K-12 Teacher Courses

Classroom-based Training

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Class Ten
Presenting
(3 hours)

Edited By:
Beth Coulter, Ed.D., AAM Director (brcoulter@wcu.edu)
Western Carolina University
Amy Wilkinson, AAM Director (aisom@siue.edu)
Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville
Margo Tomaras, AAM Director (mtomaras@depaul.edu)
DePaul University

Different audiences, different methods - be effective, efficient and wise!

Pedagogy:

• Who is your audience? Other teachers, students, administrators, conferences with a mixture of participants? (NOTE to instructor: these questions are placed here as a stimulus for classroom discussion.)

Resources:

• Software and Presentation Support

Technical Tools:

• Presentation software
• Presentation hardware (computer and projectors - TV monitors - panels)

In class exercise:

• Using presentation software, develop a presentation that will support your final presentation to the class. You audience will be other teachers posing as your students. Make sure the presentation is age/grade appropriate for you students.
  
  REMEMBER: Content first - looks second!

Skills obtained:

Presentation software, presentation skills

HOMEWORK:

Work on your lesson plan and your presentation slides.

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