Other key takeaways this semester include tools that can be used to strengthen the material that you share with students. Here are a few of my favourite tips:
- use the snipping tool to cleanly crop and copy images into your PowerPoint presentation
- use a dark background on your slides, so that you as the presenter have more contrast than your presentation
- use images and a minimum of text to support your presentation (i.e.: your audience did not come to read your slides)
- use Kahoot! or Poll Everywhere for instantaneous formative feedback
As I look to the future, I am hopeful that technology will continue to enhance my teaching. That I will always be curious, and that I will always be learning. With that in mind, I created a PowToons video for this final assignment. I have used PowToons before to create a short video, and decided to use it again for the animation options and the professional look and feel of their video production suite. I had not realized until it was too late that there was a five minute limit on the free version of their software. I was too invested to start over from scratch, so I used it as an opportunity to learn, to grow, to take a risk and to be creative. So without further ado, here is a link to my final project: https://youtu.be/3kWxIM-XPjE
List of images used in my presentation that were found outside of PowToons:
- Laptop on desk, flags in the background: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/764704
- Rear view of a man working in an office: https://www.pexels.com/photo/rear-view-of-man-working-in-office-256401/
- Working from a home office: https://danielhedrick.com/blog/2014/5/working-from-a-home-office
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