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By: dy/dan » Blog Archive » Design for Educators: Your First Slide

dy/dan » Blog Archive » Design for Educators: Your First Slide — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:39:13 +0000

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By: Into Media

Into Media — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 05:20:53 +0000

Here is a discussion from a professional who creates presentations for a living based around a clip he viewed and then provided feedback on…..

http://educatingthedragon.edublogs.org/2007/06/06/questioning-the-teachertube/

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PowerPoint for Teachers — Sat, 12 May 2007 19:07:27 +0000

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By: dy/dan » Blog Archive » ReadMe

dy/dan » Blog Archive » ReadMe — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 15:33:07 +0000

[…] Have I mentioned Greg Farr? His daily dashboards are one of the most creative efforts towards transparency and empowerment I’ve encountered to date. From a design standpoint, they’re fixer-uppers and will reappear in a future Design for Educators feature but, regardless, a great idea. […]

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By: Handout Considerations: Thoughts On Teaching

Handout Considerations: Thoughts On Teaching — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 17:25:18 +0000

[…] Dan’s been writing about design in teaching for a while. I fit into the same camp he’s in with regard to this stuff and consider myself just about as much of a designer as he does: not much of one, but good enough to have an opinion. […]

By: Handout Considerations: Thoughts On Teaching

Handout Considerations: Thoughts On Teaching — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 16:58:04 +0000

[…] Dan’s been writing about design in teaching for a while. I fit into the same camp with regard to this stuff and consider myself just about as much of a designer as he does: not much of one, but good enough to have an opinion. […]

By: dan

dan — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:23:48 +0000

Good looking out on the sliver of data, Rick. Reynolds mentioned that he compressed several slight slivers to bolster the thesis that Europe is a juggernaut. Who needs to know that Oceania is a blip? Reckon I could spend an hour or two at Wikipedia on your comment alone, Chris.

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 13:06:09 +0000

By far the easiest to read is the 2nd one. The legend is right on the graph itself, and the first one has the “tilted graph of death” thing going on. On the first one, there’s a sliver of data in there, but heck if I can figure out what it is.

Thanks for an insightful post here. I will keep it in mind when putting together charts for my staff and students.

By: Chris Craft

Chris Craft — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:10:24 +0000

There are theories that work wonders when analyzing design. I might recommend a cursory glance at the ITPC, or the Integrated Text/Picture Comprehension Model, the Multimedia Principle by Mayer (not Meyer, Dan) and specficially a principle called the split-attention principle. Those taken into account alongside the Cognitive Load Theory (by Sweller, author of the original article you mention) can directly affect your design techniques and student learning outcomes.

There’s a longer response here, but I’m tired and it’s early. Maybe I’ll do some blogging, but it will take finding the research..

One day, for now it’s in my blog-someday pile.

Chris