Thursday, February 23, 2012

10 Teaching Tips for Prezi

1. be aware of your zooming- motion
2. Don't over crowd your area- spacing
3. When you group stuff together make sure the following group correlates to the previous idea
4. Be aware of your color choices- contrast vs. complement
5. Don't give everything away at the start
6. When zooming don't have everything super spread apart - it might make people sick
7. Use the uploading feature for media to engage your audience
8. If you are making a prezi from a powerpoint use the main ideas but don't always upload the slides.
9. Be creative when using prezi, use your imagination
10. Have there be a set format and an overlaying theme.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Prezi

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Ten Teaching Tips for Power Point

  1. Do not use too much text
  2. Use the 6x6 rule involving how much text is on a slide
  3. Do not over decorate with pictures
  4. Do not over animate
  5. Dont just read off the power point
  6. Dont have too many slides (OVERWHELMING)
  7. Have a theme for the entire presentation
  8. Use enticing colors/contrast
  9. Add videos to make more interseting
  10. Use readable font, but have fun

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Ten Teaching Tips for Inspiration:

1.      Watch out for clutter
2.      Balance text and pictures
3.      Make colors compliment the project, not detract from it
4.      Balance the composition
5.      Structure should correlate to the topic being taught
6.      Keep pictures and text relevant too keep from over embellishing
7.      Tie questions in that relate back to the topic
8.      Make sure pictures connect to the children’s interests
9.      Tie in activities to make it interactive
10.  Use it as a foundation

Inspiration Project