A wonderful website for the use of studying spelling words. My 4th graders like the quality of games compared to other games we have played. The site allows you to print off worksheets and papers and will even give the tests to the students while grading their work.

Clark_Chuck_Week 1 - Compare and Contrast Two Types of Presentation Styles

Bill Gates

If you did not know it was Bill Gates you would figure that this presenter is a beginner. He is relaxed, soft spoken, laid back, and comical. His body language tells me that he is board and is annoyed. If you are going to say that you are excited to be telling you about this then your body has to be excited too.When Bill is talking about goals his body language is making it hard to believe the goals will ever be obtained. Should control nervous ticks. With Bill Gates the word um comes up quite a bit in the speech and he stumbles over words sometimes repeating them. His voice is almost monotone and lacks emotion. The slides are full of information that is cluttered and don’t effectively communicate the message because they are on one slide. Failing a presentation means leaving your audience with little or no recollection of bullet points, and to change Bill Gates presentation around he would have to put as many bullet slides as he possibly can. Presenters must reach out and make an emotional connection with the audience.

Steve Jobs

Watching Steve Jobs give a presentation is inspiring. Steve does several things to communicate the message to the listener. He makes the presentation feel good and exciting. He uses a tag line. A headline that introduces what the presentation is about. He then gives a quick outline while going into the message. Steve makes it easy for the listener to follow along. His transitions are smooth and you know when Steve is done and ready to move on. He opens and closes each transition. Steve is excited and passionate. He wants to wow the audience by using exciting emotional words. He shows that he is having fun and likes to sell the experience. When Steve uses numbers he always makes them relevant. Steve’s slides are appealing and they drive the point home. The slides are not cluttered, but rather paint a picture. He uses maybe one or two visuals per slides and very limited words. He treats it like a show, using video clips or guests, drama to point to the one memorial moment. Then after concluding he adds something else to the presentation to give the feeling like the audience received a bonus.

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Teachers and students will appreciate this site for the wealth of information that it contains. Many tutorials are here, movie, calendar, and software are just some of the items you can search for then watch a how to video. If you don't find what you are looking for there is a section that you can post a request. 998 videos for mac alone. Its worth checking out.

bp_7_20091014_researchandblogging_web2.0tools_xtranorma

Xtranormal is a fun way to take an essay and turn it into a video. Presentation is fun with xtranormal.com. Writing from experience our class took a paper on George Washington Carver and turned into a feature movie. We brought in popcorn and laughed at the way the characters portrayed the story. Simply cut and paste text into the dialogue box, then edit with transitions. Options to pick the setting is available.

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This site is basically a video building collaboration site that incorporate flash. Any number of contributers can edit video here. I see this to be useful in the classroom as each student will take a part of a project and compete by adding to the video creating one larger project. I admire the possibility that learning theories can be incorporated through out creating video. Woring with groups adds to the experience.

bp5_20091012_week3_research_web2.0_classtool

Classtools provides the teacher withe templates to create tests, quizzes, timelines, and flash-cards. The tools I have used were the timeline and the venn diagram. My students loved working with the program. I found it to be valuable to learning because it drawn the attention to the subjects we studied. I also found that information is organized by the students in a way they could retain easier. Check this one out it is a nice one.

bp2_200918_clark_chuck_anti-teaching

Its not about me. Yes the research has me in the center of the project. Through the research I can gain the knowledge to make the change. My question is do I have the motivation to live outside the box? Multiple Intelligence Theory suggests everyone has the ability to learn if the material is presented in a way that is obtainable. Brain Base Education poses the brain is connected and learning is chunked in many different areas of the brain. By designing a Personal Learning Environment (PLE) that engages those areas we can ensure a better, wider, and in depth learning experience. Creating the motivation for the learner to keep returning to learn. The ease of learning emerging Web2.0 applications will lower the frustration of the first time using the application. In some retro spec, the running of the application will become second nature to the leaner and seemingly the operation of the application disappears in respect to the object or skill the learner is engaging to acquire. I say its not about me but what engages the learner to keep coming back to learning. I cans see that technology frees the mind to explorer and even be an extension of the imagination. The imagination that can dream and create along with the skill and wisdom gained in the 21st century school. Technology is the catalysis to a future of higher retention rates, better understanding, and greater learning experience.