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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Marivel Correa

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