presentations & screencasting

ONLINE PRESENTATIONS & SCREENCASTING

LeAnn Suchy, MetronetMILI 2010-2011

leann@metronet.lib.mn.us

PRESENTATIONS

Show images Tell stories Avoid reading the slide

Image credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/27257922@N06/4206192200

WHY ONLINE PRESENTATION TOOLS?

Tools available via any web-connected computer

New way to express creativity (including audiovisuals)

Gets students using new technologies to help make them 21st century learners

NEW WAY TO LOOK AT PRESENTATIONS We often think of PowerPoint for

presentations, but the web offers alternatives to the paid software: Google Presentation Prezi Animoto Creaza SlideRocket Mixbook Glogster EDU So many more…HUGE list at cool tools for

schools: http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Presentation+Tools

GOOGLE PRESENTATION

Like PowerPoint, but online

You already have a Google Docs account – this is where you find Google Presentation

Thousands of templates available from Google and Google users

GOOGLE PRESENTATION

Template Gallery has templates for: Presentations Docs Spreadsheets Forms Drawings

Created by Google and by Google users

WHAT IS SCREENCASTING

Digital recording of the computer screen, with or without audio narration

Sometimes called a video capture or video capturing

Very useful for when you need to show a process, like: Using the library catalog or a database Using a certain website Using software, like Word Doing a certain process, like working

through a math problem

WHY SCREENCASTING FOR YOU?

Showing a process rather than telling how to do it can sometimes be more helpful, particularly for students who learn better visually and not through lecture

Can help with repetitiveness – instead of telling a process over and over, maybe a screencast can help?

WHY SCREENCASTING FOR STUDENTS? Can help students with these skills:

Planning & research Synthesize & evaluate the information Script writing – introduction, body,

conclusion Delivery of the presentation – how do they

get the process across in clear, concise ways?

How well does presentation stick to topic Technical production Responsible use of music and/or images If part of a group assignment - teamwork

BY THE END OF MILI YOU NEED TO…

Make a presentation or a screencast with one of these tools to show what you learned in MILI and how you can apply it either with students or for your own professional development

This is the final, required project

You will show your presentations during our last month’s meeting

YOUR PRESENTATION CAN BE ABOUT…

A tool or two that you like and how you plan on using it/them for yourself or with students

A tool or concept and how it’s helped you better understand the new web 2.0 world

Something you’ve already created or used and what it’s done for your professional life or your classroom

PRESENTATIONS IN MAY

These presentations or screencasts must be completed by our May meeting – you will be showing them then

Presentations can be short – 3-5 minutes would be just fine

This is to reflect and be positive and talk about something you liked that will continue to help you in the future

BEFORE OUR MEETING

Explore Google Presentation and write a blog post about it

Check out the other sites I mention – come to the session with some questions about them

Write some blog posts about your thoughts or experiences in MILI – many people are pretty low when it comes to blog posts. You should be in the 30s now or close to 30. Yes, some interactions in the Forums and/or

replying to other blog posts counts, but if you have been doing a lot of that, you should still have at least 20 of your own blog posts.

NEXT MEETINGS

Monday, April 11 – Sanford 4:45-6:45pm

Tuesday, April 12 – South High 4-6pm

Thursday, April 21 – Southwest High 4-6pm