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.