Congrats to our section of EDU 532 on some awesome PowerPoint presentations!! Having to present on something other than ourselves was much more creative and stimulating of an activity, and something I don't think the other section could handle. The designs and slide layout on all of our presentations made them easy to read and the images were very captivating. Even though we only had a short amount of time, the presentations remained informative and should translate easily into our own classroom one day.
My favorite item from today's presentation was the use of animated text during Ben's presentation. He had letters that looked and sounded as if they were being made by a typewriter, giving his presentation on Theodore Roosevelt an antiquated feel (even with the use of digital media). This is one feature I plan on investigating and hope to master like Ben has.
I think the greatest area of improvement is to improve on timing. This project was difficult because the 5 minute time limit was not enough to go through 8 - 10 slides. I know that during my presentation, I spent too much introducing the topic and ran out of time before I could get to the end. It seemed like other people had similar problems of timing, maybe not during the intro like me, but at other points too much time was allocated for a certain slide, forcing other students to rush through portions of their PPT.
The source of improvement for my next presentation is in becoming more comfortable with PowerPoint. The reorganization and addition of many tools on the newest version of PowerPoint has taken me some time to get used to and I know I must invest much more time to be as comfortable as I used to be. I had a problem saving the file, and ended up losing much of my formatting and images but this was my fault and something caused by rushing. As someone who owns a Mac I made most of my presentation from home, but ran into a few compatibility issues when I came to school to make additions (no major problems arose, just extra time wasted and headaches created).
I think PowerPoint presentations are an effective way to give a lecture or any other time when you are combining a lecture and media (or just looking to spice up a lecture by adding video or images). One of the major pros of using PowerPoint are that you can quickly create a visual aide/supplement to any presentation, making it more stimulating and engaging for all in attendance. One major con with PowerPoint is the tendency to add detail and images until all empty space is filled, making the visual presentation cluttered and distracting the viewers from the main message of the presentation.
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Bryant,
ReplyDeleteI feel the same way about the five-minute presentation time limit. Like you, I spent more time with my first few slides, only to see Rhiannon counting down, 1, 2,3,4 – gong show. I could see that you also had a lot of data, and I don’t know that anyone could truly do Che justice in just 5 minutes! Many of us were frustrated by limitation, but it was a fun exercise for me! I mostly enjoying see what others choose to teach; I think it provides some insight into our fellow students. There are many people in our cohort I hope I work with in the future.
DK