Engaging your Audience with Information

Engaging your Audience with Information

This is a video that I just watch about the difference between Holland and The Netherlands.  It isn’t just that the information is great, but also the engaging way that the information is presented.  You can tell that the person clearly knows their stuff and proves that by linking it to so much more information throughout history.  This would be a great example for kids to help them see how important it is to have a true handle on the information you are presenting to improve how it is presented.  It also shows how important visuals can be to support the understanding of building connections with content.

Interested in having students attempt to generate their own engaging videos that can compete with the qualities of this one?  Well after a little bit of research to gather information and images possibly using Diigo to bookmark and collect all of those great references, students can then compile that information into a presentation tool like Keynote.  They can then use the presentation recording and share movie to YouTube feature to publish their pre-recorded presentation on their ASFM Google Apps YouTube Channel.

A few tips

1. Notice that there are very few words ever included in the visuals
2. The images animate and are timed to exactly what he is saying at that moment
   1. This requires a good script or storyboard with clear pre-planning
   2. Practice makes perfect
3. Because timing is so important, iMovie might be another option for students to help them better sync up their audio and adjust the timing that the visuals are showing.  This just takes a little more technical skill.
4. Prior to publishing on YouTube, students will need to create their channel.  It is easy to do!
   1. Go to YouTube
   2. Login with their ASFM Google Apps info (ex. 13sweeney1234@asfm.mx)
   3. Click on their username in the top RIGHT corner
   4. Click on “My Channel”
   5. Popup screen will ask for a username. They should use their ASFM one, 13sweeney1234
   6. Select Gender
   7. Click Create Channel
5. Want help with this in your classroom?  Call the Tech Integration Team to help you co-teach it!
6. Want to see more examples, C.G.P, the author of the video above, has a YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/CGPGrey?feature=watch