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Copyright for Educators Revision 5

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For this week, I found some upbeat music to add to the introduction of the presentation. I also added some public domain works. I set it up to run on a continuous loop so that at the start of the presentation, it will be running as people are settling in. I added a picture of my grandson coloring, to illustrate the fact that we cannot copy original works of art unless we have permission. I think the music and the addition of the works of art to start off with are appealing. They may pique the audience's emotional side to help me connect with them.

Chapter 9 Reflections: They Snooze You Lose by Lynell Burmark

The things we take in through our senses cause us to feel emotions, whether they be good or bad emotions. As Burmark states in this chapter, “emotions stick!”(Burmark, 2011, Kindle Location 3251). You want to connect with your audience on an emotional level to get the learning to stick with them. Emotions take the content very quickly to the well organized storehouse in the brain. Learning that sticks with you is stored in the well organized storehouse and learning that is difficult to retrieve at a later date is just thrown in the “junk drawer” of the brain. You may be able to retrieve the stuff in the “junk drawer”, but it will take longer and it is not as efficient.
Art and images are a great example of things that make us feel emotional. Somewhere in our DNA is something that connects these images so strongly to our emotions that we as humans have dedicated buildings to preserve and protect these images. Why else would entire museums be created to house works of art? That tells me that our emotions are tied so strongly to them that by protecting them, we are declaring they are sacred to us in some way.
Putting your audience in the right frame of mind at the beginning is very crucial to your role as the deliverer of the information. Connecting to their emotions through visual and auditory media is a great way to accomplish this. You don’t want them to just be entertained for those 60 minutes, but take the information and store it for later use.

Burmark, Lynell (2011-06-28). They Snooze, You Lose: The Educator's Guide to Successful Presentations (Kindle Location 3251). John Wiley and Sons. Kindle Edition.

Chapter 8 Reflections: They Snooze You Lose by Lynell Burmark

Music is almost like another language that speaks to people on another level other than spoken language. It is very true that music can spark all of your senses and recall long hidden memories in your brain. How often have you heard a song played on the radio that takes you back to a certain time and place in your life? For some reason, music helps our brains to quickly recover memories that have been lying dormant. Not only the memory, but feelings associated with that memory. As Burmark says, it can be “mood altering” (Burmark, 2011, Kindle Location 2820). One example of this is my son’s eighth grade orchestra winter performance. They played the song “Sleigh Ride” by Leroy Anderson, and for the life of me, I can’t remember anything else about that day, but I do remember the feeling I got when that song played. I was so proud of my son for that outstanding performance. The music was awesome and hearing his cello along with the other instruments just gave me the chills. I was in awe of that performance. It has been 6 years since that day, but today whenever I hear that song, it takes me back to that unforgettable performance and I feel that pride again.
I have used music in the classroom for various things and have found it to be very helpful. I would play music over my ipod in the morning when the children came in to the class. My favorite to play was “Celebrate” by Earth, Wind, & Fire. It really got the kids in a good mood and helped them be motivated to organize their materials for the day. I would use calming music during silent reading time like a quiet instrumental. Marching band music is a good one when it is time to line up. Music when used properly can have a desired effect on most.

Burmark, Lynell (2011-06-28). They Snooze, You Lose: The Educator's Guide to Successful Presentations (Kindle Location 2820). John Wiley and Sons. Kindle Edition.

Chapter 7 Reflections: They Snooze You Lose by Lynell Burmark

This chapter really gave me a lot to think about in terms of what to keep and what to toss out of my presentation. I had a slide that stated the law about what can be copyrighted. Well, legal speak is very formal and uptight. So I went about to revamp that slide according to the suggestions of the author to get the point across to the audience with as few words as you can and incorporating photos. I completed the exercise that she suggested in the section titled, “Focusing on the Essentials”(Burmark, 2011, Kindle Location 2307). The result was a much cleaner version with less legal speak, kind of humorous, and a large graphic. Knowing how to size the graphics you use is an important lesson in order to keep your presentation looking professional. You definitely don’t want to use graphics that look obviously distorted or stretched, unless that is the look you are going for.

References
Burmark, Lynell (2011-06-28). They Snooze, You Lose: The Educator's Guide to Successful Presentations (Kindle Location 2307). John Wiley and Sons. Kindle Edition.

Copyright for Educators Revision 4

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In trying to add humor to my presentation according to Burmark's advice that humor connects to the audience, I have changed some of my slides to give the presentation a more humorous style. I added several slides with humorous photographs and just a little text to keep the audience focused on the learning. I changed the title slide just a bit for design purposes. I have tried to keep the "less is more" attitude when it comes to text on the slides.