1. What is Effective Technology Integration for 21st Century Learners? Characteristics of Effective Presentations Ryan Clarke

3. Don’t sidetrack or confuse your audience with unnecessary information.

4. Make sure your presentation, visual aids, etc. follow a logical sequence.

5. Begin your presentation with an outline of what to expect.

6. Finish with a conclusive summary, providing your audience with the sense you’ve come full circle.

7. For example, this presentation will cover:- Consistency - Simplicity - Graphs / Visuals - Engage - Know your audience - Big

9. You want your audience to remember the content of your research, not the amount of thought put into different presentation effects.

11. Unlike a research paper, a presentation must be concise. Don’t cover everything.

13. Move away from empty, generic input, and find the specific needs of the audience

14. Use visual aids

15. Ask for feedback. Make it interactiveTurn this... ...into this!

17. It grabs the attention of the audience more effectively, especially when dealing with statistics and numbers.

18. For example, you could say that there are 3.7 million people in Alberta, compared to a total Canadian population of 34 million.OR You could make a visual representation:

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