October 15, 2011

There were many of Mayer’s principles present in this presentation.  The two that stuck out to me the most were the signaling principle and the multimedia principle.  In many of the presenter’s sides, she highlighted many of the essential words.  For example, when she was discussing how to classify a polynomial, she put the words, “degree” and “exponent” in capital letters, different colored font, and in a bigger size font.  This emphasized the importance of these characteristics when classifying a polynomial.  The presenter also did a great job of using the multimedia principle.  When she was explaining new vocabulary words, she also included pictures that helped give the viewer a visual of what the presenter was talking about.  For example, when discussing a polynomial with two terms, she had a picture of a bicycle because “bi” refers to two.  This made a clear connection to the new term binomial.  

Author:  Sarah Busch 

Published: April 26, 2016 

Being introduced to this site for the first time I spent much of my time viewing the music presentations.  One of the challenges was simply choosing one to review.  My criteria as I imagine it was for all of us was to find a slide show that was useful and presented in a way that my kids would enjoy and gain relevant information from.  After watching a plethora of slide shows this one caught my attention on the first view.  While not the greatest it presented an extremely difficult concept in well thought out, accurate steps and in an entertaining way.  

Many of Mayer’s principles were followed in Sarah’s presentation.  She does a good job of using the signaling principle by using different colors and large bold typefor the major concepts and ideas.  Spatial Contiguity can be found in the way she places those points on the circle as it is built.  The main ideas are presentedboth as a single idea then placed next to a graphic on the slide.  And while pre-training can only be hoped for when you reach this point with your students I believethe thing that caused this show to stand out was her script and the characters.  The multimedia and personalization principles really help each other out in this slide presentation.  This more than anything makes the show click.  Besides presenting the information in a logical, easy to understand way the conversation between Chuck and Pythagoras makes it interesting and keeps the learners attention.  It also opens up more possibilities for across subject conversation.  We have been telling our young musicians for years that music covers all subject areas and by introducing Pythagoras this is reinforced.  

Author: Yang Ao Wei

Published: October 11, 2015

The Mayer’s principles that are demonstrated in this SlideShare are: Multimedia, Segmenting, Spatial, and Signaling. 

The Multimedia Principle is found in the variety of photography examples and supporting words illustrating the technique or lack of. The combination of words and pictures also demonstrate the Spatial Contiguity principle by placing all words, along with thumbs up or down graphic, next to the correlating photography example. In addition, I believe that by the author providing a thumbs up and down example helps support the learner’s understanding of the words. 

The Segmenting Principle is found in the design of the slides by each tip being individually broken down with words and photography examples. Each of the photography tips Level Horizon, Adjust Angle, and Rule of Thirds has a series of slides dedicated to focusing on the appropriate use of this technique. The thumbs up or down graphic eliminate wordy examples and can even provide an opportunity for discussion in a classroom setting. I believe the simplicity helps prevent distraction as well. However I have to add, due to the simplicity I do see some Coherence Principle because it’s eliminating extra information, but it is arguable that the subject of the pictures could potentially be a distraction… 

Lastly, I can see a bit of the Signaling Principle because the author is highlighting the most important aspects of each tip/technique. Photography can be very in depth and complicated and this SlideShare focuses on merely the basics for improving picture taking. 

This presentation is a timeline utilizing names and dates of important people and events relevant to Deaf history. These names and events are familiar to the students. Being able to see how they fit into a timeline helps the students to make deeper connections.
  2. Multimedia Principle People learn better from words and pictures than from words alone.

In addition to the familiarity  of the names and events, the addition of photos and images brings the information to life for the students. Students can see the names of the people or events and then connect it to a photo. When they see those photos at other times they will relate them to the information that they have already learned. 

Date: February 8^th, 2016

Title: Game On! Integrating Games and Simulations in the Classroom

Link:  https://www.slideshare.net/brianhousand/game-on-iagc-2016

 

Mayer’s Principles: Coherence Principle, Temporal Contiguity Principle, 

 

Coherence Principle – In the presentation, the author uses only the words necessary to understand the concept. In the examples of games recommended for the classroom, only the images of the games are used. The images are very basic and aesthetically pleasing. There is not a lot of excess wording or information regarding the games. 

Spatial Contiguity Principle – This is utilized throughout the presentation. 

The words are labeled directly on the images or right next to. When describing what exactly a game is, the author lists three main concepts (rules, objectives, and obstacles) and places them on three different colored circles. This helps the information to stand out and stand alone. In the following slides, Housand uses a basic flow chart to explain some benefits of games. The words are labeled directly on the squares for the flow chart.