Presented via Skype for Amarillo ISD on 8/20/2012
Technology Is…
- Did You Know? (2012) – Video on the incredible pace of technology and society.
- The Cost of Technology Over the Decades – Infographic on the plummeting costs of technology
- A Day in the Internet – Infographic on the information that flows in one day on the internet.
- Everything’s Amazing and Nobody’s Happy – Comedian Louis C.K recognizing amazing technology without the angst.
- Computers are like bicycles for your mind – Steve Jobs and the role of technology
- Now You See It – How Technology and Brain Science Will Transform Schools and Business for the 21st Century – Cathy N. Davidson
Presentation tools gone bad
Presentation Zen
- Presentation Zen – Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery – Garr Reynolds.
- 5 Immediate ways to improve a presentation:
- Slides should reinforce your words, not repeat them.
- Don’t use cheesy images.
- Transitions – keep it simple
- Create a leave behind written document.
- Don’t hand out printouts of your slides – they don’t work without you there.
Pecha Kucha
- Adds limitations on presentations to foster increased clarity and creativity. 20 slides, 20 seconds for each slide. 6 minutes and 40 seconds. (20×20,6:40)
- Pecha Kucha Training Bite video
Presentation Tech Tools:
- Prezi.com – Fantastic tool that encourages good communication techniques.
- SlideRocket.com – A more powerful tool that can record audio annotations.
- Google Docs/Presentations – Great for collaboration. Basic features
- Vuvox – scrolling collages with audio
- One True Media – simple, quick online video maker
- Fotobabble – talking photo maker
- WallWisher – create a blank wall for simple collaboration. Really cool tool.
- Glogster – create interactive posters
- Voki – create talking avatars.
- Live Scribe Pen – Technology meets paper. This tool lets you record audio that’s paired to your hand-written notes. You can play back the audio that occurred at the time you wrote a note. Great for grading/capturing oral presentations.