My 8th grade Digital Media students have been sharing their "Women's History" projects with me using ZoHo. This week they are presenting their project to the class so we have discussed what they would wish from their audience: good listeners, respectful, no interruptions etc. It was a good discussion. Students were encouraged to ask questions at the end of each presentation.
I encouraged my students to keep the information on each slide to a minimun, to use notes, keep their eyes on the audiance and to not read from their slides. We talked about the differences between a report and a presentation.
It was wonderful to have all of their presentations in one spot (my ZoHo account). Since they shared them to me we didn't need to waste time logging into each student's account to access their work.
I used a podium and a wirelss keyboard so the presentor could advance the slides while standing up at the podium.
Having the students actually present their work to the class brought a whole new level to the need of finishing a project and handing it in on time.
2 comments:
This will be great to share at this month's MILI meetings since we are talking about Google Presentation. Sounds like Zoho worked great for you and the kids really stepped up!
It is so great to hear that Zoho worked well for you ... what a great idea to have them work from the one account. Your ideas for "presenting" sound great, too!
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