 The audience is 43% more likely to be persuaded  Same material can be taught in 25-40% less time  Retention is improved up to 38%  David Peoples (1992), Presentations Plus, John Wiley and Sons.

 The presenter is perceived as being ◦ More professional ◦ More persuasive ◦ More credible ◦ More interesting ◦ Better prepared  David Peoples (1992), Presentations Plus, John Wiley and Sons.

 Chalk/White Board  Flip Chart  Posters  Actual Objects  Bulletin Board  Overhead projector  PowerPoint presentations  Films and Videos  World Wide Web  Computer software  Miscellaneous

 Every room has one - use them  Write LARGE and legible  Always title what you put on the board ◦ Compartments of the ruminant stomach ◦ Parts of the flower  Don’t teach to the board  Avoid turning your back to the students for long periods of time

 Can be prepared in advance  Easy to make and use  A good change of pace  Relatively inexpensive  Can utilize color  Portable  Turning pages reveal information and paces your presentation

 Portable  Good for diagrams, illustrations or collections ◦ leaves ◦ insects ◦ seeds

 Whenever possible, bring actual objects into the class ◦ sparkplug ◦ oxy-acetylene rig ◦ plants ◦ chicken ◦ tools  Keep the object out of sight until ready to use (play on curiosity)

 Can communicate information  Should be changed regularly  Good activity for students

 Can teach more material  Prepared in advance  Face the class  Professional looking  Can skip material and come back  Can use a “cheat” sheet easily  Can use over and over

 More later...

 Films and filmstrips are rapidly disappearing  Sources of Free Videos ◦ Venard Films ◦ Farm Film Foundation  At the start of the year, order videos for the entire year

 Educational resources available online  Educational support software available  Offer support to traditional resources

 1:1 Laptops  Computer Lab/Laptop Cart  Digital camera – still image  Digital camera – video  Interactive White Boards (SMART Boards)  Mp3 players (iPods)  Student response systems (Centio/ Clickers)

 Blogs (Edublogs, Blogger, WordPress, etc.)  Computer-Based Webpage Development (Frontpage, Nvu, Kompozer, etc)  Desktop Publisher  Electronic data retrieval (web search, data bases, etc.)  Graphic Editor (Picnik, Photoshop, etc.)  Interactive video/teleconferencing (Skype, Elluminate, ichat, etc.)  Multimedia Presentation (Powerpoint, Keynote, etc.)

 Online Webpage Development (Wix, Google sites,Wikispace, etc)  Podcasting/ Vodcasting (iTunes, etc.)  Social Networking (Facebook, Ning, Twitter, Edmoto, etc.)  Spreadsheets (Excel, etc.)  Video Recording /Video Making (Photostory, iMovie, etc.)  Voice recording (Audacity, Garage Band, vocaroo, etc.)

 Web-based Course & Grade Management Tools (Infinite Campus, D2L, WebCT, etc.)  Web-based (k12, google, hotmail, etc.)  Web-based Video Resources (YouTube, TeacherTube, ZamZar, AnyVideoConverter, etc.)  Word Processing (Microsoft Office, Google docs, NeoOffice)

 Firefox  Delicious  Google  Reader  Gmail  Skype  Google Calender  Voicethread  Wordpress  Audacity  Youtube  Jing  Polldaddy  Nvu

 Yugma  PBWiki  Ustream  Ning  FreemindeXe  Moodle  Twitter  Google Docs  iGoogle  Slideshare  Flickr All free to use to create, present, store information in different formats