This presentation helped me realize that we are the only role models our students have sometimes. It would be criminal for us to drop the ball for those students. This presentation convinced me to work harder at treating everyone charitably; really trying to understand them and their problems.

The presentation was very good at getting the message across, but it seemed a little condensed. Maybe a few more slides would have helped. I loved the background pictures, especially the first one.

I agree with Christen, I think that this presentation could have used a couple more slides, but of the material that was presented it was done well. Good choice of pictures. The presentation was not distracting.

I appreciate the article because as students preparing to be teachers, we often let the fact that we will be training children to go out into world and be productive people slip away from our thoughts. We get so consumed with what we have to do to in order to make deadlines and certain requirements that we forget what is really important- the children.

I agree that it is so important to remember the most important role of a teacher is to influence our students' lives for the better rather than just cramming as many facts into their heads as possible. The article did a good job at getting the reader to stop and remember what kind of teacher they want to be. Sometimes short, sweet, and to the point is the best way to get a simple point across. Well done.

I agree that it is so important to remember the most important role of a teacher is to influence our students' lives for the better rather than just cramming as many facts into their heads as possible. The article did a good job at getting the reader to stop and remember what kind of teacher they want to be. Sometimes short, sweet, and to the point is the best way to get a simple point across. Well done.

One picture in particular stood out to me when viewing the slide show. It was the picture of the budding plant held in the hands of the adult. It captured the idea that everyone seems to be sharing, that we are part of these student's growth. We don't do everything for them, but in a small moment of their day we are their to provide our best in hopes that some of it gleans off and stays with them forever.

I really liked the presentation. I also thought it was a little short and it left me wishing there was more. I agree with some of the other comments that have been posted about how we need to keep in mind how important our role as a teacher is. It made we think that our students are in school more then they are at home. Sometimes teachers will be a bigger influence in students lives. The presentation also talked about how we need to have charity. I think if we keep this in mind we will love our students so much more. When we serve we love.

Thank you for your comments, I appreciate the feedback. The presentation was short because I felt more slides would only reiterate the same principles. Maybe I should have included more than just Elder Featherstone’s address. Anyway, I have enjoyed your remarks and suggestions. Thank you so much, I am looking forward to your presentations!

I also enjoyed the presentation. I did not mind the short length. It made the slides more memorable for me. I agree that the pictures were well thought out. I think it is important for us as teachers to remember that it is our duty to prepare these children for their futures. They are counting on us to do that. Sometimes, we are the only ones who believe in them and who know that they have the potential to reach their dreams. We need to make sure that they know about our confidence in them.

This was a well made inspirational message but I thought it could provide a little more direction or that it could have been more concise to get it's message across. It was kinda like a one of those inspirational poster, which was good because that is what I think was suppose to be the message. Other than that it was well done. It definitely would help teacher to understand a bit more about their responsibility in teaching their students.

I enjoyed the idea of being charitable as teachers. Students, especially in secondary education, are learning a lot about their teachers. Our examples of how we treat other students and colleagues will be constantly viewed. Charity can definitely help feed a child's heart hunger, often more-so than science! The presentation was well done. I agree with Hammari that it could have used a little more direction, but the overall inspiration of it was received.

I love that this presentation pointed out that we aren't just teachers of our particular subject--we are there to mold children through our examples and our charity. I think a lot of teachers forget that they're not there just to "pour" information into their students' heads. They are also there to guide real people and help them gain the knowledge they need to form their own values. As a teacher, you're hopefully providing children with skills, knowledge and confidence that will help them build happy and productive lives. Like Eric Pratt said, charity can feed a child better than straight science can. I liked that this presentation was short and to-the-point, but I think some of the pictures could have gone along with the wording better (e.g. slide 3 could have had either a picture of a child or said something about a need to be heard). Overall, I thought it was a good PowerPoint presentation.

If you noticed, Mindy changed her images. This was necessary because several of the images in the original presentation were copyrighted. Because these presentation are publicly available on the web, they CANNOT contain copyrighted images without the permission of the copyright owners. Instead of trying to track down the copyright owners, Mindy replaced the images with creative commons images from Flickr. Creative commons licenses grant permission for individuals to use the images for their purposes.

For everyone's future reference, I strongly recommend using the creative commons search engine to find appropriate images for web-based presentations.