think visual: 3 easy ways to revamp your presentations (faculty pd day)

3 Easy Ways to Revamp Your Presentations

Think

Visual

Robyn Hall | August 2013

YAWN!

ProblemsSolutionsExamplesPracticeReminders

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TODAY

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PROBLEMS

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Acording to Dr. John Sweller • educatioal psychologist• University of New South Wales:

“The use of the PowerPoint presentation has been a disaster. It should be ditched.”

He is not alone in this opinion.

About Boring Slides…

People don’t pay attention to themPeople don’t pay attention to themPeople don’t pay attention to themPeople don’t pay attention to themPeople don’t pay attention to themPeople don’t pay attention to them

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SOLUTIONS

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www.anti-powerpoint-party.com

Think

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Retrieved from http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/34274/7-Lessons-From-the-World-s-Most-Captivating-Presenters-SlideShare.aspx

3K.I.S.S.

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Examples

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Research Strategies

Robyn Hall | Winter 2013

Library Research

Getting Started

Info-Noise

Is it CRAAP?

site:gc.ca

Vital Statistics?

Bibliography Magic(sort of)

What is the life expectancy of women living in Afghanistan for 2009?

Practice: International Statistics

a) Sallyb) Wilmac) Lindad) Tamie) Mary

Library Research= Cooking

She: a) Loves cookingb) Hates

cooking

Help!!!!!

Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/mykl/

Real WorldResearch

Predatory Publishers

http://maps.repository66.org/

Open Resources

Open Access

Open Source Software

Open DataCreative Commons

Open Education Resources

MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses)

www.wordle.net

There are only so many hours in the day: we are incredibly understaffed and really do very little promotion in any way.

More than 78% of Canadian households indicated they had a cell phone in 2010, up from 74% in 2008. - Statistics Canada (2011)

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Open Microsoft PowerPoint 2010

PHOTOSYNTHESIS

Go to: www.macewan.ca

Print Screenthen paste (ctrl v)

Retrieved from http://exclaim.ca/News/New_Harsher_Canadian_Copyright_Bill_Reportedly_Heading_Our_Way

Flickr.com/search/advanced

Retrieved from www.flickr.com/photos/doug88888

Retrieved from www.flickr.com/photos/doug88888

www.slideshare.net

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This is B-O-R-I-N-GPeople do not pay

attention to boring things

Put yourself in your audiences’ shoes

People cannot process too much information without enough time spent connecting the dots

Multitasking AND paying attention does not work

Questions?