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Presentation: Production Model Roles

Students can utilize the phases of the production model (Prepare, Perform, Publish) and the tools of video to create effective presentations in learning environments. To do this, students should understand the roles that exist and the responsibilities for each general category involved in a production. This article discusses the following roles: producer, performer, designer, editor, judge, critic, and subject-matter expert.

Graphic Organizers: Visual Elements

Graphics organizers comprised of visual elements that support and enhance many types of presentations. Often oral presentations are supported with graphic and visual elements to increase effectiveness. When combined, these lead to more advanced visuals like images and eventually organizers. This article reviews the various concepts and visual elements that lead to the design of a graphic for oral presentations that include: style, layout, composition, and relationships.

Presentation: Conception, Costs, and Consequences (3C’s)

Often students approach oral presentations without a scaffold or structure to assist them to get started much less excel. Some simple parameters will assist them to step back and reflect on the process more than just the performance. For each presentation, students can prepare by considering their conceptions, costs, and consequences.

Presentation: Production Planning for Effectiveness

This article examines the preparation for an oral presentation, six areas of concerns are discussed as preparation for the production of effective presentations that include: Scope, Content, Role, Intent, Purpose, and Target.

Presentation: Prepare, Perform, Publish (P3) Model Introduction

Introduction “The whole world is a stage, and all the men and women merely actors. They have their exits and their entrances, and in his lifetime a man will play many parts” William Shakespeare Perhaps we do not see our…

Presentation: From Story to Performance to Production

Rather than prescribe a method for oral presentations, this article begins by examining the conception that all presentations, both written and oral, seek to tell a story. It then presents the idea of the moment of the performance as a more involved view of this activity. Then, the production is facilitated by considering the Message, Medium, and Moment of the performance.

Presentation: Begin With the Student

I have spent many years investigating effective instruction around oral presentations supported by modern educational tools and have found a dearth of materials and studies. This article presents a key recurring observation about the way we teach oral presentations. Students must be our starting point, and be provided with very general reflective tools and structures applicable to a wide variety of situations in order to facilitate them attaining their own goals successfully.

Graphic Organizer with 3 circles with 3 primal colors and the word "student, teacher, and content" inside them. 3 double-headed arrows with the word interaction connect them. The word learning is in the center.

Graphic Organizers: Educational Example

Complex systems present difficult challenges when working to understand them. In this article we will discuss the visual and graphic organizers to understand the interactions and roles in those systems.

Curriculum Instructional Design: Interacting Impacts

Curriculum and Instructional Design (CID) must consider many aspects involved in education. Before deciding upon a plan for education, designers examine the influences on the learner at the point of contact. These include the teacher, the content, and the learner in the larger world context.

A five-step arch leading down from "Analyze", next to "Design", next to "Develop", next to "Implement", and finally to "evaluate".

Curriculum Instructional Design: Importance of Critical Reflection

Teachers function as both the designer and implementer of education. A discussion on the importance of using critical reflection during the design process. The ADDIE model.