Presentations are used in almost every field of work. They are a great way to really drive a point home. As an educator I will be using presentations regularly to teach so learning how to build an effective presentation will be an important skill for me to learn.
I didn't realize how there are different structures for presentations until I read 5 Quick Ways to Structure a Presentation by Nick Morgan. This article gave 5 simple structures that can be used for almost any presentation on any subject. I also greatly benefited from the article Top Ten Slide Tips by Garr Reynolds. I completely agreed with everything he said in his article. I have sat through some very boring presentations in my life but I have also sat through some very interesting presentations and the interesting presentations followed most of Reynolds tips. While I was researching information on presentations I found this article which is similar to Reynolds article but it gives a little bit different perspective on some of the tips and more advice on how to build a great presentation. I also found an article by Meryl K. Evans that had links to several great presentations that I can use as inspiration when I am building presentations. Another website that is great for building presentations is Prezi.com. It gives people a new way to present information and is more interactive than a regular Powerpoint. As a teacher I would like to try and utilize prezi because I think it would be more engaging for children at the elementary level.
When I prepare presentations for my classroom or other activities I will make sure to keep it simple, make it visually stimulating, limit texts, and make sure it is interesting and applicable to my students and the topic I'm teaching. Children don't always have long attention spans. Actually most adults don't even have long attention spans so keeping these key principles in mind will help keep my students attention and keep them engaged in my lessons.
--Life-Long Learner
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