Introduction to Presenting

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Introduction to Presenting
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What Does Presenting Involve?

• Providing information in verbal, written, and
  multimedia forms
• Ensuring listeners understand the organization
  and development of ideas
• Selecting the appropriate content, format, and
  multimedia tools for a presentation's purpose and
  audience.

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Value of Making Presentations

• Demonstrates content knowledge
• Promotes ability to organize information for
  sharing
• Builds appreciation for the demands of having
  listeners
• Draws on skills in writing with a purpose for an
  audience

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Making Presentations For Different Purposes

• Informing
• Analyzing
• Narrating
• Persuading
• Describing

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Possible Areas of Difficulty for Struggling
Students

• Gathering relevant information
• Setting a purpose
• Organizing information
• Understanding audience needs
• Selecting appropriate multimedia tools

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Discussion Questions 1

• What kinds of presentations are your students
  required to make? Why?
• In what ways do you draw upon reading and writing
  strategies when developing your students'
  presenting skills?
• What challenges do your students face in
  gathering and organizing information to meet
  audience needs?

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How Can I Support Students?
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Use of Evidence-Based Practices

• Provide Direct Instruction
• Help Students Present for a Variety of Purposes
• Engage Students in Ongoing Assessment

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Differentiated Instruction

• Plan instruction that considers students'
  readiness, learning needs, and interests.
• Use a range of technology tools to
• engage learners at varying levels
• engage learners in multiple ways.
• offer students options for demonstrating
  understanding and mastery

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Teacher-Dependent Ways to Differentiate

• By Content
• Different levels of reading or resource
  materials, reading buddies, small group
  instruction, curriculum compacting, multi-level
  computer programs and Web Quests, audio
  materials, etc.
• By Product
• Activity choice boards, tiered activities,
  multi-level learning center tasks, similar
  readiness groups, choice in group work, varied
  journal prompts, mixed readiness groups with
  targeted roles for students, etc.
• By Process
• Tiered products, students choose mode of
  presentation to demonstrate learning, independent
  study, varied rubrics, mentorships,
  interest-based investigations

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Student-Dependent Ways to Differentiate

• By Readiness
• Options in content, topic, or theme, options in
  the tools needed for production, options in
  methods for engagement
• By Profile
• Consideration of gender, culture, learning
  styles, strengths, and weaknesses
• By Process
• Identification of background knowledge/gaps in
  learning, vary amount of direct instruction, and
  practice, pace of instruction, complexity of
  activities, and exploration of a topic

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Discussion Questions 2

• How can you use UDL principles to enhance
  students' presentation abilities?
• How do you build differentiation into teaching
  students ways to present information?
• What variety of classroom activities most lend
  themselves to authentic presentations?

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Provide Direct Instruction Possible Strategies

• Demonstrate your own techniques for incorporating
  digital tools into presentations.
• Explicitly show students how to use a variety of
  digital tools, tied to presentation purpose.
• Provide step-by-step tutorials and models for
  varied presentation tools

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Help Students Present for a Variety of
PurposesPossible Strategies

• Help students understand that different digital
  formats can be used for different purposes.
• Have students present the same talk for different
  purposes e.g. persuading, describing, analyzing,
  informing, and narrating.
• Expand the concept of audience, based on purpose.

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Engage Students in Ongoing Formative Evaluation
Possible Strategies

• Have students use a rubric to provide speaker
  feedback.
• Add elements of speaking and listening to the
  publishing stage of the writing process.
• Use blogs and podcasts to publish and share
  presentations beyond the classroom.

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Introduce Students to Technology Tools

• Example tools for multimedia presentations
• Powerpoint and other slideshow creators
• Browser-based presentation tools e.g. Prezi and
  Empressr
• Audio recording and editing tools e.g.
  Garageband
• Simple animation via tools e.g. Goanimate and
  Voki
• Annotation tools e.g. Voicethread or Coach's Eye

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Discussion Questions 3

• What are some methods you have used to
  effectively expand student understanding of why
  and how to tailor presentations to audience
  interest and need?
• What technology tools do you use? How do you
  teach students to select the appropriate tools?
• What technology tools have you used to support
  gathering and analyzing data?

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