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Presentation Technology Basics for Instructors:
Getting Started with PowerPoint
Move beyond whiteboards and overhead transparencies
to the new standard for instructional presentation by learning
how to use PowerPoint. This hands-on workshop is designed for educators
who have basic computer and word-processing skills, but have very
limited experience creating their own PowerPoint presentations.
Participants will be guided through the complete process of producing
a slideshow, from launching the program to polishing the final
presentation. The workshop focus is on communicating information
in a clear and organized manner. The main topics include:
- Navigating the PowerPoint interface
- Creating, editing, and organizing slides
- Designing slides and formatting information
- Using special effects and multimedia
- Making the best of a presentation
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Beyond Bullet-pointed
Lectures:
Truly Effective PowerPoint Use for Instruction
Learn to avoid the phenomenon known as “death
by PowerPoint,” caused by lecturing from an endless stream
of bullet points—which promotes sleep more than learning!
This workshop is designed for educators who have basic experience
creating PowerPoint slideshows, and want to engage students more
effectively by incorporating best practices of instructional design.
The main topics include:
- Planning instruction to meet learning goals and objectives
- Recognizing and avoiding common slide design problems with
PowerPoint
- Engaging students by getting them to anticipate information
- Promoting higher order thinking skills across the curriculum
- Applying researched-proven instructional strategies from Marzano
and others
- Using PowerPoint for student projects
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Writing Instruction for Grades
K-8:
Process-based Practices That Work
When it comes to writing, students are naturally
concerned with the product —the story, report, paper, or
homework assignment to be evaluated. But in getting to a proficient
final draft, there’s no bypassing the cognitive strategies
still under development, such as thinking, planning, drafting,
revising, and proofreading. This workshop shows teachers how to
make the writing process more tangible, easeful, and effective
for their students. In particular, participants will learn how
to improve quality by embedding skills instruction in meaningful
contexts and by helping students discover which strategies work
best for them.
In order to understand how instruction affects process,
participants will work with short pieces they compose themselves,
focusing on the authority of the writer to communicate meaning.
The main topics include:
- Translating what we know from research into best practices
- Understanding different approaches to the writing process
- Working with voice, description, detail, and vocabulary
- Teaching and managing peer review & response
- Creating meaningful, student-friendly rubrics and other assessment
tools
- Publishing student writing for varied and authentic audiences
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