2. • A multimedia tool that reaches
students with different learning
styles.
• Students learn visual literacy by
communicating in this medium.
• Also, this program has the
capability of including video and
easily links to the internet.
3. • Write a script
• One thing at a time, please.
• No paragraphs
• Pay attention to design
• Use images sparingly
4. • Think outside the screen
• Have a hook
• Ask questions
• Modulate, modulate, modulate.
• Break the rules
5. • The goal is improved learning
• Be conservative – keep it simple
• Use contrast (dark-on-light or light-
on-dark, for example)
• People see graphics first, then text
6. • Be concise with text
• One concept per slide
• Plan on spending two minutes per
slide
• Limit use of special effects
(animation, sound, transitions)
7. • Background patterns usually
make screens harder to read
• When creating original media, use
the best equipment you can find
• Edit files to a minimum meaningful
length and size
8. • Leave the lights on
• Blank the screen when not using
the presentation
• Face the students and don't block
the screen
• Print out large blocks of
text, rather than presenting them
on the screen
10. Analyzing and synthesizing
complexities
Enriching curriculum with
interdisciplinary
Increasing spontaneity and
interactivity
Increasing wonder
11. Although there are many
potential benefits to
PowerPoint, there are
several issues that could
create problems or
disengagement.
12. Teacher-centered. Students often
respond better when instructors
have designed sessions for greater
classroom interaction.
Potentially reductive. PowerPoint
was designed to promote simple
persuasive arguments. Design for
critical engagement, not just for
exposure to a “point.”
13. Potentially reductive. PowerPoint
was designed to promote simple
persuasive arguments. Design for
critical engagement, not just for
exposure to a “point.”
Presentation graphics should be
about learning, not about
presentation.
14. PowerPoint presentations should help
students organize their notes, not just
“be” the notes.
This is a particular danger with
students who grew up accustomed to
receiving PowerPoint notes to study
from.
Some may require convincing that
notes should be taken beyond what is
already on the slides.
15. Lack of feedback.
PowerPoint-based lectures tell
you nothing about student learning.
Design them to include
opportunities for feedback (not
simply asking if there are
questions, but more actively
quizzing your students).
16. • PowerPoint, when displayed via a
projector, is a useful tool for showing
audiences things that enhance what
the speaker is saying.
• It is a useful tool for illustrating the
content of a speech, such as by
showing
photos, graphs, charts, maps, etc., or
by highlighting certain text from a
speech, such as quotations or major
ideas.
17. • Slides used in a presentation should
be spare, in terms of how much
information is on each slide, as well
as how many slides are used. In
most cases, less is more, so four
lines of text is probably better.
• Don’t display charts or graphs with a
lot of information.
18. • Unless you’re an experienced
designer, don’t use the transition
and animation “tricks” that are built
into PowerPoint, such as bouncing
or flying text.
By now, most people roll their
eyes when they see these
things, and these tricks add nothing
of value to a presentation.
19. • Above all, use high-contrast color
schemes so that whatever is on
your slides is readable.
• Get used to using black slides.
There are few speeches that need
something displayed on the screen
all the time.
20. • Concentrate on keeping the
audience focused on you, not on
the screen.
• Keep motion on the screen to a
minimum, unless you’re showing a
movie or a video.
• Engage the audience, and use
slides only when they are useful.
21. • Learn how to give a good speech
without PowerPoint.
This takes practice, which
means giving speeches without
PowerPoint. Believe it or not, public
speaking existed before
PowerPoint, and many people
remember it as being a lot better then
