Interactive Presentation for ELA30-2
Parody & Satire: What is the Difference?
This presentation is designed for a Grade 12 English-Language Arts class (secondary stream). Teaching parody and satire is a challenge because it is easy to confuse the two concepts; probably because they possess similar traits. However, the concepts are also a joy to teach because outstanding examples are readily available on-line. Google Presentation is a simple, yet effective tool; I really appreciate how easy it is to embed a YouTube video.
However, after reading and viewing various texts on the "evils" of PowerPoint, I questioned every choice I made. One frustration was that I wanted to use the slideshow two-ways (as a stand-alone lesson and a teacher guided lesson). For the stand-alone lesson, the student would work through the lesson on his or her own, using a computer, the slideshow itself, and the assignment handouts (via the "Student Drive").This just wasn't possible if you seriously considered following the 20 words per slide rule! I tried to shorten the "instructions" but couldn't. If you spread the instructions out (over so many slides), you would have too many slides in the presentation -- another no-no. In the end I put the instructions on the handout instead.
Another frustration for me, was finding "public domain or creative commons" images. This was time consuming. In the end, some of the images (approximately a quarter of them) are not public domain or creative commons images. I did make sure that all images were linked back to their original location on-line (via a resource list with links, and I also assigned a link to every image as well). I wanted to make it clear to my students and others that the original site must be acknowledged. Unfortunately, most fair use images are either clip art images or icons, and because of this, some of the concepts were hard to illustrate using licensed images.
With that said, this was a powerful lesson for me. It made me re-examine my favourite presentations, some of which require a serious overhaul, and that's a good thing! I also enjoyed reading (or viewing) various experts' perspectives on PowerPoint. Those were very helpful!
Note: Although the slideshow includes 4 to 5 illustrative examples for each concept, the students are only expected to fully peruse two examples (per term). I like to give the students choice. In class we vote on the choices (or at the start I say, without showing the examples, "which number would you like to cover today ... 1, 2, 3 or 4?"). What's great about having so many examples is that students can revisit them on their own time (especially when they are creating their own text).
You can download the assignment by clicking here, and the rubric by clicking here.
Parody & Satire: What is the Difference?
This presentation is designed for a Grade 12 English-Language Arts class (secondary stream). Teaching parody and satire is a challenge because it is easy to confuse the two concepts; probably because they possess similar traits. However, the concepts are also a joy to teach because outstanding examples are readily available on-line. Google Presentation is a simple, yet effective tool; I really appreciate how easy it is to embed a YouTube video.
However, after reading and viewing various texts on the "evils" of PowerPoint, I questioned every choice I made. One frustration was that I wanted to use the slideshow two-ways (as a stand-alone lesson and a teacher guided lesson). For the stand-alone lesson, the student would work through the lesson on his or her own, using a computer, the slideshow itself, and the assignment handouts (via the "Student Drive").This just wasn't possible if you seriously considered following the 20 words per slide rule! I tried to shorten the "instructions" but couldn't. If you spread the instructions out (over so many slides), you would have too many slides in the presentation -- another no-no. In the end I put the instructions on the handout instead.
Another frustration for me, was finding "public domain or creative commons" images. This was time consuming. In the end, some of the images (approximately a quarter of them) are not public domain or creative commons images. I did make sure that all images were linked back to their original location on-line (via a resource list with links, and I also assigned a link to every image as well). I wanted to make it clear to my students and others that the original site must be acknowledged. Unfortunately, most fair use images are either clip art images or icons, and because of this, some of the concepts were hard to illustrate using licensed images.
With that said, this was a powerful lesson for me. It made me re-examine my favourite presentations, some of which require a serious overhaul, and that's a good thing! I also enjoyed reading (or viewing) various experts' perspectives on PowerPoint. Those were very helpful!
Note: Although the slideshow includes 4 to 5 illustrative examples for each concept, the students are only expected to fully peruse two examples (per term). I like to give the students choice. In class we vote on the choices (or at the start I say, without showing the examples, "which number would you like to cover today ... 1, 2, 3 or 4?"). What's great about having so many examples is that students can revisit them on their own time (especially when they are creating their own text).
You can download the assignment by clicking here, and the rubric by clicking here.