During the International Society for Technology in Education "ISTE" annual conference I had the privilege of delivering a presentation on Presentation Design with my good friend Robert Craven. I was very pleased when the original schedule was released that we would be able to do this first thing in the morning on the first full day of the conference. I love having the opportunity to really set the tone for conferences or workshops. The session was very well attended with lots of friends and interested educators. Since then I have received an overwhelming amount of positive feedback on our session. The most recurring thing, and that which makes me very excited, is many participants are now out with their cameras and capturing their own images to use for their own presentations. In this session about 90% of the images used are my own. This helps serve several purposes:
1. I am able to get out with my camera or smartphone and capture lots of interesting and purposeful images.
2. By doing a project like a 365 daily or 52 weekly I have expanded not only my photo library (which is over 15,000 images) but, it has opened my eyes to so much more.
3. I do not have to worry about finding high resolution images or worrying about copyright, since I own the images myself.
My intent of the session was to provide attendees with valuable information on presentation design that can be applied to anything from presentations to lessons. I recognize that many were not able to attend and those in attendance wanted to be able to refer back to the presentation, so without further delay I have included it below. Feel free to post comments or questions and seek my assistance in designing your own presentations.
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Ken: I think your encouragement to others to use homegrown images primarily in presentations (or at least more than they are now) is GREAT! I have held off on a 365 photos project but may jump in next year... Bob Sprankle has shared about the positive impact its made on him as a photographer, and I think your case for expanding your personal photo library for presentation purposes is great.
For awhile now in copyright sessions I've encouraged educators to use media in the following order: Homegrown or public domain, then CC licensed, and THEN (after the first two options are exhausted/not workable) look at other works which can be used under fair use.
Thanks so much for sharing your session, I'm looking forward to checking out the slides! Congrats also on getting a primetime starting slot at ISTE this year - that's an hour that's well deserved! :-)
Ken,
I enjoyed reading your post. What I really love is what an inspiration you are to others. You enjoy motivating others to be creative and to listen to their spirit. You have a gift. Keep preaching and keep posting those beautiful pictures!
Ken,
I am so glad you posted this. I was not able to attend your session on design, but I heard nothing but great things about it. After the lessons learned from the opening keynote about how not to do a presentation every presenter seemed to become almost obsessed with how their slides would be viewed. We knew that the audience would be critiquing this part of our presentation more than any other part. One of our panel members attended your session and strongly recommended that we get together and revamp our slides. I bet we are not the only group that made last minute changes based on your presentation. Thank you for sharing this incredibly valuable resource.
Wonderful, Ken! Thanks so much for sharing! I've been reading "Presentation Secrets" by Steve Jobs. This was a great complement to the info shared in the book.
Thank you all for the wonderful complements. I sincerely think as a collective group we can begin a shift towards presentations that not only inspire, but also inform us in the most effective manner possible. The timing of this as Wesley shared was perfect and it was so well received that I will most likely submit something similar for ISTE 2011
Very informative post.I am really glad to read this post.
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