Chapter 8, Publishing and Presentation

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Chapter 8, Publishing and Presentation

• Why Publish the Results?
• Tools for Publishing
• Basic Layout
• Rules
• Headers and Footers
• Using Pictures and Graphics
• Paper Reports
• Newspapers and Magazines
• Books
• Electronic Reports
• Multimedia Presentations
• Creating Web Pages
• Radio and Television

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Why Present the Results?...

• After students have completed an integrated
  computer lesson, the final step is for them to
  present their results.
• The publishing process enables students to
  synthesize (produce) ideas as they work through
  their data determine what to tell others about
  what they have found/learned.
• The publishing process helps students discover
  ideas and relationships from their data analysis
  which further enhances the learning process
• Students can publish their results through
• Writing
• Television and radio style programs
• Web pages
• Multimedia presentations (ex. PowerPoint)
• Paper and/or Electronic Portfolio

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Tools for Publishing Basic Layout

• Layout refers to how the report looks on paper
  and computer screen including the margins, font,
  text styles
• Margins if a pages margin is too narrow or
  contains little white space, the page appears
  cramped may deter some readers. If the pages
  margin is too wide, the page can appear to have
  too much white space, therefore one needs to be
  careful when selecting margins for result
  presentations
• Fonts Computers come w/various types of fonts.
  Fonts can be purchased from CD-ROMs and the
  Internet and they can also be downloaded from the
  Internet for free. When selecting a font type, it
  is important to choose one that is appropriate
  for the particular type of presentation. Students
  can use different sizes of font for headings and
  they can choose to bold, italicize, shadow,
  outline, etcfor emphasis. Its important that
  students stick w/the same font on a particular
  presentation but utilize the many variations of
  emphasizing the font to produce a
  professional-looking presentation.

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Tools for Publishing Basic Layout Continued
Styles

• Styles are predetermined formatting selections
  that students can apply to their documents such
  as a specific font size for headings and body
  text, bulleted lists, picture captions, etc
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• Tools for Publishing Rules
• Rules are thin or thick lines used to separate
  text books often have a rule near the top of the
  page to separate a heading or pg. from the body
  text (ex. newspapers use rules to separate
  stories or quotes in a story or to highlight a
  table)

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Tools for Publishing Headers and Footers

• Headers and footers are used to place the same
  information at the top and bottom of every page
  or group of pages in a document headers and
  footers are useful for assembling a portfolio or
  a document w/contributions from several
  students.________________________________________
  ________Tools for Publishing Using Pictures and
  Graphics
• The final aspect of creating a type of
  report/presentation is to add pictures or
  graphics to illustrate text students can use
  graphics they have created w/a draw program,
  photographs from a digital camera, scanned
  pictures, clipart, and/or images they have
  located and saved from the web.
• When using a graphic w/text, the student will
  need to make a decision concerning how the text
  is wrapped around the graphic

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Paper Reports

• Students creating a book, magazine, or newspaper
  provides a more appropriate method for
  disseminating new knowledge than simply writing a
  traditional type of report.
• Example 1 A class that has created numerous
  traditional reports on animals or the solar
  system might prepare a book on these subjects for
  a lower grade.
• Example 2 A class that has completed a project
  identifying plants or leaves in a park or school
  might create a book for the library or the park
  commission on these topics.
• Students can also create a magazine or newspaper
  to report similar findings.

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Newspapers and Magazines

• When students create a newsletter, newspaper,
  and/or magazine to present their
  results/findings, it is important that the
  teacher to create a basic layout/template for the
  students to follow.
• The basic layout/template usually contains the
  heading or master-head that appears at the top of
  the 1st page
• A magazine, newsletter, and newspaper requires
  initial planning. After determining the heading
  for the layout, the next thing to plan for is how
  many columns of text the publication will
  contain.
• The final step in creating a magazine,
  newsletter, and/or newspaper is to determine how
  the students will number each edition of they
  plan on publishing their newspaper, newsletter,
  or magazine on a regular basis the students will
  also need an editor for each edition
• It is important that the students are provided
  w/a template for whatever publication they choose
  to create so that everyone uses the same styles
  when preparing their articles.

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Books

• There are 3 additional considerations for
  creating a book in relation to preparing a
  newsletter, newspaper, and/or magazine.
• 1st There must be a larger left margin for
  binding a book
• 2nd A table pf contents must be planned and
  implemented
• 3rd The book should be printed to create facing
  pages

• A word processor can be used to create the book
  layout and a copy machine can be used to print
  back-to-back pages.

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Electronic Reports

• Multimedia Presentations can incorporate sound,
  graphics, animation, video, and text multimedia
  presentations can be created as electronic
  slideshows or hypermedia stacks
• PowerPoint is a multimedia software program
• Hyperstudio is a multimedia software program
• When creating a multimedia presentation, the
  teacher and/or students should address the
  following questions
• Who is the intended audience?
• What is the project topic?
• What information will this project share?
• What is the actual purpose or goal of this
  project?

• Students should create a storyboard of their
  project during the planning stage of their
  multimedia presentation.

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Creating Web Pages

• Printed materials and multimedia presentations
  reach a relatively small audience and are
  typically limited to times the student or author
  is available to present and/or distribute the
  information the World Wide Web (www), however,
  offers the advantage of making student research
  available to others beyond the classroom.
• Web pages are created using special tags made up
  of HTML that tell the web browser (ex. Internet
  Explorer) to display text, graphics, animations,
  movies, other features.
• When creating a web page, the teacher and student
  can format the font as they choose tables,
  graphics, color, and links can also be added to
  web pages to enhance their overall look and
  affect the page has on the viewer.
• There are 4 things to consider when creating a
  web page
• Goal Why are you and/or your students publishing
  a web page? What do you want the web page to
  accomplish?
• Content Be sure you web page/site has something
  to say
• Graphics Be conservative in the graphics you
  select to use and make sure the graphics are
  useful and appropriate for the content/theme
  displayed on the web page/site
• Layout Information located on the web page
  should be identified quickly and easily

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Radio and Television

• Students can use either real or mock broadcasts
  to report their findings/results a radio program
  can be combined w/a multimedia presentation to
  provide a narrated slide show to view in the
  classroom or place on the Web.
• A television broadcast could be taped in the
  classroom, broadcast from the schools studio,
  broadcast on the local educational or local
  access channel, or converted to digital video
  distributed on the Internet.

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Summary

• The presentation of results/findings step of the
  NTeQ model is an important part of the learning
  process.
• The action of creating the presentation provides
  an environment for the learners to reflect and
  make connections w/the new content and ideas
• The action also provides the students w/the
  opportunity to communicate their findings to
  others which will enable them to practice and
  refine their communication skills as well as
  receive recognition for their work
• Students can publish their work in a variety of
  formats
• Traditional written/word-processed paper report
• Transform a report into a newsletter, newspaper,
  or magazine
• Create a multimedia presentation
• Create a presentation for a real or mock
  radio/television program
• Create a web page/site to be displayed on the
  Internet

• When students publish and present their work, 5
  of the 6 NETS for Students are specifically
  addressed Standards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (see p. 222
  in your textbook for specific standards)