Four letters: C, R, A, P. If I take nothing else away from the Baggio book, at least I will have CRAP. Contrast- creates a focal point, can show how items are different. Repetition- use it to make a presentation consistent Alignment- most people read from left to right that's how people see pictures, too Proximity- keep like items organized After going through this book it's really hard to watch other people give presentations. Like Brenna said in Session 4 it's kinda like drinking the "kool-aid." My eyes are open and I can't unsee other teacher's oddly formatted powerpoints or videos. At a recent staff meeting we watched a video about preparing our classrooms for the CAASPP test. It was a neat video made with Animaker. However, there was so much text on each slide that I couldn't keep up. It reminded me of being an undergrad when I would quietly take pictures of my professor's slides instead of taking notes because they would dump loads of information on a few slides. While the video had good intentions the delivery was hard to watch. My students are very bright but need words "chunked out" as Baggio says. Most people need information this way. Our phone numbers, social security numbers, and addresses are all chunked out. Thinking about the Informational Subcontext of the SITE model, information needs to be made simple enough for (all) people to follow along.
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Caitlin Mitchell
3/30/2019 11:50:15 am
HAHAHA Catie! This was a funny blog! I agree....the visual connection has really helped me realize how much I need to cute down on the words and increase the number of visuals and as I mentioned in my portion of the 4 pillars work...bite sized pieces are so important. CHUNKING! As teachers we should be talking at the students not more than 10 minutes before we stop and let them process the information.
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Jona Sandau
3/30/2019 02:26:05 pm
Great job, Catie! Had to laugh out loud at your first few lines! Baggio is my favorite, and I feel I will remember most from her book. I, too, am now silently critiquing every presentation and trying to apply her ideas to all my new projects. For some reason, reading Baggio keeps reminding me that somewhere in my Academic Specialist meetings, I also learned that we should limit 15 percent of the presentation time to presenting content (knowledge), 20 percent of the time to process that new knowledge, and 35 percent should be dedicated to giving time to apply the knowledge to practice. I've always liked this idea, but I can't seem to find where it came from. I'll be looking!
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Brandon DeJesus
3/31/2019 09:29:18 am
Hey Catie,
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Rafael Garcia Avila
3/31/2019 04:20:44 pm
Catie,
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Jennifer Perkins
3/31/2019 06:12:34 pm
Hi Catie! Awesome (and funny) blog post! I also really enjoyed our Baggio book. We know visuals are important, but Baggio clearly outlined ways to do this effectively. Baggio discussed methods such as making sure our images support the content we are teaching, having less text on the screen, mirroring slides to keep audience interest, and C.R.A.P.! I am glad we all have read this resource in order to apply it to our current and future presentations.
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JP
4/2/2019 10:22:34 pm
I totally wrote about the same thing! CRAP was such a good reminder, and streamlined way of even looking at what I teach my students! I even used it to give a brief review to my students today! I told them, if there is anything you should remember about what I teach you about design is CRAP!
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