They Snooze, You Lose Chapter 9 Reflection

Tapping Emotion

I can really associate with this chapter. I'm a very emotional person and I really believe in making a difference. I pour my heart and soul into my presentations for my students.  I want to make students understand how important they are and how important it is for me that they are successful.  I think I get the message across, but if I had better images, better background music, and less words on the page, I think I can really drive that home.

Burmark, Y. (2012). They snooze, you lose, the educator's guide to successful presentations. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.Retrieved from http://books.google.com/books/feeds/volumes?q=9780470902905

They Snooze, You Lose Chapter 8 Reflection

This chapter focused on music. Not just any music, but music for presentations that would help audience understand content better. The music will help set the tone and helps audience members identify with what is being presented. We need to be careful that the music doesn't overpower the presentation too.

Research has been done with music. If you are going to play music in the classroom to improve recall, the same music needs to be played when the students are being tested.

In a PPT, you need to make sure that the music conveys the image, feelings, emotions that you need.

Burmark, Y. (2012). They snooze, you lose, the educator's guide to successful presentations. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.Retrieved from http://books.google.com/books/feeds/volumes?q=9780470902905

They Snooze, You Lose Chapter 7 Reflection

Starting with Images
Chapter was very interesting. The entire premise was that pictures speak louder than words.  It is important that they are realistic and that every picture has a purpose.  Images should illustrate a point. They need to convey a major part of the story.  If not, they are useless.

There was a 4 step process on focusing on the essentials.
  1. Take a slide that has many words
  2. highlight one or two words in each bullet
  3. Remove all other text and rehearse what to say
  4. Add an image that helps information "stick".

She suggests that  photos or images take up the entire slide as a backdrop. There are instructions on pg.121 on how to make images wider without changing the composition. Another suggestion is to use quotes to make a point or to use as a springboard. Color is also important. It increases willingness to read, motivation and participation and improves retention.

There was an explanation of how pictures help in retention. There were images with narration.  It was called "rapid fire" because the photos were clicked really fast.  Then there was a quiz afterwards. I was amazed at how I remembered all of the details.  This is something I need to use more often.


Burmark, Y. (2012). They snooze, you lose, the educator's guide to successful presentations. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.Retrieved from http://books.google.com/books/feeds/volumes?q=9780470902905

Copyright PowerPointUpdate

I started with 11 slides and now I'm up to 22.  I put many of the bullets on my notes and left only the most critical information on the slide.  Some slides had 4-6 bullets. What I did was put one bullet per slide. I made sure that each slide did not have more than 30 words.  I didn't put a lot of clip art or photos because I couldn't think of images that would be beneficial.  I found a few cute ones, but they were not free. I also added a link to the Citation Machine to make sure it was easy for someone to cite their sources.  Resources were added on the final slide. I changed all the titles to be on the left instead of centered. As far as the slide design, I left the one I used.  It already contained warm colors, maroon and gold. I left it like that for 2 reasons, because the eye sees red and yellow first and because they are the school colors.  It brings feelings of loyalty and pride.
Adriana G. Hernandez Copyright Crash Course_2

They Snooze, You Lose Chapter 4 Reflection

Chapter 4: Ringing Chimes2
This chapter was an overview of different components that will make our presentations/teaching better.  The acronym stands for:

• C: Connections
• H: Humor
• I: Images
• M: Music
• E: Emotion
• S: Story
• S: Senses

We need to focus on these components to improve our presentations because the goal is to get their attention and make the content "stick".  Then we also have to remember not to distract from the main points by having too many things that do not pertain to the content.

A prioritization grid was also introduced. The author suggests to use that grid to decide which of the "Chimes2" to select and start improving on it.  I think it is a great tool to use for other aspects in life too.  I'm going to teach it to my daughters when faced with a decision that has many factors.

I'm a big fan of Robert Marzano, and his research on standards was mentioned.  If teachers were to teach all the standards fully and students would really learn them, it would take 23 years to do that. So as educators, we really need to focus on the most critical standards and teach those well.   

Burmark, Lynell. They Snooze You Lose. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2011. 62-68. Print.

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They Snooze, You Lose Chapter 1 Reflection

Chapter 1: Tweaking Presentations
This chapter was full of handy tips for improving PowerPoint presentations and the rationale or research behind many of them. I listed them below so that it would be easier for me to revise my PowerPoint.  Boy do I have my work cut out for me.

• Templates
• background shouldn't compete with content
•  keep away from irrelevant elements
• decorations need to be on the left because we are used to reading left to right 
• Color
• increases willingness to read, boosts motivation and participation, improves retention, and sells
• yellow is the first color seen by the eye
• warm colors such as red and yellow are seen before blue and green
• careful with color combinations, what feelings do they arouse?
• Type
• no more than 40 words per slide
• must be read in 3 seconds
• don't use all CAPS; difficult to read
• titles start on left side instead of centering; brain used to left to right
• vary leading space between lines
• decide on a font size by thinking about the person in the back of the room
• font should match the content (occasion)
• not more than 2 typefaces on one slide

Burmark, L. (2011). They snooze you lose. (pp. vi-262). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

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Copyright Reflection

As a certified librarian, I already knew a lot about print copyright.  However, there was so much information about online copyright.  As I was creating the PowerPoint, I realized that there was so much more information than I imagined.  When I revise my presentation, I plan on using it to help teachers at our campus understand the importance of copyright. I plan on adding the link to Copyright Crash Course to the library website.   I want to use the Teach Act Checklist to help them make decisions on whether to copy or not.  We have signs posted on the walls, but I don't think people take it seriously. I think people think that "Fair Use" means, it's okay to copy.