Monday 23 January 2012

My BrainShark, pleasant presentation is easy to handle

Tom and Jenny
 No More Presentation Phobia!!! My BrainShark

General information and functions for language classroom 

My BrainShark http://www.brainshark.com/ is a good site for presentation making. Powerpoint, podcast, video, and pictures could be uploaded and narrate the story at length 15 minutes. It is easy to follow the steps but first you will be asked to register. In addition, you are better to prepare microphone and earphone before you process your presentation.

However, not only can we make our presentation, but also we can look at other presentations. There are a plenty of examples in several categories. Therefore, when you finish making presentation, you are required to tag or label your types of document. In so doing, others can search for your presentations as their example. It is the floor of exchanging ideas and works.





Sample presentation

Suggested activities to do with this technology

1. Presentation with powerpoint and pictures
2. Story telling, create the story and narrate it
3. Listening practice, teacher read through the lecture, and students do the dictation or answer the question
4. Extra lecture class, where the students can learn at their own pace at home
5. Podcast lecture, where the students can download and listen to the lecture anytime and anywhere


Advantages

My BrainShark is a good tool for high potential presentation making with a low risk of failure. In other words, the user can achieve the task with a low afford. For example, the students can upload their powerpoint and pictures, then they can record as many times as they want (if they make mistake, they can redo again and again). Therefore, it is good for the students to practice their presenting or public speaking, especially, for the ones who have presentation phobia. Furthermore, the document can be deleted or added, and the background sound also can be attached.

Moreover, this site can be a channel where the teachers and tutors can share the information of the lectures or presentation examples. In other words, you can study from others' works or vice versa.

Finally, for the autonomous learners, they can study via podcast or powerpoint presentation at their own pace. For example, you might have an extra lecture or homework for them to review or preview beforehand, then they are asked to access My BrainShark to get the information. In so doing, not only can they repeat as much as they want but also we can save the classroom time.

Disadvantages and limitations

There are some limitations in terms of presentation time since we can have only 15 minutes for the recording, and extra gadgets are used: microphones. Therefore, you have to ensure that the learners have the necessary tools.

Lastly, sign up is required in order to upload the documents (i.e. power point slides.)

3 comments:

  1. Hi Bua, I really like your presentation! I hope you'll use this with your future students, it's really of a high quality!

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  2. Thank you, Avian! I will keep doing best!

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  3. Hi Bua,
    I enjoyed your self presentation - very interesting! I didn't know you had been to Japan - I was there too for 2 years (Kitakyushu). You did a great job with myBrainShark - well done.
    Tilly Harrison

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