Interactive TV Instruction: Best Practices and Techniques

1. Live and In Person! Presentation Techniques and Strategies

2. Infusion of TechnologyYou are on TV!

3. Instructor Camera pathway to the remote site • Treat the camera as another student • The TV monitors connect the sites • Microphones help communication

4. Your Students Are On TV • Interact and engage with the all students • Make an extra effort for remote students • Have students talk with each other

5. Timing for Delivering Instruction • Using PenPal to send image to the remote site • Switching takes practice • Switching becomes second nature • Instructor – pacing eternity / student - pacing normal

6. Class Preparation • Can’t deliver lesson “off the cuff” • Prepare in advance for both the content and visuals • Practice delivery

7. Delivery of Visuals • Pace visuals with content • Change on what’s on the screen • A talking head on the screen gets tiring • Change graphics with content • Tip: switch to your visual a few seconds before talking about

8. Use Visuals, Visuals, and Visuals • Show your students what you are talking about • Visuals reinforce what is being heard • But don’t over do it

9. Utilize Graphics • Make it your presentation your own • PowerPoint avoid clip art • Err on the side of simplicity • Refrain from over animation • Proofread

10. Get Out in the Audience • Get away from the desk and podium • Interact with students • Make them part of the presentation • Keep the students on their toes • Alternate delivery sites

11. Use Eye Contact • With local students • With remote site students • Don’t talk to the console monitors

12. Involve Students • Make name “name plates” • Call students by their names • Encourage students sit up front

13. Focus on the Students and Not What’s on the Monitor • Glance at the monitor • Focus on students at both sites • What’s on the monitor - for the your student’s benefit

14. Did your Students “Get It”? • The question is “did the learn?” • Don’t speak, communicate • Create a dialogue • Make it comfortable to ask questions or make comments • Follow up with questions or a discussion

15. Be Enthusiastic • It’s contagious • Especially on the first day • Ease the technology and distance fears

16. Use Facial Expressions • You’re on TV • First impressions are extremely crucial • Gain or lose of credibility

17. Give Effective Closings • Review what’s been covered • Ask if there are any questions • Provide an overview of the next class meeting • If there is any, clarify any homework assignments

18. Be Yourself • Don’t be someone you aren’t - students can sense it • Cultivate your own presentation style • Don’t read your presentation; it’s an organizer • Presenting what you know

19. Speaking Tips • Project your voice to the back of the room • Avoid speaking in a monotone voice • Words to avoid – “ah” “um” “and” “huh” • Alternate the pace of your voice • At important key points, slow down • Silence is an exclamation point • Don’t over gesture

20. Annoying Movements • Playing with jewelry • Licking or biting your lips • Constantly adjusting your glasses • Popping the top of a pen • Playing with facial hair (men) • Twirling your hair • Jingling change in your pocket • Leaning on anything for support

21. Dressing for an IVC • Wear something comfortable • Use basic colors • Make sure the shirt is tucked • Avoid flashy, bold patterns or small stripes in ties • Hair should be neat and out of eyes • Apply extra make-up • Use powder on nose and forehead

22. What not to wear • Do not wear white, red, especially fuchsia or very bright colors • Loud or large plaids, prints small strips or patterns - causes havoc • Large, bulky and shiny jewelry - same • Loud clothes speak volumes Unfortunately they speak over the presenter