I think Photo Essays are good because it gives photos about a subject and whoever is familiar with the subject can see different photos. But some of them are not very comprehensible and when you don't know anything about the subject, you can not make any relationship with photos. If I wanted to revise Photo Essays I would have tried to sort them more specificaly and I would have tried to make more relationship.
I don't think that it is hard to tell a story using pictures and music. When we can find relation between them, it is very interesting and easy to understand.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Friday, April 4, 2008
Assigment #4
Powerpoint was developed by engineers as a tool to help them communicate with the marketing department vice versa. PowerPoint can communicate ideas faster and faster. It could be the most powerful tool on our coputer, but it is not. Many innovations fail because their champions use PowerPoint the way Microsoft wants them to.
Communication is the transfer of emotion
Communication means to present our points of view to others. And to help them understand our emotion. Giving facts and figures logic is not enough in presenting our ideas. The reason we do presentations is to sell one or more ideas. If we believe our idea, we can sell it.
Four components to a great presentation:
1) make ourself cue cards and put them in our hand.
2) make slides that reinforce our words, not repeat them. It has more effet on the audience.
3) create a written doument and give it to the audience at the end of presentation, not before it!
4) create a feedback cycle when we need it.
Bullets are for the NRA
Five rules to create an amazing PowerPoint presentation:
1) No more than six words on a slide
2) No cheesy images
3) No dissolves, spins or other transitions
4) Sound effects can be used
5) Don't hand out print-outs of your slides
Key points about cognitive load theory:
Communication is the transfer of emotion
Communication means to present our points of view to others. And to help them understand our emotion. Giving facts and figures logic is not enough in presenting our ideas. The reason we do presentations is to sell one or more ideas. If we believe our idea, we can sell it.
Four components to a great presentation:
1) make ourself cue cards and put them in our hand.
2) make slides that reinforce our words, not repeat them. It has more effet on the audience.
3) create a written doument and give it to the audience at the end of presentation, not before it!
4) create a feedback cycle when we need it.
Bullets are for the NRA
Five rules to create an amazing PowerPoint presentation:
1) No more than six words on a slide
2) No cheesy images
3) No dissolves, spins or other transitions
4) Sound effects can be used
5) Don't hand out print-outs of your slides
Key points about cognitive load theory:
- working memory is limited when we are learning new information
- In a classroom, only limited material is going to be retained
- PowerPoint presentationis not a success if the information on the screen is the same as what we want to say
The science of PowerPoint Overload
According to cognitive scientist, there are three features of the human information processing system:
1) dual channels
2) limited capacity
3) active processing
Reduce visual overload by moving text from the screen and bring the processing into auditor channel. The science of PowerPoint is there, it is up to us to deny it or accept it and change. Cliff's notes that can be used for PowerPoint:
- show some picture when the slides contain only words
- stop repeatition
- get ride of extra things
- break up slides that take too much time
- keep it simple
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Assignment #3
I think that PowerPoint is very useful and interesting. It is not boring while it gives information to the audience. When i use PowerPoint in my presentation i try to make it more interesting with slides while I talk about the subject. But I don't want to confuse the audience with a lot of information both spoken and written. I mean I try to talk about the subject by myself not by short sentences at the bottom of slides. If I was teaching a class, I would try to make lessons more interesting and less boring. And I would have tried not to be so much demanding! In using PowerPoint, it depends on the subject. When it is necessary and useful I will use PowerPoint, otherwise I will use handouts, transcriptions and when possible I will take my students to outdoors not sitting always by computers!
Assignment #2
Research Points the Finger at PowerPoint
Against PowerPoint: It is difficult to process information if it comes to you both in spoken and written form.
The Australian researchers who these findings have declared the death of the PowerPoint presentation. The reasearch shows the human brain gets more information in either its verbal or written form, but not both at the same time. The findings also show that there are limits on the brain's capacity to process and retain information in short-term memory. Professor Sweller, from the university's faculty of education, developed the "cognitive load theory".He said that the use of the PowerPoint presentation has been a disaster and that it should be detched.
In Defense of PowerPoint
Most of the people give poor talks. If we are lucky, the points are laid out logically, starting with the history, the current situation, the analysis, and the recommendations or conclusions. So we can say that the dull stuff comes at first and the interesting part at the end, and often the speaker runs out of time. Good speakers start with something interesting. We can start with an example. We should get the audience interested in the talk. They whet the appetite and then they present the necessary background information, but when someone knows what is coming, this material will be interesting rather than dull and dreary when the same stuff is presented before the audience knows why. Listeners cannot listen to too much information at once. We have to make the listeners interested enough to explore the subject on their own. If we talk too much the listeners becomes overloaded and he will give up and stop fallowing. Tufte believes that nothing could be more delightful than a graph or chart which can capture the interest for hours. Tufte also tells much about why the slide is so poor and why it does not give useful information. He believes that PowerPoint is bad. Some experts on NASA Columbia incident gave a presentation to others to announce their findings. The fault is with the findings and not with the slides. The slide presentation was meant to present the conclusion of their report. Therefore the more important points. It does not mean the fault lies in the presentation, nor in the tool used to present it. The speech giver should really develope three different documents.
1) Personal notes, only the speaker has to see it and used as a reminder of the topics and key points.
2) Illastrative slides. These slides shouldillustrate the major points and help inspire the listeners. Tufte believes that this is not entertainment but the writer responds that if the audience is not entertained, they do not listen.
3) Handouts. The speaker writes references, the data and appendices for his talk.
The writer also says that the listeners would like to have hanouts to refresh their memory later. He also thinks that they are correct.
But is PowerPoint bad? No, it is a useful tool. Boring talks and poorly strutured talks are bad. We must not blame the problem on the tool. Is PoerPoint responsible for the Columbia disaster? No. The PowerPoint slides reflected the judgement of the committee.
Against PowerPoint: It is difficult to process information if it comes to you both in spoken and written form.
The Australian researchers who these findings have declared the death of the PowerPoint presentation. The reasearch shows the human brain gets more information in either its verbal or written form, but not both at the same time. The findings also show that there are limits on the brain's capacity to process and retain information in short-term memory. Professor Sweller, from the university's faculty of education, developed the "cognitive load theory".He said that the use of the PowerPoint presentation has been a disaster and that it should be detched.
In Defense of PowerPoint
Most of the people give poor talks. If we are lucky, the points are laid out logically, starting with the history, the current situation, the analysis, and the recommendations or conclusions. So we can say that the dull stuff comes at first and the interesting part at the end, and often the speaker runs out of time. Good speakers start with something interesting. We can start with an example. We should get the audience interested in the talk. They whet the appetite and then they present the necessary background information, but when someone knows what is coming, this material will be interesting rather than dull and dreary when the same stuff is presented before the audience knows why. Listeners cannot listen to too much information at once. We have to make the listeners interested enough to explore the subject on their own. If we talk too much the listeners becomes overloaded and he will give up and stop fallowing. Tufte believes that nothing could be more delightful than a graph or chart which can capture the interest for hours. Tufte also tells much about why the slide is so poor and why it does not give useful information. He believes that PowerPoint is bad. Some experts on NASA Columbia incident gave a presentation to others to announce their findings. The fault is with the findings and not with the slides. The slide presentation was meant to present the conclusion of their report. Therefore the more important points. It does not mean the fault lies in the presentation, nor in the tool used to present it. The speech giver should really develope three different documents.
1) Personal notes, only the speaker has to see it and used as a reminder of the topics and key points.
2) Illastrative slides. These slides shouldillustrate the major points and help inspire the listeners. Tufte believes that this is not entertainment but the writer responds that if the audience is not entertained, they do not listen.
3) Handouts. The speaker writes references, the data and appendices for his talk.
The writer also says that the listeners would like to have hanouts to refresh their memory later. He also thinks that they are correct.
But is PowerPoint bad? No, it is a useful tool. Boring talks and poorly strutured talks are bad. We must not blame the problem on the tool. Is PoerPoint responsible for the Columbia disaster? No. The PowerPoint slides reflected the judgement of the committee.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Assignment #5: 10 Tips for a Killer Presentation
1) Don't abuse your visuals: keep your visuals simple, don't put too many words
2) Look at the audience: If we don't look at people, we are not engaging the audience
3) Show your personality: Show some character when presenting
4) Make them laugh: when we want to educate our audience; it keeps audience alert and they will learn more from us
5) Talk to your audience, not at them: interact wih our audience and create a conversation; ask them questions and let them ask questions
6) Be honest: tell them the truth, even if they don't want t hear it; they will respect us so it makes us more human
7) Don't over prepare: we have to know what we are talking about; presentation should flows naturally instead of sounding memorized
8) Show some mvement: we can show some gestures or pace on stage when we are speaking
9) Watch what you say: we don't notice when e say "uhm", "ah" or anything else. But the audience does
10) Differentiate yourself: we have to do something uinique and memorable, so that the audience can remember us.
2) Look at the audience: If we don't look at people, we are not engaging the audience
3) Show your personality: Show some character when presenting
4) Make them laugh: when we want to educate our audience; it keeps audience alert and they will learn more from us
5) Talk to your audience, not at them: interact wih our audience and create a conversation; ask them questions and let them ask questions
6) Be honest: tell them the truth, even if they don't want t hear it; they will respect us so it makes us more human
7) Don't over prepare: we have to know what we are talking about; presentation should flows naturally instead of sounding memorized
8) Show some mvement: we can show some gestures or pace on stage when we are speaking
9) Watch what you say: we don't notice when e say "uhm", "ah" or anything else. But the audience does
10) Differentiate yourself: we have to do something uinique and memorable, so that the audience can remember us.
First Assignment
The value of the technology depends on the ways in which it is used. Each technology has certain strategies. And it is useful to know what pedagogically useful things we can do with a particular
technology such as Powe Point. Much of what we can do with Power Point can be done with
blackboards, whiteboards, overhead projectors, photographic slides and so on. Professor Pearl
started a project. He handed out the handouts among the groups of students. Then he used
Tracy´s slides and did a mini lesson. It somehow worked but there were still problems. Then he
used Power Point and the result was much better. He believes that Power Point is really well-
adapted to preparing lectures, helps someone stay organized, and is flexible as to what kind of
output we want. He believes that Power Pointcan help teachers help their students learn.
Some people believe that Power Point is not as good and useful as people think.The standard
Power Point presentation elevates format over content, betraying an attitute of commercialism.
Power Point, which was created in 1984 and later acquired by Microsoft, seeks to set up a
speaker´s dominance over the audience. Using Power Point at schools rather than learning to
write a report using sentences, children are being taught how to formulate client pitches and
infomercials.
In a Power Point presentation of three to six slides- a total of perhaps 80 words is equal to 15
seconds of silent reading.
Presentation largely stand or fall on the quality, relevance, and integrity of the content. If your
words or images are not on point, making them dance in color won´t make them relevant.
Audience boredom is usually a content failure, not a decoration failure. So respect your audience.
technology such as Powe Point. Much of what we can do with Power Point can be done with
blackboards, whiteboards, overhead projectors, photographic slides and so on. Professor Pearl
started a project. He handed out the handouts among the groups of students. Then he used
Tracy´s slides and did a mini lesson. It somehow worked but there were still problems. Then he
used Power Point and the result was much better. He believes that Power Point is really well-
adapted to preparing lectures, helps someone stay organized, and is flexible as to what kind of
output we want. He believes that Power Pointcan help teachers help their students learn.
Some people believe that Power Point is not as good and useful as people think.The standard
Power Point presentation elevates format over content, betraying an attitute of commercialism.
Power Point, which was created in 1984 and later acquired by Microsoft, seeks to set up a
speaker´s dominance over the audience. Using Power Point at schools rather than learning to
write a report using sentences, children are being taught how to formulate client pitches and
infomercials.
In a Power Point presentation of three to six slides- a total of perhaps 80 words is equal to 15
seconds of silent reading.
Presentation largely stand or fall on the quality, relevance, and integrity of the content. If your
words or images are not on point, making them dance in color won´t make them relevant.
Audience boredom is usually a content failure, not a decoration failure. So respect your audience.
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