Image courtesy of my amazing grade 9 class. When we talk about visual literacy we need to avoid the echo chamber of a ‘faculty only’ conversation. Most teachers I talk to will agree it is important. Most teachers I know online demonstrate their own keen...
“Riding The Wave of New Media” photo credit: me “Ten years ago infographics were as common as tigers in Siberia, but the rise of social media has fuelled the need for instant, bite-sized chunks of digestible information, and the past three years has...
Photo Credit: BRICK 101 via Compfight cc Photo Credit: foilman via Compfight cc It’s been a while since I’ve remixed the IB Learner Profile. I’ve made a few versions of it via Haiku Deck, like this one here. And I still love the remix version I made...
Two years ago, Paula Baxter put Presentation Zen in my hands. Since then, the Reynolds book is a staple in my ‘recommended summer reading’ letter for high school students. It is a wonderful guide for understanding how to distill your message, and be more...
The quickest way to lose an audience is to start your slides with a big block of text. I’m amazed at how often I see this happen in meetings. Teachers spend so much time putting together amazing presentations for students, but for some reason we often short...
