Digital Media in Presentations
Aligned to SL.9-10.5 — Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.
What this lesson teaches
Strategic media — a graph, a short clip, an image — should enhance understanding, not decorate. Choose media that carries meaning words alone would struggle to convey and cut anything that distracts.
Worked example
To show a neighborhood's growth, one before-and-after aerial pair communicates change faster than a paragraph; a spinning logo on the same slide only pulls focus away.
Practice questions
- Describe a presentation point and the one media element that would clarify it.
- Explain what the media conveys that words alone could not.
- Name a flashy element you would cut because it distracts from the point.
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Medios Digitales en Presentaciones
Los medios estratégicos — una gráfica, un clip corto, una imagen — deben mejorar la comprensión, no decorar. Elige medios que carguen significado que las palabras solas transmitirían con dificultad y elimina lo que distraiga.
Ejemplo: Para mostrar el crecimiento de un barrio, un par de fotos aéreas de antes y después comunica el cambio más rápido que un párrafo; un logo girando en la misma diapositiva solo desvía la atención.
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