Using Web 2.0 tools with presentations
My inspiration for using Web 2.0 tools in my presentation came from Scott Elias’s “Practical Principals” blog. His section entitled Practical Principals 06 - “Ketchup” had a section called “Presentations on Presentations”. This linked to me to a Slide Share presentation and it was amazing. As I watched the presentation I could definitely relate to his topic. From presenters standpoint I knew I needed to change the way I designed my presentations. You see, in my position, I find myself in front of an audience often. Usually once or twice a month and my topic is not the most exciting (Data Driven Decision Making Etc.) I usually could keep my audience engaged with humor or motivational statements. I also have to present on other topics that are little richer in content. Scott’s statement “Images are a very powerful visual anchor to give your audience while you are speaking.” really connected with me. I felt this was my opportunity to improve my presentation skills. I also followed some of the suggested links offered in Scott’s presentation.
In a short time I learned how to enhance my blog, create a slide share, and improve my presentations. My goal for this presentation on our student agendas was to incorporate more web 2.0 tools as part of the presentation. My participants will benefit from a more vibrant presentation, access to the presentation via the web, and examples of well-written content for their student agendas. My presentation notes have a link at the end of the page to these Web resources.
http://focusedschools.edublogs.org/hcs-agendas/
