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