Two Tips to Help Effectively Present In a Classroom Situation

Presenting in a classroom situation can be tough and scary.  Using PowerPoint and involving the audience are two tips to help effectively present information in a classroom.

            Using a PowerPoint has many benefits.  First, it helps you organize your thoughts and put it down.  Second, it provides a visual for the class.  Third, the note feature helps you to remember what you want to say when and keeps you organized.  PowerPoints are great tools for the classroom.

            Involving the audience in your presentation helps you present more efficiently.  Arvee Robinson suggested five ways to involve your audience.  The five ways were:  doing exercises, asking questions, finishing sentences, high-fiving, and giving candy.  She suggested to create an exercise that correlates with your presentation to get the audience involved.  Asking the audience questions about the subject you’re presenting keeps you in control of the classroom.  Throwing in an obvious unfinished sentence into your presentation can make things livelier and prevent the audience from getting bored.  Having the audience work in groups and then telling them to high-five their group members will energize the atmosphere as well.  Giving the audience candy can motivate them to keep participating.    

            Utilizing PowerPoint and audience participation are both great tips to efficiently present information in classroom settings.

Sources

http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/powerpoint/

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http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/coursedesign/tutorial/strategies.html