As we march briskly into the "Back to School" season, let's take a closer look at playing games in presentations. Teacher, trainers, and other professional educators are experts at using multiple choice games or Q&A in their presentations. Done well, game-based presentations can increase audience attention as well as content retention.
Most teachers can successfully pull off being a poised quiz show master of ceremonies AND an effective educator at the same time! Find out how they do it in this brief, 10.5 minute podcast, where I discuss the
"Three Key Elements You Need to Successfully Incorporate Games into Your Presentation"
Long title. Short podcast!
Listen to it today!
Podcast Show Notes:
In this podcast, I make reference to quite a few people and/or their websites. In case you didn't catch their URLS (or I didn't throw them!), here are the links to their websites:
1. Blogger Paul Gimbel, who maintains a "Technological Implementation Secrets" blog. You can read Paul's musings at http://spaces.msn.com/members/paulgimbel/
2. You can find out more about animated quiz show host Al Morale and get a free trial of Game Show Presenter Software at http://www.presentationgames.com . Try it: it's a hoot!
3. Hillsborough Township School District - The Four PowerPoint Game Show Templates I mentioned are available at http://www.hillsborough.k12.nj.us/edlinkspowerpoint.htm
4. Management Consultant and Master Presenter Tom Peters has a website and blog at http://www.tompeters.com . You can download his masterful PowerPoint slide sets for free at this site, as well.
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