Ok, I’ve got something
I want to show you today.
It’s something I’ve been
working on for a while
as part of an online course that I’m doing –
yes, I too am
a distance learner
and I’m very proud of this.
It’s my presentation on how to be
a great presenter.
Want to see it?
Ok, here it is – tah-dah!
I’ve put it online and
invited my fellow students
to give me feedback.
I wonder what they’ll say…
Aha, this will
be their feedback now…
Let’s see what they say.
Oh dear.
Hmm…
now that is not
good.
Looks like my friends
didn’t like my presentation.
I need to reflect on this
and make it better.
To make my presentation better,
I am going to add some digital elements
to make it more
interesting for the viewer.
I really want to engage the viewers
and get my message across
effectively, so I get a
good score in my online course.
So what can I add?
First of all, I’m going
to add some images.
I can find them by looking
for free images online.
There are lots of websites
that offer free photos, graphics
and animations.
So let’s go to those websites
and download some.
Of course, I will get the
owner’s permission to use their images
and credit all the sources I used.
Ok, so let’s download.
Great!
Now I’m going to work with those images.
I can use image editing software for simple
tasks. Or I can use image-editing websites
to do things like crop, rotate, resize, and
save at a reasonable file size.
Let’s look at the meaning of
those words in an image
editing context.
‘Crop’ means removing
parts of the image so we focus
on a smaller part
of the whole.
‘Rotate’ means turning
the image around
from zero to 360 degrees.
‘Resize’
just means making the image bigger
or smaller, according to our needs.
I think I’d like to include
some video and audio in this presentation.
I can film and
record some myself on my phone.
Or again I can find
free resources online.
I could also buy
some video or audio
from the web
but I prefer to save money, so I’ll
just use the free ones.
Ok, I’ve got some great pictures,
video and audio,
so now I need to put them together
in a presentation.
I will build my presentation
based on good design principles I learned
about online:
not too much text on the screen;
not too many slides;
don’t overdo animation
and effects;
structure the presentation using sections
like introduction, main body, conclusion.
I’ll use some online tools
for this or software I have on my computer,
like PowerPoint or
Keynote.
Just a second…
and finish!
Right, I have made my new presentation.
It looks a lot better than the last one.
Let’s see what my fellow students think.
Wow! That was fast!
Thank you, yeah, thank you,
what can I say,
it just came over,
thank you, thank you very much, thanks.
So there it is,
you can use digital resources
and software to make
your presentations stand
out from the rest.
Give it a go and maybe
you can be a presentation hero like me!
See you next time!
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