This document discusses ways to incorporate audio and visual technologies into classroom presentations and teaching to engage students with different learning styles. It provides examples of incorporating sounds effects, videos, and PowerPoint into lessons. The document also discusses using audio recordings and listening activities. For visual teaching, it recommends using objects, photos and printed materials. It concludes by offering tips for creating an effective presentation, such as conducting research, understanding the audience, and including visuals, audio activities and fun elements to create an engaging learning experience.

1. Powerful Presentations! Elizabeth Moylan

2. Incorporating Audio and Visual There are countless ways to incorporate Audio/Visual Technologies into the classroom. Incorporating these creates a more interactive and multisensory learning experience by engaging more of the students’ senses. (287) Some of the ways Audio/Visual technology can be incorporated are through: sound effects, relative educational videos, PowerPoint presentations, etc.

3. Audio in Teaching Whether it’s third grade or college, the most common source of Audio teaching in the classroom is a teacher’s voice. (288) Sometimes this is effective for relaying information to different learners and sometimes its not. Some of the ways a teacher can incorporate different Audio technologies into the classroom are by earphones, cassette recorders and players, prerecording for students to listen to and a table with activities centered around listening equipment activites.

4. Visual technologies in Teaching and Learning The most common visual incorporated in the classroom a non-projected visuals. These included objects, printed graphics, photographs, etc. By incorporating Visuals into a presentation or lesson you are stimulating your students sense. This is a great technique because it provides more than just an auditory approach for capturing your students attention while providing them with a visual to correlate the information attained by auditory exchange. For ideas on how to incorporate educational visuals into your classroom visit: http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/

5. Creating a Outstanding Presentation There are MANY things you can do as an educator to create a positive teaching experience and an even better learning experience for your students. Be prepared! Research and know your stuff Understand your audience, be prepared to incorporate different techniques for different learning styles Present your researched material in an organized manner Include charts , graphs, pictures and other visuals Include auditory activities, along with condensed effective lectures Have fun! Create a fun learning environment by incorporating enjoyable, fun educational activities.

6. Works Cited Lever-Duffy, Judy, Jean B. McDonald, Ana A. Ciereszko, and Al P. Mizell. "Chapter 2: Theoretical Foundations." Teaching and Learning with Technology. Fourth ed. Boston, MA: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, 2008. 32. Print