April.09.online.meetings

toc **April Online Meeting - Both Cohorts - April 24**

This meeting will be for both Cohorts and will not be restricted to members of one cohort only (this is a change, different from what the calendar says, because I am trying to ensure as many folks can attend as possible). During this meeting we'll talk about your projects and about what makes an effective presentation and offer tips for successful presentation delivery.

Agenda

 * Hello and how are you
 * About May presentations
 * About other deliverables
 * About creating effective slideshows
 * About delivering captivating presentations
 * How are you doing with your TIMAC project? Need final-stages help? (each participant gives a 1-2 minute account, we may do breakout groups for this, a really cool feature of our online meeting software)
 * Techie stuff you are excited about (sharing) - time permitting

**TIMACer's concern:** I haven't done enough! **Answer:** In our TIMAC experience so far, it freqwuently comes down to participants feeling that they haven't accomplished near enough as what they had planned, but in reality it turns out that they have done a lot. It's just that this is a group of very professional folks with very high standards, and that's a good thing.

**Creating effective slideshows **
by [|Dr. Den-Thang Victor Chang] created around 2003-4 when he was a part of Educational Research and Advisory Unit (//ERAU//) at the. University of Canterbury New Zealand (time will vary depending on how fast you navigate) media type="custom" key="3693999"

[|Direct link] to this presentation on Authorstream Downloadable file with American units (for ex. 7ft instead of 2 m) and with sound effects

**Delivering captivating presentations**
content by Lorrie Winters, The American Language Program, CalState Fullerton and design and audio by Branka Marceta, OTAN (14 minutes with audio) media type="custom" key="3696109" [|Direct link] to this presentation on Authorstream Downloadable file: PowerPoint without audio Downloadable file: PDF handout with presenter notes

**Tech Tips **
- [|VozMe] - text to MP3 - example - media type="file" key="20090421-VozMeExample.mp3" - Drop.io - share files without sign-in, create free podcasts - [|example] - latest SMART Board Software and OliverLabs Training in the Bay Aea - Open Source for Educators on Newport Mesa Adult School's [|blog] and on a resource wiki page - [|Voki] for talking student avatars - [|example 1], [|example 2] - BlueMountain [|Talking Cards] - [|Podsafeaudio]for copyright safe music - search under Genres for instrumental musig + more 'copy-left' resources - For twitter users - join Adult Education '[|tribe]' - to listen to online music visit [|Pandora]and [|Blip.FM] - free alternatives to Connect - free online meetings services


 This is only from the main room, and not the breakout rooms, and only from 2 pm to 4 pm. The firs part got lost because we were in the breakout rooms.

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