Two tips to that apply to creating an effective classroom presentation

It seems that there would be an endless list of things one may suggest for creating an effective classroom presentation. Luckily there is an endless list of helps for creating an effective and attention grabbing presentation in a classroom, office, or meeting. One of the most important things a presenter can use is his or her body language. How one presents themselves physically will dictate a lot of how an audience will accept their presentation. First and foremost is how you dress and groom yourself. If you are trying to be professional make sure you dress and look professional. Beyond grooming and professional looking though you can use your hands and body movements to help make points, accentuate the importance of a topic, appear relaxed, excited, nervous, or help draw attention back to you.

After body language I think one of the most critical is vocal characteristics. How a presenter uses their voice can be the death or success of their presentation. How many times have you been in a presentation with a low monotone speaker droning on and on? Adjusting the tone, pitch and speed of your voice appropriately in the right moments during a presentation can do miracles for your audience, their attention, and ultimately what they get out of your presentation.

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I am posting this blog after reviewing Brady Forman's blog entry of collaboration technology. Business in the modern world is conducted at the speed of techonology. Those who cannot keep up are quickly replaced by new more modernized and efficent firms. In order to remain competitive a company must keep pace with the technology it uses. One of these is Collaborative Technologies is the software. Brady uses the wikipedia defenition of collaborative software as software designed to help people involved in a common task achieve their goals. He goes on to discuss the wide varieties of collaborative software available all preforming a different function but serving the same purpose...to unify groups of workers over distances and help them accomplish a single goal.
Brady goes on to discuss the importance of Collaborative technology in the classroom and how it is just as vital there as it is in the business world. With this collaborative technology groups of students with conflicting schedules and at times long distances can stay and touch and work towards the goal of a group or class project. These technologies and software permit the transfer and communication of many individuals into a single location allowing all to participate and monitor the same progress.