Digital literacy – Presentations

Hello!

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!