How To Create Great Presentations - HoET079

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• Safer Internet Day – February 7, 2016
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• Craig Peters recommends slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations by Nancy Duarte

#EDTECH THOUGHT

The #EDUFAIL

Challenge: share your failures. You will learn from your missteps and others could come forward with help and ideas and you will certainly learn. Let’s build some community around our failure and use the hashtag #EDUFAIL

#EDTECH RECOMMENDATION

TeamSnap – Since it was formed in 2009, TeamSnap has been passionately dedicated to taking the hassle out of managing, coaching, or organizing team sports and groups. While they have continued to grow, innovate, and add new features based on feedback from millions of loyal customers, their mission remains the same: build a great product that any parent, coach, team manager, group organizer can pick up and use immediately.

They believe in the power of community, athletics, and teamwork and they want every one of their customers to spend less time organizing and more time doing.

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How to create a great presentation:

• Follow a Plot
• Create with 3 Key Perspectives in Mind
• Use Exciting Words and Phrases
• Make Sure Your Formatting is Flawless
• Balance Words with Outstanding Visuals
• Keep it Simple!
• Make Your First Slide Short and Sweet

3 Alternatives to PowerPoint, Google Slides, and Keynote

• Slidebean
• Canva
• Slides

HOUSE OF #EDTECH VIP

Jennifer Judkins – Proudly serves Lynnfield Public Schools (MA) as a K-12 Digital Learning Coach.  In this role, she provides in-class support to teachers by helping them design and delivers meaningful lessons that incorporate technology.  Jenn works directly with students to help them use digital tools effectively for learning.  Having taught for many years as a Science teacher at the middle and high school levels, she knows first-hand how technology can extend learning and engage students in ways that challenge them to higher levels of thinking.

Helping teachers and school administrators develop confidence and proficiency with technology is something she’s very passionate about. Judkins is a Google Certified Trainer and was recognized as a 2016 MassCUE Pathfinder Award recipient and 2015 PBS Lead Digital Innovator.