UPGRADING PRESENTATION SOFTWARE (AND A FEW OTHER TECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS) FOR THE FUTURE CLASSROOM FACET Associate Faculty Conference November 9 & 10, 2012 Suzi Shapiro PhD Indiana University East
Welcome! What is your favorite technology tool for teaching? Why do you use it?
Goals Maintain Attention Improve Understanding Enhance Memory Facilitate Engagement Improve Access 3
Goals Maintain Attention Novelty Relevance
Goals Improve Understanding Organization Examples GoalsUnderstandingExamplesExperiencesMemoryMnemonics
Goals Enhance Memory See/Hear Images Feedback MNEMONICS
Goals Facilitate Engagement Interaction Variety Creation What are your goals for the class?
Goals Improve Access Accessibility Virtual Asynchronous
HOW TO DO THESE THINGS!
TOOLS Concept Organization Presentation Software Slide Sharing Online Video-Conferencing Collaboration Text Images Video Audio Interactive Game Social Media
Concept Organization MindMapping MindManager Free Download The Brain Freemind Online Mindmeister Bubbl.us
Presentation Software PowerPoint Keynote Prezi Mastering Prezi for Business Presentations
Slide Sharing Online Slideshare Vimeo Brainshark
WHICH TOOLS WOULD BE BEST IF YOU WANTED TO SHARE INFORMATION FROM A CONFERENCE WITH ATTENDEES?
Video-Conferencing Adobe Presenter/ Connect
Collaboration BOX.iu.edu xait4v xait4v Google DOCs
Text PDF Editing Tools Foxit Reader PDF Xchange Viewer Sample Document IU (Courseload) IU scrib.ed
Images Photo albums Visual SlideShow Flipsnack
Images A presentation can be ALL Images Presentation about Psychology Classes
Images Coloring books
Images Text Cloud Wordle
Images Infographics EXAMPLES Chartsnthings TOOLS Infogr.am Easelly
Images Diagrams EXAMPLES reMap TOOL Creately
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED SO FAR?
Quick Quiz! Which of the following tools would be good to use to prepare a word cloud? A. Chartsnthings B. Easelly C. Wordle D. reMap
Video Animation Creators Xtranormal Camera
Audio Podcasts MP3 Player/recorder Narrated Documents Brainshark
HOW COULD YOU INCLUDE VIDEO OR AUDIO IN YOUR CLASSES?
Interactive Pair-share
Interactive Polling/Surveys Oncourse Tests & Surveys Micropoll - Example MicropollExample Survey Monkey MORE TOOLS (Mashable article) MORE TOOLS
Using a poll Students polled about their Favorite Color Next class – Review Data
Asking Questions Can I predict what you will respond to the question: What is your favorite color?
Designing the Research Look at prior research on similar topics
Color Preferences: Pop Psychology Pantone’s ColorstrologyColorstrology What does your favorite color say about you? Is your favorite color determined by when you are born? Does it represent your personality?
Personality Tests: Pop Psychology Luscher Color Test The Luscher Color Test was devised by psychologist Max Luscher in
Data from another survey The study includes results from 232 people from 22 countries. The mean age of this group is with the youngest being 15 and the eldest being /index.html 8/index.html
Favorite Colors
f United StatesCanadaChina Blue42%41%37% Purple 22%14%13% Green 10%13% Red10%9% Black6%7% Orange4%8% Yellow5%4% White 1%2%10% Table Versus Graph?
Color Coded Graph by Country
MY PREDICTION! The most frequently reported favorite color will be: BLUE
How will color preference be defined? Measured - dependent variable Color Preference Operational Definition Answer to the question Limited to Primary and secondary colors, black, white, and other Each person can only have one answer Each answer is a single word, not a measurement of quantity
Psychological Research often: Draws conclusions about groups Predicts behavior in terms of percentages of a group Does not always make predictions for an individual b b
Interactive Data Manipulation UUorld
Infographics Gapminder Google Public Data Explorer – Google Public Data Explorer
Consider these pairs of causes of death: Lung Cancer vs Motor Vehicle Accidents Emphysema vs Homicide Tuberculosis vs Fire and Flames From each pair, choose the one you think causes more deaths in the US each year.
Availability Examples Cause of Death People’s Choice Number Per Year Newspaper Reports Lung Cancer43%140,0003 Vehicle Accidents 57%48, Emphysema45%22,0001 Homicides55%19, Tuberculosis23%4,0000 Fire & Flames77%7,00024
Infographics Google Public Data Explorer – Google Public Data Explorer
Game Clickers & Post-its Jeopardy/Millionaire QuizRevolution
Social Media - Curate Scoopit Robin Cook - Curation ToolsCuration Tools
Social Media - Microblogging Tumbler Posterous
Social Media Network Twitter Pinterest Facebook
Social Media - Twitter
Social Media - Pintrest
Social Media – Facebook
HOW COULD YOU SHARE SOMETHING YOU LEARNED TODAY WITH COLLEAGUES OR STUDENTS?
THANKS Suzi