Creating Effective Slide Presentations that Engage Students and Promote Learning

Dan BurnsLos Gatos High School

Festival of Learning10/8/12

Agenda:

• Assertion-Evidence Design• Interactive Engagement/Peer Instruction• Creating Interactivity• Hands-on Application

The Assertion-Evidence Slide Design Makes the Purpose of the

Slide Clear to the Audience

Assertion-Evidence Slide Design• Developed by Alley and Neely 10

• Organizes slide around an assertion written as a sentence

• Backs assertion with supporting data and visuals

• Discards default Powerpoint slide formats

• Does not use bullets

Because the blast wave passes by quickly, the blast fragments become the primary hazard to personnel

Stating the Main Assertion in the Title Gives it More Emphasis than if

it was Part of a Bulleted List

Which Slide Might Have Saved the Space Shuttle Columbia?

Visual Evidence is More Effective at Supporting the Assertion than Items in a Bulleted List

SilverStar Ultra TM

Standard Halogen

Xenon

Xenon Headlights are better than Halogen

Xenon Headlight

Halogen Headlight

• Xenon more Efficient than Halogen• The Human Eye is more Sensitive to

Xenon Wavelengths• Xenon has 33% higher Lumens output• Xenon is a Noble gas• Xenon Bulbs last longer

Xenon Headlights are more Effective than Halogen at Illuminating the Road

Assertion Evidence Design has been shown to Improve Student Learning10

Interactive Engagement and Peer Instruction Increase Learning

Largest Student Gains in Pre and Post Tests were in Courses that used Interactive Engagement11

What is Interactive Engagement and Peer Instruction?

• Expose students to content first• Distribute a classroom response system

(index cards or electronic “clickers”)• Pose conceptual questions and solicit

responses• Allow time for students to share their

reasoning• Solicit new responses and explain if

necessary

Interactive Engagement and Peer Instruction Rationale

• Students learn better when interacting with the material and their peers

• Students can memorize content without knowing underlying concepts

• Understanding requires knowing the concepts

• Teachers can learn more about what their students know and don’t know

• Allows on-the-fly differential instruction

Other Recommendations

• Collect data on responses by period• Administer pre and post benchmark test like

Force Concept Inventory• Put conceptual questions on tests and

quizzes• Explain rationale for Peer Instruction to

students• Free up time by omitting lectures that could

be replaced by lecture notes

If Object A Exerts a Force on Object B, then Object B Exerts an Equal, Oppositely Directed, and Simultaneous Force on Object A

Newton’s Third Law

For Every Action There is an Equal and Opposite Reaction

If your feet push down on the floor, what does the floor do?

A. NothingB. Absorbs the pushC. Pushes up on your feet, but with less forceD. Pushes up on your feet with an equal forceE. Pushes up on your feet with greater force

Newton 3

Can the floor push up on your feet with a force

greater than your weight?

A. Yes, but nothing will happenB. Yes, you will accelerate up into the airC. No, it always equals your weightD. No, it can only equal or be less than your

weightE. Yes, but only on a planet with stronger

gravity Newton 3

What is the force from that causes a car to accelerate down the road?

A. The engineB. The transmissionC. The pistonsD. The roadE. The tires

Newton 3

What is the force from that causes a swimmer to accelerate across a pool?A. The swimmer’s legsB. The swimmer’s armsC. The swimmer’s arms and legsD. GravityE. The water

Newton 3

Other Ways to Make Slide Presentations Interactive

• Column Sorting• Brainstorming• Anticipation Guides• Link to Slides• Fill in the Blank• Correct the Statement

Mr. Burns or Mitt Romney?

Mr. Burns

Mitt Romney

Directions: Place the number of each quote under the name of the person who said it

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8.

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14.

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12.

10.

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14.

Checklists offer professionals an effective way to ensure desirable results

Astronauts use them

Doctors rely on them

Pilots don’t take off without them

Military officers swear by them

Checklist for evaluating internet resources for high school research3,4

Accuracy Authority Objectivity Currency Coverage

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A checklist approach will improve and increase student evaluation of internet resources

- Who is the author and why are they qualified?

- .edu or .gov? Who published the webpage?

- What is the purpose of the website?

- How old is the information?

- Compare the information with other sources

Directions: Write down what you think each item means

CIPA compliant content filters have Pros and Cons of their use in schools

Pros Cons

Directions: Brainstorm a list of Pros and Cons with your neighbor

Protect students from inappropriate content

Prevents educational use of social websites

Protect schools from lawsuits

Restricts teachers from using online video sites

Allows schools to receive E-rate internet access

Can unintentionally prevent access to legitimate websites

Los Gatos High School’s technology use agreement5 protects the school and the student

Inappropriate content creation or access is prohibited

Students are encouraged to save files to external devices

Network administrators authorized to monitor content of files created on school computers

Unauthorized modification to computers is prohibited

Social media use only if approved by teacher

Select True or False for the following statements about fair use of copyrighted material8

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F

Entire Poems may be used if < 250 wordsOK to use ≤ 4 pages from a children’s bookOK for teachers to make a copy of their DVDsOK to use 5 images from same artistOK to use up to 5 minutes from a videoOK to use up to 25% of a songOK for libraries to lend softwareOK for teachers to show recorded TV shows

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Next

True

If the poem is 250 words or greater you can only use 10% or 1000 words, whichever is less

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False

If the book is less than 2500 words which is typical for a children’s book, you can use up to 2 pages

Click to Return to True and False Slide

True

If the DVD was obtained legally it is OK to make one copy to replace a lost, stolen, or damaged copy or as a backup

Click to Return to True and False Slide

True

It is OK to use a single photograph or artwork in its entirety but no more than 5 from the same artist or photographer

Click to Return to True and False Slide

False

Fair use guidelines allow no more than 3 minutes or 10%, whichever is less

Click to Return to True and False Slide

False

Just like with video, fair use guidelines allow no more than 3 minutes or 10%, whichever is less

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TrueLibraries can lend software but the number of simultaneous users must not

exceed what the software license allows. Libraries must take aggressive action to make sure unauthorized copying is not taking place

Click to Return to True and False Slide

True

Teachers can show recorded broadcast shows for up to ten days after it was recorded. Some PBS shows may be retained for much longer. Some cable shows grant this permission too.

Click to Return to True and False Slide

Complete the Following about the Top 5 Causes of the _______ ____

1._________ and social differences between the North and the South.

1._______ ______ versus federal rights.

1.Conflict between ______ States and _______States.

1.Growth of the ________ Movement

1.The election of ________ ________.

Civil War

Economic

States rights

slavefree

abolition

Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter

The clerk sold the scarf to the woman with the red print.

On her way to school, Marissa found a green woman's purse.

Jessie ate a cold bowl of cereal for breakfast.

The broken teacher's umbrella was in the coat room.

Adam was just picked for the team.

The teacher's broken umbrella was in the coat room.

Jessie ate a bowl of cold cereal for breakfast.

On her way to school, Marissa found a woman's green purse.

The clerk sold the scarf with the red print to the woman.

Just Adam was picked for the team.

Misplaced ModifiersA misplaced modifier is a word, phrase, or clause that is improperly separated from the word it modifies/describes. Because of the separation, sentences with this error often sound awkward, ridiculous, or confusing. Furthermore, they can be downright illogical. Correct the misplaced modifiers in the following sentences.

References1Gray, L., Thomas, N., Lewis, L., Educational Technology in U.S. Public Schools: Fall 2008 First Look APRIL 2010 Project Officer National Center for Education Statistics2 National Technology Scan, Parks Associates, 20083 Ohio Wesleyan University Libraries, 2/1/01, www.owu.edu/~dapeople/ChekEval.pdf4 Monash University Library, 7/07, www.monash.edu.au/lls/llonline/.../23-evaluating-web-pages.pdf5 http://www.lghs.net/apps/bing/?query=internet+agreement&x=0&y=06 Rethinking the Design of Presentation Slides: The Assertion-Evidence Structure (2009). Penn State University. http://www.writing.engr.psu.edu/slides.html7 Rabinowitz, E., Kernodle, M. W., & McKethan, R. N. (2010). The effective use of PowerPoint to facilitate active learning. Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 81(5), 12-14.8 Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines for Teachers, Technology and Learning, www.techlearning.com9 American University Center for Social Media, http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/fair-use10 Alley, M. Neely, K.A. (2005). Rethinking the design of presentation slides: a case for sentence headlines and visual evidence. Technical Communication, 52(4), 417-426.11 Hake, R. 2002. Lessons from the physics education reform effort. Conservation Ecology 5(2): 28. [online] URL: http://www.consecol.org/vol5/iss2/art28/

If Object A Exerts a Force on Object B, then Object B Exerts an Equal, Oppositely Directed, and Simultaneous Force on Object A

Newton’s Third Law

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