Topic Ideas For Presentation - Not For Presenting Topics!

Topic Ideas For Presentation - Not For Presenting Topics!When I was giving a seminar to my colleagues, a student asked if we could come up with some topic ideas for presentation. She was frustrated because she didn't know how to present the material she had in front of her. Her presentation was very basic and she didn't want to be put into that kind of position again.My colleague, without thinking, said, 'I can come up with some topics.' The problem was that I would have to teach the speaker what her topics meant and I didn't want to do that either. And I didn't want to waste time giving topics she wouldn't use. The student wanted a way to learn how to present.Since I knew a more conventional way of looking at how to present was to come up with a topic on paper, I was fine with the student coming up with the topic ideas. But, what I didn't know is that she would bring them in to class and ask me if they were going to be used. I guess the tone of the discussion wasn't as stimulating a s I had hoped it would be.This really hit me hard because I felt like such a dork for thinking that this was a great idea. However, I realized I didn't have the tools I needed to provide this topic to the student. The old-fashioned way I approached it was to teach them what topics meant.In addition, the teacher wanted a topic that would be able to demonstrate learning and understanding. So, there was no question about that one being necessary, at least not right away. The new thing I learned is that teaching a student what topics mean isn't really all that useful when the person doesn't know how to define a term or concept.I started to realize that even if I came up with some topic ideas for presentation, I didn't want to base any of the assignments I gave to students on them. As I started to look around, I realized that this is the approach that everybody else who was talking about topic ideas for presentation was taking. And, in fact, it was exactly the approach I was going to tak e too.I used to lecture about the way I presented. Then, when I realized that I didn't want to do that anymore, I turned to the seminar hall. I found that I could take advantage of the knowledge that others had. And, I didn't have to spend valuable classroom time teaching what topics mean.In the end, I realized that I didn't want to spend any more time on course work. So, I made a decision to go off the reservation and to learn how to approach topic ideas for presentation. I went to a website that allowed me to create web pages and provided the content needed to create a presentation within minutes.