Copyright Revision Ch 8 & 9

Even though I learned so much as I read chapter 8 and 9, this revision does not have a lot of changes. I tried to incorporate, as much as I can, some of the things I learned while reading those chapters. I was not able to integrate music to my PowerPoint, but I would definitely like to do so if it was possible, as we did in the Sliderocket assignment. I was not able to hear a thing once I put it on the Slideshare tool.
Chapter 9 was all about emotions being positive. I tried to incorporate some elements that would bring positive emotions about this issue [Copyright] which is very controversial. Moreover, to impact the audience positively. I took some pictures away that might bring a negative feeling and I added new pictures, which I consider can help me to bring positive emotions on this issue.

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Chapter 9 synopsis

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Chapter 9

Tapping emotion

This chapter is all about emotions [both presenter and audience emotions]. According to Burmark, (2011), Emotions stick! This is the secret for presentations that work. Whether the emotion is positive or negative it has sticking power. For example, positive music and images on a presentation create a deeper emotional impact. A positive impact.

As educators, we can make our students or break them; our words have so much power, so we have to use them wisely. When delivering a presentation/lesson we need to make sure what type of emotions are we transmitting to our audience because we do not know the way they are going to feel while we deliver content. We need to be aware of the huge impact we had on them. Think about the emotions emanating from you while teaching or presenting something. The best way is to find out what gives them positive feelings [audience]. The audience´s emotional response is what inspires them.

Educators/presenters need to use positive emotions to communicate and illustrate the point they are making. So if the content/information presented somehow touches the audience, it will be memorable for them. According to research findings whatever emotion an educator is feeling while teaching/presenting will reverberate throughout the classroom and presentation venue (p. 172). Stay positive!

I really like this chapter. It is so true everything I read on it. Our students need to feel the love we have for them. They need to know that we care for them. Also, it is important to build on their self-esteem and confidence by providing positive emotional experiences. It is all about the way they feel. Having them feeling motivated, engaged, joyful about learning by the way we present ourselves every single day to our classroom. The way they feel it is important because that makes them to remember. 

References

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

Chapter 8 synopsis

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Chapter 8
Playing music

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
-Aldous Huxley

This chapter deals with the integration of music to our educational presentations and classroom lessons. It provides a depth description of why should one integrate music. As educator, if you want to make your presentation an experience your student will never forget, and, that will stick straight into their long term memory it is as simple as combining images and music.

According to Burmark, (2011), music is so powerful and broadly applicable. She is totally right about this. As most of us know, research has shown the powerfulness of music in so many ways. It is broadly applicable because you can use it in educational settings. As educators, we can use music to accompany the content delivered in a presentation. In addition, we an use it to enhance our lessons. It would make the learning experience for students totally different and engaging. Playing music in the classroom enhances teachable moments because music helps students to retain information easily. It is up to us how to use it for educational purposes. We can become masters of this by reading this chapter because it provides us with advice, recommendations and techniques to do so. Burmark, (2011), states that musical experiences enrich learning for all students (p.153).

Some of the recommendations are to accompany lesson and presentations [e.g. digital storytelling and slideshows] with music. Also, to use the same music when students are learning material as when the teacher is trying to recall it, since research has shown that this is the best way to get the maximum educational benefits of it. Moreover, as an educator, music should be selected intentionally, thoughtfully and responsibly because it affects their emotions. It has to be always positive because it has a huge impact on them.

While reading this chapter my student teaching experience totally came to my mind. I remembered my first placement [kindergarten]. In kinder, we started every single morning with a song and finish our day with a song. We had music almost the whole day. It was totally amazing and they were enjoying so much, even the shy ones showed their personalities during that time. Children love music and, for sure, I can say that enhances the lessons and improves the way they learn. Also, during my second placement, which was in second grade, one of the teachers I had as my mentors [team teaching system] played music during centers time and while students were taking some tests. I noticed how the music had so much impact on the way they work or behave. I learned so much by reading this chapter. As always, it had so much information that I have never think about before.

References

Aldous Huxley quote retrieved from:  http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/topics/topic_music.html#ixzz1n3e1DNJK

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

Copyright PPT Revision Ch 5, 6 & 7

For this revision of my copyright presentation, I made plenty of changes based on what I read on chapter 5, 6 and 7 of They Snooze You Lose by Dr. Lynell Burmark (2011). I tried to incorporate humor by adding a cartoon about copyright. Also, I integrated illustrative and colorful visuals into my slides in order to support my points. I am trying to have more visuals and few words on my slides.

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Chapter 7 synopsis

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Chapter 7

Starting with images

This chapter provides us with a depth description and several reasons to include colorful and illustrative visual elements into the slides of our educational presentations. Burmark (2011) explains how research demonstrates that students improve their performance, and retain the information being taught in the classroom if, the teacher uses visual elements to illustrate the point he/she is making.
The suggested activities in this chapter are very interesting. These types of activities will help students to work on, and to improve their high order thinking skills. Students take a minute to look at the pictures/images and they will be requested to imagine the story behind it. It is fascinating how their imagination will go on. They will discuss the picture and will share with their classmates three things they observed, two things they could infer and one question they would like to ask. I can see myself totally doing this with my future students.
In order to set the stage of your presentation, you just need to add a colorful, full slide image on the first and last slide so they know the importance of the point you are making. According to Burmark (2011), we just need image-filled, text free slides because full images are what captivate the most. The following slides of your presentation should contain only essential information, since slides are there to support what you are going to describe/explain. So if you have any overwhelming slides, you need to highlight the keywords on it, delete the rest of the text, and incorporate an illustrative visual. Another recommendation is to add short and legible quotes to our visuals so you can go to the next topic or, to support your point. In most of my past courses, Professors always ask us not to read from the presentation. When presenting you need to know what you are talking about, and those keywords are there for you to explain their meaning in depth while you deliver the content. In addition, Burmark (2011) shares some techniques on how to modify the percentage of the image to make it fit perfectly on the slide, since the sizing and placement of the pictures is very important and makes a big impact on the audience. She continues talking about the importance of color. Color grabs students’ attention and makes a huge difference on a presentation because, as we read before, color visuals increase willingness to read by up to 80%, increase motivation and participation. Also, if we use color purposefully it will enhance students´ learning and will improve their retention. So they remember the colorful visual and it is easier to go back and recall on it. For Burmark (2011), an image plus a narration is the "best combination". In this reading, I also learned about the “Rapid Fire” activity, which I will definitely use with my students once I get a job.

References

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

Chapter 6 synopsis

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Chapter 6

Harnessing humor

This chapter deals with the use of humor while presenting in order to connect with the audience. Also, the use of humor when delivering content. I truly believe students learn when they are having fun, and when they enjoy a presentation/lesson. However, the teacher must establish boundaries to do so. In the last section of chapter 5, Using humor to connect, Burmark (2011) quotes comedian Victor Borge, “Laughter is the shortest distance between two people,” so, if we want to get closer to our students, and we want them to acquire learning let´s integrate humor to our everyday teaching, and to take away the monotony of our classrooms. Burmark (2011) recommends humor in an educational setting to be “childlike exuberant,” full of surprises, so our students expect the unexpected, and, with historical perspective, so you or the students can look back and recall. According to Burmark (2011), in order to get your content across you need to get the audience´s attention, and to connect humor to content. Burmark (2011) states that if the presenter connects the point of the presentation to humor, the audience is more likely to remember it, and this is all because of the way our brains work. One very important thing to remember is that we are not comedians, but responsible educators who want students to remember the content we are presenting to them. So whatever it is that we are presenting it will go down better if, we connect that content to humor because we want our audience to stay awake. What do we want then? Well, according to Burmark, and I couldn’t agree more with her; we want to be able to connect those fun feelings to content that we want to hard-wire into our audience long-term memory. She recommends us to establish a humor zone [with positive humor] and to create joyful spaces so students feel safe and encouraged. If the audience is laughing that will definitely make the knowledge stick into their brains. Some of the recommendations are the use of cartoons, jokes, humorous/funny pictures or videos, and telling funny stories.

References

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

Chapter 5 synopsis

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Chapter 5

Making Connections

I really like reading chapter 5. It is a really interesting chapter because it has extremely helpful information for presenters when it comes to making connections. Also, it provides with advice and several ideas on how presenters can get closer to the audience.
Burmark (2011) states that we need to start by presenting the abstract information in a concrete manner. If one presents abstract information of a new concept makes it kind of hard for young students, even for adults, to create mental pictures of what it is. However, if one makes the abstract concrete it will be much more easier for the audience to remember and to feel related to the content as well. Moreover, we want to relate to audience´s prior knowledge to start making connections. For example, the presenter can provide visuals full of color, to bring back memories or, to make reference to every day life situations/experiences. in my own personal experience, I know for sure that it is really hard to try to learn a new concept for a 6-year-old, even more so in a second language. However, I also know that a teacher can make this easier by presenting concrete material. Also, if the teacher answers any possible question students might have while delivering the presentation without the need of students asking those questions. As educators, we need to plan ahead. If we know our students and their backgrounds, we sure know what their questions might be. We will answer those questions by making connections during our presentation/lesson and they will more than ready to relate and learn the new information. The incorporation of technology makes this task [make connections] for educators/presenters really easy. There are so many learning tool in the Web 2.0. For example, the Wordle application, which I love and the use of digital flashcards. As the chapter continues, Burmark (2011) describes the "10:2" system, which I really like. This system allows students to share what they have learned so far from the presentation with a partner during 2 minutes. Students will rest a bit their brain so they will be focused for the next chunk of info. This is a very good strategie for the presenter to use in order to keep the audience ´s attention. Also, in this chapter, Burmark (2011) describes different ways on how a presenter can get closer to the audience. Burmark  (2011) recommends the integration of  humor to connect with the audience. Also, it is recommended to interact with the audience before, during and after the presentation. It is extremely important to get to know the audience, and their names i f possible. Also, a presenter can give relevant freebies away.  According to Burmark (2011), the more senses the presenter engaged while the delivering of the presentation the more concrete the experience will be. 

References

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

Copyright presentation revision Ch 3 & 4

For this revision of my Copyright PPT presentation I made plenty of changes, which were based on what I read on chapter 3 and 4 of Dr. Lynell Burmark's book They Snooze You Lose ,(2011). I decided to change the background and the colors again. I was not quiet satisfied with the ones I used before. Since I am trying really hard to ring the CHIMES2 to get to be an effective presenter and make my presentation memorable, I added plenty of pictures. In addition, I decided to take out words from slides because I am trying to implied some of the information with the pictures. "Una imagen dice mas que mil palabras" that is what we say in Mexico. It means that you can use just one picture/image and you can say/transfer a thousand words with it. I think this presentation will get the attention of my audience.

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Chapter 4 synopsis

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Chapter 4
Ringing CHIMES2

This chapter talks about two things that what we need to nail in order to be an effective and efficient presenter. The first thing is to get the attention of the audience, and, of course, to keep their attention throughout the delivery of the presentation. Once you have their attention, you will get to accomplish the second part, which is to make the presentation stick to the audience's mind. If we want our audience to remember, and, therefore, apply what they learned, we need to make it memorable.
In addition, it talks about the challenges we might face as presenters, such as, distraction and the information-fatigue disorder. We need to find the perfect attention getter. What we want is to attract but not distract our students since there is a fine line between those two. In my own experience, I know that from one little moment to the other you already lost them in the lesson/presentation and it is really hard to get them back on track. So, we need their attention long enough in order to make that presentation stick into their brains. As a result, they will be able to remember and apply what they have learned. According to what I read on this chapter what we need is a hook. A very effective hook.We need to make the presentation work. If we want that presentation to work and be successful, we need to "ring" the CHIMES2. The CHIMES2 is an acronym which means connections, humor, images, music, emotion, stories, and senses. I really like this CHIMES2 strategy, which is exemplified with a Susan Boyle You Tube video. In a presentation, we need to make connections. How is it that you make a connection? We need to think about our students experiences. Also, we need to show a little bit of humor while delivering a presentation, so students enjoy and are engaged at the same time. Moreover, the visual and musical aspect play a very important role. We need to have emotion and our students need to feel it too. We need to share stories and; make it a multisensory experience for them. The following chapters will describe how to use each one of the CHIMES2 [hooks].

References

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

Chapter 3 synopsis

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Chapter 3

Celebrating presenters

In this chapter, Dr. Lynell Burmark makes reference to four categories of presenters [the lecturer, the entertainer, the motivational speaker and the educator]. First, she describes the lecturer whom often loses his audience in the process of delivering the presentation. Then, we have the entertainer, who offers delightful presentations but lost his mind in the process. This type of presenter knows what the audience as a whole wants, but not as individuals. Another category is the motivational speaker who tends to inspire and impact the audience. However, this is not enough to be an effective presenter. Burmark (2011) adds a fourth category which is the educator one. The educator is responsible of presenting the information to his/her students,  but wants them to remember and to be able to transfer and apply that learning into new situations.

In addition, we can find several tips and strategies in order to improve and transform our presenter skills. For example, Dr. Lynell Burmark describes Steve Jobs as one of the best presenters. Jobs presentations had a mixture of lecture, entertainment and motivation. He was able to inform, captivate and inspire his audience. In my opinion, that is what we need to do in order for our presentations to be effective and successful. We need a little bit of everything.  As educators, we must lecture, entertain, an motivate our students if we want them to retain the information presented and to apply it later on.

This chapter provides a list of 10 Tips form Steve Jobs. I think these tips are really helpful if we want to improve the way we deliver a presentation in an educational setting. Lynell (2011) states he spend decades making this list. Another strategy that I found very interesting  is to adapt the presentation to the audience´s learning styles. Since the interests of the audience impact the presentation and its success, as educators it is important to gather information about the students preferences before planning a presentation or a lesson.

I find this chapter very interesting and full of helpful information that would help me and everyone else to become in an effective presenter and to improve those skills we have.

References

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

Copyright presentation revision Ch 1 & 2

For this revision of my PowerPoint presentation on Copyright, I did a few changes based on what I read on chapter 1 and 2 of They Snooze You Loze by Lynell Burmark, (2011). I changed the size, the color and the type of font. Also, I went from capital letters on my titles to lower case. I decided to take away some information that would be helpful and better for my handouts and notes; instead I left keywords on some slides. In addition, I changed some text that was placed on the slide from ´right to left´ to ´left to right´. I did some changes on the pictures I used too.

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Chapter 2 synopsis

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Chapter  2

Creating slides and handouts

This chapter discusses the importance of creating your PowerPoint presentation slides, and the handouts you will provide your audience with. The slides and handout of the presentation should not include everything the presenter is going to say to the audience. The presenter needs to add notes to it. The slides of a presentation should have both words and images. Whether it is for entertainment or edutaiment we need to deliver an effective visual presentation. The advice on this chapter is to use more images rather than text. First, you show the image and then you tell about it. This will help to increase audience attention and the PowerPoint presentation will be memorable for them. Also, it is recommended to avoid handouts that are identical to your slides. We don’t need to resemble the actual presentation but to provide new information that would be helpful and relevant to the audience later on. Moreover, those handouts will be available online so you don´t lose your audience attention.

The information provided on this chapter was very interesting for me. I have never thought before about providing handouts at the end of the presentation. This will help to maintain the audience focused on the delivering of the presentation. 

References

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

Chapter 1 synopsis

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Chapter 1
Tweaking presentations

As I was reading this chapter, I realize that PowerPoint is a very powerful tool that we use to present info almost every single day. As educators what we need to create is a dynamic slide show so we don’t lose our students while presenting to them. In They Snooze You Lose, Lynell Burmark, (2011) talks about how to tweak our PowerPoint presentations in order to achieve better results. I have used PowerPoint software plenty of times, and, after reading this chapter, I thought about how nobody has shown me how to create an effective PowerPoint. I was told in many of the courses that I took a little bit about the basics of a presentation, for example, the color of the font or the number of words per slide. However, I am willing to learn how to master this tool with the help of this book because what I really want is to show my future students memorable performances so they will be able to internalize the information presented on my PowerPoint presentations. Moreover, I would like to prepare them to do this as well.

This chapter covers three main categories that we need to take in consideration when it comes to design a successful PowerPoint presentation, which are the template, the color and the type (p 5). According to Burmark (2011), our templates need to help us clarify the message we want to send the audience. In addition, he defines color as a pedagogical imperative. We need to think about how are we going to use our PowerPoint; what are we going to teach our students? Once we have all that clear, then we decide which template we want to use and the color selection. For me the most important thing is to not overwhelm the audience. We need to keep it simple but attractive. According to Burmark (2011), the color will help to increase motivation and participation, as well as, to enhance learning and to improve retention. Indeed, we are selling our content to the audience with the color and with the template we chose. As educators, we need to get our students attention in order to enhance their comprehension of a concept by enriching our presentations. Burmark (2011) suggests us to use fonts that are simple and legible; to present information from left to right; to reduce the number of words per slide, no more than 40 (p 12). It is better to guide our audience through the presentation with meaningful chunks of information in each slide.

References

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

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Copyright presentation learning experience

While getting ready to create my Powerpoint presentation, I was able to gain a better understanding of what copyright is. This assignment gave me the opportunity to learn many new things about this concept. Now, as a future teacher, I am aware of several important things before using something that is online. As I was doing my research, I began to wonder what is really important for educators to know about copyright, since there is plenty of information on the World Wide Web. The Copyright Crash Course was very educational. I did not know anything about The Teach Act, which is very interesting and important for us, because of what allows and provides to educators.