Presentations


 * Presentations **  **By Yolanda E. Lucero Flores**

“Creativity is purposeful and involves effort to make something work, to make something better, more meaningful, or more beautiful.” (Starko, 2005, p.7) **Presentations combined with technology serve this principle.**

**Overview** Presentations work in many facets of giftedness and fit well with all types of learners. Students demonstrate their learning, through in depth study, research, projects, group activities, and creativity by means of presentations. The use of web 2.0 tools affords students another dimension in exhibiting their many gifts and talents. It all begins in identifying learning styles and individual interests. These guide students as they choose their investigations and their products purposefully to disseminate and share the information. Students then easily compile presentations into a virtual portfolio such as   "A portfolio is a systematic collection of work that is typical for a student. The student and teacher assemble products to document readiness, achievement levels, and learning growth over time." (Kingore, 2007, p. 13)

The compiled works of presentations benefit all involved with the educational process. It supports educators because of the valuable documentation. It provides parents and administrators concrete evidence of students’ learning and it offers instant feedback of student growth. [|LiveBinders also helps organize lessons and projects].Visit link for more ideas on how to use LiveBinders (key:patterns).

Presentations work to wrap all the other areas into one. Some of the key components include research, communication, and collaboration. Creative expression is another essential element in developing quality presentations. Gifted learners foster their creativity through variety and choice. Gifted learners need differentiated opportunities because not all gifted individuals share identical gifted qualities. In addition, tutorials serve as guides on using the new technology. For this reason, offering a myriad of presentation formats provides gifted learners an assortment of designs for individualistic expression.

= **Rationale** = ===Students’ involvement and engagement with presentations gives them ownership of their learning responsibilities. It also assists in isolating specific goals for them. With presentations, educators gain knowledge about individual student progress in relation to the learning objectives or in this case, the TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge & Skills). The documentation provided through presentations is invaluable for teachers, administrators, and parents. From the data collected and presented through, the teacher’s observations where the students meet the state and district standards or where they are deficient. This in turn allows the teacher to adjust instruction according to the student’s needs. The presentations encourage individualized learning according to interest and offers differentiated opportunities for students. The information from the presentations also provides viable and concrete evidence of learning, which helps administrators and teachers as they communicate with parents and students.===

= **Connecting with Content** = ===The curriculum models all transact with presentations. Presentations aid in supporting the process of high order thinking, investigating, creativity, problem solving, and hypothesizing, planning, and developing ideas. The students and educators both benefit highly from these forms of display.===

= **Steps for creating presentations:** =

Choose Purpose for Presentation

 * ===Persuade===
 * ===Inform===
 * ===Entertain===

Determine Audience

 * ===Engage===
 * [[file:Welcome to Fotobabble - Talking Photos.htm]]
 * [[image:21st-giftabytes/google_sites_logo.gif width="144" height="33" link="http://www.google.com/sites/help/intl/en/overview.html"]]
 * ===Make it interactive===
 * [[image:21st-giftabytes/poll_everywhere.jpg width="280" height="38"]]

Organize Content

 * ===Brainstorm===
 * [[image:21st-giftabytes/visuwords_pagehead.jpg width="594" height="41" link="http://www.visuwords.com/"]]
 * [[image:21st-giftabytes/lino_logo.jpg width="117" height="73" link="http://en.linoit.com/"]]
 * [[image:21st-giftabytes/bubblus.png width="207" height="35" link="https://bubbl.us/"]]
 * ===Gather information===
 * [[image:21st-giftabytes/wa-logo.png link="http://www.wolframalpha.com/"]]
 * [[image:21st-giftabytes/scribble_maps_logo.png link="http://www.scribblemaps.com/"]]
 * [[image:21st-giftabytes/diggo_logo-v5.png link="http://www.diigo.com/"]]
 * ===Create flowchart or Outline===
 * [[image:21st-giftabytes/explore_tree_logo_beta.gif width="190" height="84" link="http://www.exploratree.org.uk/"]]
 * [[image:21st-giftabytes/popplet.jpg width="247" height="42" link="http://popplet.com/"]]

Choose Technology
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 * ===Print===
 * [[image:21st-giftabytes/wordle.jpg width="165" height="123" link="http://www.wordle.net/"]]
 * [[image:21st-giftabytes/tagxedo.png width="158" height="131" link="http://www.tagxedo.com/"]][[image:21st-giftabytes/tagxedo_logo.png width="99" height="56" link="http://www.tagxedo.com/"]]
 * [[image:21st-giftabytes/google_docs.png width="103" height="98" link="https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=df6bwk2v_395h754x6g6"]]
 * ===Audio===
 * [[image:21st-giftabytes/vocaroo.gif width="139" height="47" caption="This site is great for recording voice threads" link="http://vocaroo.com/"]]
 * [[image:21st-giftabytes/yodio_logo_d1.gif width="179" height="48" caption="Your + Audio = Yodio" link="http://www.yodio.com/"]]
 * ===Visual===
 * [[image:21st-giftabytes/xtranormal.png width="85" height="85" link="http://www.xtranormal.com/"]]
 * [[image:21st-giftabytes/animoto_logo.png width="79" height="68" link="http://animoto.com/education"]]
 * [[image:21st-giftabytes/Glogster_EDU_Logo.png width="233" height="39" link="http://edu.glogster.com/"]]
 * [[image:21st-giftabytes/prezi_logo.jpg width="174" height="116" link="http://prezi.com/"]]
 * [[image:21st-giftabytes/voicethread.png width="187" height="30" link="http://voicethread.com/"]]
 * [|Jing][[image:http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSM9w06ofhEINexgtoN8Kskdo31XuPW3iAsTMEJ-XvNtTwkDkjq6lZjAQ width="92" height="104" caption="Example of using Jing to create a tutorial." link="http://www.screencast.com/t/oxgXvDRdV%20%20%20"]]
 * ===Creating Book Trailers===
 * [[file:book trailer.jsp]]
 * [[image:21st-giftabytes/windows_movie_maker.png width="136" height="136" caption="Windows Movie Maker" link="@http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/moviemaker2.mspx"]]
 * [[image:21st-giftabytes/Windows_Photo_Story.png width="126" height="167" caption="Windows Photo Story" link="@http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx"]]
 * [[image:21st-giftabytes/stupeflix.jpg width="184" height="128" link="http://www.stupeflix.com/"]]
 * [[image:21st-giftabytes/roxio_photo_show.gif width="186" height="30" link="http://www.photoshow.com/"]]
 * ===Collaboration===
 * ===[[image:21st-giftabytes/nota.png link="http://notaland.com/"]]===
 * ===[[image:21st-giftabytes/google_docs.jpg width="186" height="167" link="http://www.google.com/google-d-s/presentations/"]]===
 * ===[[image:21st-giftabytes/scribd.png width="212" height="65" link="http://www.scribd.com/"]]===

= Wrapping It Up = ===In sum, presentations wrap up the content and give it the extra enticement necessary to engage the audience. In addition, presentations offer assessment and portfolio opportunities. Therefore, as mentioned above, before beginning to create their presentations, students must select their purpose methodically. Do they plan to persuade the audience, inform them, or entertain them? Initially, students also need to establish their target audience. Next, the students need to organize their information. Finally, students will specifically decide on the best way to share their information using any of the technology tools mentioned above.===

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