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By: dy/dan » Blog Archive » Presentations: Before/After

dy/dan » Blog Archive » Presentations: Before/After — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:29:11 +0000

[...] edubloggers, Damian Bariexca and Ben Wildeboer, posted classroom presentations within minutes of each other, both having updated [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:26:06 +0000

I think your second presentation is unquestionably more visible. However, I do wonder about the sensitivity you’ve displayed toward your subject. While I appreciate your sense of humor, you appear to be giving a presentation which could be construed to be a historical justification for anti-semitism. Your visual presentation displays only stereotypical images of Jews and almost makes light of their expulsion from England.

Depending on your audience and what you presented orally the presentation might have gone differently but as a powerpoint this is how it may appear.

Dan Meyer is a big proponent of storytelling. It’s not just about popping images in a powerpoint but it’s also about thinking of the story you’re telling. When you’re dealing with a sensitive subject you might want to give that story some additional thought.

By: Damian

Damian — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:38:02 +0000

@dan: Well, that certainly explains the difficulty I had finding his slideshow! Thanks for the correction; duly noted above.

By: Dan Meyer

Dan Meyer — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:21:53 +0000

Yeah, real good, man.

Like that it’s image heavy. Love that I can’t tell, from slide to slide, what you were saying to your kids, which means these images were merely a backdrop for conversation, that you weren’t trying to contain the conversation within the 640×480 window itself.

But maybe you mean Scott Elias. Scott McLeod, for all his virtues, has never had much interest in design.

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By: diane

diane — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:32:34 +0000

Damian,

I just happened to be in attendance at an “old school” presentation yesterday – not even a PowerPoint, just transparencies.

Posted my response here:
http://tinyurl.com/27u5sj

Let me learn from negative experiences!

diane

By: Ben Wildeboer

Ben Wildeboer — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:22:15 +0000

In an odd case of coincidence, I just did a post explaining how I’ve been thinking about improving my slideshows, and intend on posting before/after slideshows tomorrow. I’ve already given my updated presentation, and found the students responded to it much better than bullets and text.

By: ken

ken — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:11:44 +0000

New slide #5: Senior Week, 1989.

How’d you get that photo??? I really thought we hid that one.

Please remove.

Thanks.

By: Penelope Millar

Penelope Millar — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:16:33 +0000

I particularly liked “the boot”. If I were in your class, I’d remember “..and then they got the boot” (and associated details) forever.

I’m working on doing this myself, but I’m a slow learner at it some days. I wouldn’t have thought of some of the more effective graphics you used.

By: Damian

Damian — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:16:33 +0000

@diane: Like I said on Twitter, most folks don’t know to expect any different from a PowerPoint presentation. Let’s show ‘em the light!

@david: It’s a bit camp, but the best I could do in GIS. I’ve been trying for 6 years to locate online some of the artwork I saw at the DC Holocaust Museum, but to no avail. I have some medieval anti-Semitic works for an art analysis project I do, but they pale in comparison to what I saw back in 2002.

On a tangentially related Google note, do NOT, under ANY circumstance, do a Google Image Search for “cuckold” at school, much less in front of students.

@penelope: Thanks – I was trying to find a way to visually represent the “theme” of each slide. I’m glad the boot worked for you – I hope my kids get it, too!