think visual: 3 easy ways to revamp your presentations (faculty pd day)
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Presented at MacEwan University's Faculty PD Day on August 28, 2013. Abstract: Boring PowerPoint presentations are everywhere in academia. We’ve all blankly sat through them, and despite our best intentions to engage both students and colleagues, we have likely presented a few of our own. Drawing on approaches to “Presentation Zen” applied in classroom and conference settings, this session will empower participants to embrace simple techniques in creating engaging visual aids that can help facilitate learning through recognition of the brain’s capacity for visual recall.TRANSCRIPT
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
Visual
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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!!!!!
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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)
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Flickr.com/search/advanced
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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?