Preparation: The Key to a Relaxed, Effective Presentation
What a great article! The message here for teachers is that we need to do a better job planning. May be we have lost our stage fright, but may be we should feel some positive stress over our delivery. I loved the part about inspiring your audince. If there is one things students need it is to be inspired. I also like that there is a lot of planning and rehersal talked about here. It is amazing how much better a lesson goes if you take the time to script it. Many educators don't like this but we are entertainers and at the very least motivational speakers.
Getting Them on Your Side: Creating a Persuasive Presentation
I like that the author suggests the deductive approach over the inductive. Students get lost when they are trying to figure out what you are trying to communicate and how it will effect them. Instead tell them what you expect the outcome to be. The second big point is that you should give benifits to doing what you ask. If you can sell your students on the value of what they are learning then they will be more motivated to do so. Lets look at it this way. How valuable is the material we are teaching students' and how much will it benifit them? That's right we really have a fabulous product to sell our students'.
You're the Boss: Creating a Great Informative Presentation
Sometimes, as teachers, we have to communicate something that is informative. When doing so it is important to do it in a way that will both engage and inform the audience. How can you present the information in a way they will remember? What are the most important elements that you need to stress? One way the author suggests is to think like a journalist. The 5 W's of your topic. People will not understand or appreciate information that doesn't cover all the bases.
Final Thoughts: Concluding Your Presentation Well
One of the elements most skipped by teachers when giving a lesson is the conclusion. I personally appreciate the conclusion from a writers prospective. You reiterate you thesis and it's main points describing how you successfully made your argument. If you don't conclude you leave your audience to do it for you, and we all know many will not. You can't leave people hanging. Concluding pulls your audience back it for the part of the presentation that they will most likely remember. Finally, it is important to not only make time for it, you must also prepare and plan it out for maximum impact.
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Final thoughts: Our last words are always the words remembered. As such, special attention should be afforded to the closure of any presentation. We often exert much energy as we jump-start our talk and typically energy flow will dip as we move through our talk. It's always great to plan for an stellar closing to an informative or persuasive presentation.
Motivational speakers...what a great way to describe our jobs! It is our job to present the material in a way that the kids don't even notice they are learning and staying engaged. Proper scripting and rehearsing will allow us this time. Although I don't rehearse fully before all of my lessons, I always take time when I am writing out my daily lesson plans to have a clear idea and understanding on my objective and how I plan to execute that objective to my students in a clear manner.
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