1. 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

2. Welcome! What is your favorite technology tool for teaching? Why do you use it?

3. Goals Maintain Attention Improve Understanding Enhance Memory Facilitate Engagement Improve Access 3

4. Goals Maintain Attention Novelty Relevance

5. Goals Improve Understanding Organization Examples GoalsUnderstandingExamplesExperiencesMemoryMnemonics

6. Goals Enhance Memory See/Hear Images Feedback MNEMONICS

7. Goals Facilitate Engagement Interaction Variety Creation What are your goals for the class?

8. Goals Improve Access Accessibility Virtual Asynchronous

9. HOW TO DO THESE THINGS!

10. TOOLS Concept Organization Presentation Software Slide Sharing Online Video-Conferencing Collaboration Text Images Video Audio Interactive Game Social Media

11. Concept Organization MindMapping MindManager Free Download The Brain Freemind Online Mindmeister Bubbl.us

12. Presentation Software PowerPoint Keynote Prezi Mastering Prezi for Business Presentations

13. Slide Sharing Online Slideshare Vimeo Brainshark

14. WHICH TOOLS WOULD BE BEST IF YOU WANTED TO SHARE INFORMATION FROM A CONFERENCE WITH ATTENDEES?

15. Video-Conferencing Adobe Presenter/ Connect http://connect.iu.edu/r5h33e31hw8/

16. Collaboration BOX.iu.edu https://iu.box.com/s/gegkm4qap4a213 xait4v https://iu.box.com/s/gegkm4qap4a213 xait4v Google DOCs

17. Text PDF Editing Tools Foxit Reader PDF Xchange Viewer Sample Document E-text @ IU (Courseload) E-text @ IU scrib.ed

18. Images Photo albums Visual SlideShow Flipsnack

19. Images A presentation can be ALL Images Presentation about Psychology Classes

20. Images Coloring books

21. Images Text Cloud Wordle

22. Images Infographics EXAMPLES Chartsnthings TOOLS Infogr.am Easelly

23. Images Diagrams EXAMPLES reMap TOOL Creately

24. WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED SO FAR?

25. 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

26. Video Animation Creators Xtranormal Camera

27. Audio Podcasts MP3 Player/recorder Narrated Documents Brainshark

28. HOW COULD YOU INCLUDE VIDEO OR AUDIO IN YOUR CLASSES?

29. Interactive Pair-share

30. Interactive Polling/Surveys Oncourse Tests & Surveys Micropoll - Example MicropollExample Survey Monkey MORE TOOLS (Mashable article) MORE TOOLS

31. Using a poll Students polled about their Favorite Color Next class – Review Data

32. Asking Questions Can I predict what you will respond to the question: What is your favorite color?

33. Designing the Research Look at prior research on similar topics

34. 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?

35. Personality Tests: Pop Psychology Luscher Color Test The Luscher Color Test was devised by psychologist Max Luscher in 1969. http://www.viewzone.com/luscher.html

36. Data from another survey The study includes results from 232 people from 22 countries. The mean age of this group is 30.34 with the youngest being 15 and the eldest being 81. http://www.joehallock.com/edu/COM49 8/index.html http://www.joehallock.com/edu/COM49 8/index.html

37. Favorite Colors

38. http://www.visualsymbols.com/webgraphics/2004_Global_Color_Report1a.pd 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?

39. Color Coded Graph by Country

40. MY PREDICTION! The most frequently reported favorite color will be: BLUE

41. 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

42. 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

43. Interactive Data Manipulation UUorld

44. Infographics Gapminder Google Public Data Explorer – Google Public Data Explorer

45. 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.

46. Availability Examples Cause of Death People’s Choice Number Per Year Newspaper Reports Lung Cancer43%140,0003 Vehicle Accidents 57%48,000127 Emphysema45%22,0001 Homicides55%19,000264 Tuberculosis23%4,0000 Fire & Flames77%7,00024

47. Infographics Google Public Data Explorer – Google Public Data Explorer

48. Game Clickers & Post-its Jeopardy/Millionaire QuizRevolution

49. Social Media - Curate Scoopit Robin Cook - Curation ToolsCuration Tools

50. Social Media - Microblogging Tumbler Posterous

51. Social Media Network Twitter Pinterest Facebook

52. Social Media - Twitter

53. Social Media - Pintrest

54. Social Media – Facebook

55. HOW COULD YOU SHARE SOMETHING YOU LEARNED TODAY WITH COLLEAGUES OR STUDENTS?

56. THANKS Suzi Shapiro sjshapir@iue.edu @afullmind