By Mike, on November 30th, 2011
Prezi is a cloud-based presentation software that opens up a new world between whiteboards and slides. The zoomable canvas makes it fun to explore ideas…
TED is a cutting-edge conference featuring “ideas worth spreading”
It goes without saying that people want to be entertained, and video may be the ultimate entertainment. The use of [...]
By Mike, on November 29th, 2010 I finally launched a long discussed travel presentation night – the idea gestated over the last year and was conceived when I was a friend’s at Christmas and we were all exchanging stories about trips to exotic overseas lands. Eventually a laptop was fired up and we were shown an impromptu slideshow. The problem wasn’t [...]
By Mike, on October 21st, 2010 I’m very excited that on October 28th I will be presenting at the TESL Ontario conference in Toronto. This is an opportunity to refine some thinking I’ve been doing about the possibilities available to teachers and other professionals to harness the power of websites and blogs. My presentation is going to be on the topic [...]
By Mike, on October 21st, 2010 I have been teaching ESL and TESL for about ten years, and as a specialist in teaching speaking, listening and pronunciation, I have frequently used both movies and music in the classroom. I created “Movie Study” worksheets with teacher/student components–a project I undertook when working at Pacific Language Institute (PLI). As a singer-songwriter I would [...]
By Mike, on March 5th, 2010 4 famous books on Presentations
I have just finished a book review on Garr Reynold’s inspirational Presentation Zen. I summarize a few of the key ideas in the book and offer some links to online presentations at Slideshare and Ted Talks.
Presentations have fascinated me for the last year, coinciding with my early video [...]
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