Presentation used at the PreSummit Etudes 2011 Conference

1. Etudes Pre-Summit
May 4, 2011

2. Presenters
Jim Marteney
&
Wendy Bass

3. Presenters
• Wendy Bass
• Jim Marteney

4. What Are Your Questions

5. What Are Your Questions

6. What Are Your Questions
• What One Thing Would
You Like to Learn?
• What One Thing Would
You Like to Share?
• What Improvement Would
You Suggest to the Etudes
Design Team?

7. Question
Separated at Birth?

8. Question
Separated at Birth?
Glenn Golden

9. Question
Separated at Birth?
Glenn Golden
Zach Galifianakis

10. So, Here We Are

11. What We All Ask

12. What We All Ask

13. Jazzing Up
Your Home
Page

14. Start With Your Pictures
• Make Picture Engaging
• Make Picture Informative
• Try a Video
• Try a Slide Show
• Use “Daily Changing” sites
• Have Picture Set the Mood

15. DeConfusing
the Syllabus

16. The Syllabus
• How Detailed is
Your Syllabus?
• How do you
balance long
enough to cover,
short enough to be
read.

17. One Solution
• Make “Official”
Syllabus brief
• Make your first
Module detailed

18. Pepping Up
Discussions
Make them interesting
and they will come!

19. Make Discussions Exciting
• Create Interesting Topics
• Offer Choices
• Invite Experts
• Embed Videos
• Have students provide
content

20. Grading
Tips

21. A Few Good Tips
• Use a “Cheat Sheet”
• Use previous years
comments
• Grade by Questions
• Make extra credit worth .01
• Quotes for comments

22. Engaging
Assignments

23. Engaging Assignments
• Private vs. Public
• Individual vs. Group
• Quizzes and Tests
• Google Docs
• SlideShare

24. Winning
Modules

25. Create Winning Modules
• Organize as if it is a lecture
• Use Variety of media
• Students rather click than
scroll
• Get students involved

26. Using Your
Resources

27. Use Your Resources
• Store Pictures
• Create Webpages
• Key Documents to share
with students
• Use Outside Resources;
Slideshare, Photobucket,
YouTube

28. Show Your
Personality

29. Using Your Personality
• Write informally
• Add personal pictures
• Tell Stories
• Show you care, send
positive messages
• You are the Key

30. Final Ideas

31. Try These Ideas
• Use Two Browsers
• Use Two Screens
• Don’t Highlight in Blue
• Use Private Messages
• Link private messages to
your email
• Have some fun!!

32. Thank You