http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/tlt-coffee-read/tlt-coffeeread-four-rules-for-delivering-powerful-presentations-in-the-world-of-social-media/ Inspiring Teaching and Learning with Technology at Penn State University Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:46:21 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/tlt-coffee-read/tlt-coffeeread-four-rules-for-delivering-powerful-presentations-in-the-world-of-social-media/comment-page-1/#comment-13842 Cole Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:30:13 +0000 http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/?p=600#comment-13842 Jamie ... there is a lot to learn from that piece. I know it is focused on pitching businesses and products, but having the courage to shorten the text, go with an image, and tell a story is the only way to use Keynote. I am guilty of too many words sometimes, but as a strategy I like to mix it up ... build a case with stats -- in text, then switch to visual representations of the data, and finally use a story to contextualized it. I liked reading over the article and wonder what we should be doing in education to help new teachers (and all students really) understand how to effectively communicate via the new "pitch" style? Jamie … there is a lot to learn from that piece. I know it is focused on pitching businesses and products, but having the courage to shorten the text, go with an image, and tell a story is the only way to use Keynote. I am guilty of too many words sometimes, but as a strategy I like to mix it up … build a case with stats — in text, then switch to visual representations of the data, and finally use a story to contextualized it. I liked reading over the article and wonder what we should be doing in education to help new teachers (and all students really) understand how to effectively communicate via the new “pitch” style?

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