is easier to remember (Burmark,2011, p.71). Simulations and real-life experiences are also ways of know how to present more concrete. I agree with Burmark that she states that classroom teachers has an advantage over the one –presenter in that ongoing course provides more time to asses and build foundational knowledge (2011, P.74). I thing I learn for sure is that I need to make sure I don’t bore my audience and keep them interested on the topic being presented.  The presenter needs to also make sure to use some humor in order to connect with the audience along with the use of language barrier.

       Burmark, L. (2011). They Snooze You Lose: The educator’s guide to successful presentations. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass

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After reading chapter three celebrating presenters and four Ringing Chimes, I deided to go back to my power point and made some changes to make my power point more presentable. First of all I changed the color of the slides. I then added more graphics to my slides for example less words and more visial aids for the purpose of the audience not to be bored. My power point has mostly graphics therefore students will be more alert during the lesson . Burmark, L. (2011). They Snooze You Lose: The educator’s guide to successful presentations. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass

EDTC-6340 Chapter 4 Ringing Chimes

Chapter 4 Ringing Chimes

Linda Burkelll, states that in the educational field when we present a presentation we need two things to be done but also well done (p. 62).  The presenter needs to be effective by accomplishing two things which are to get the learners attention and make the presentation memorable.  For example when I used to teacher History to my ESL students I would dress up as Pocahontas this was done so that the students would show interest and would like to see what the presentation would be about.  The lesson would help students grasps a better understanding of the history lesson. With this in mind, I needed to make sure that I was able attract the audience not distract the learner.  Once you have accomplish getting the attention of your audience, you need to learn how to keep your audience attention long enough to make the presentation stick.

Burmark, L. (2011). They Snooze You Lose: The educator’s guide to successful presentations. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass

EDTC-6340 Chapter 3 Celebrating Presenters

Chapter 3: Celebrating Presenters While reading this chapter I learned specific tips and strategies to be able to perform a better presentation to my audience. In order to have a great presentation and not bore the audience the presenter would need to start with a main focus such as music at the beginning of the presentation or an ice breaker in which involves a hands on activity. For example, I attended a Counselors Workshop located at South Padre Island last year. The theme for the conference was Mari Gras and before the presentation would begin, presenters would greet the audience with beads. The sessions would fill up quickly because they would be expecting some type of entertainment. Lynell Burmark also states that the presenter would need to be motivational because it inspires us and has an impact, short or long term (p.45). One other technique to remember is to always smile to the audience and never let them know that you are nervous or not prepared.
      Burmark, L. (2011). They Snooze You Lose: The educator’s guide to successful presentations. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass

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After reading Chapter one on Tweaking Presentations and Chapter two creating slides and handouts, I went back to my previous powerpoint and did the following: I changed the color of my slides because it will make the audience want to want to read what they see. I also changed the font on my title pages from smaler font to bigger font so that the audience will be able to see the power point if sitting at the end of the room. I also reduced the number of words per slide so that the presenter will not read the slide but use this as a guide to what he or she will talk about during the presentation.

EDTC 6340-Chapter Two Creating slides and handouts

Chapter two mentions how to create slides and what type of handouts to use why creating a power point presentation.   I could relate to this chapter because I took a class last semester and throughout the course we had to create and reflect each chapter read through power point presentations.  Some presentations were boring due to the presenter reading word by word.  Following the power point presentation there was also a ten to fifteen page handout.   The power points that I remember were the ones with colorful images, less wording and not much redundancy.   Now I see why the presenter did not lose their audience, because she used the correct skills that are needed in order to have presentable power point presentations.  As far as using handouts the students would email us the presentation prior to the date and this will eliminate the use of handouts.  This was just a few students that actually had good power point presentations. 

EDTC 6340-Chapter one Tweaking Presentations

 My first assignment for my 6340 class was on creating a power point presentation.  I had created power point presentations for my previous classes.  Even though Chapter one should have served as a review from my previous courses, I still learned new ways of creating a power point to look more presentable.  Lynell Burmark, mention three important categories while creating a power point. The first category in a power point is the template; you can either create your own or use one that is already available.   In my experience since I am not familiar with power points, I rather use a power point template until I get enough confidence to create one of my own.  Although according to author, Nancy Durante, she states that we should stay away from templates that are too busy and should never compete with content. (p.4). the next two categories are Color and type  for example making sure  you have not more than 40 words per slide and making sure you pink a color that will not bored the reader.