PowerPoint Presentations

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PowerPoint Presentations

• Why use PowerPoint?
• Amount of information
• Font
• Color
• Extras
• Examples

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Why use PowerPoint?

• Reach different learning styles
• Reinforce key information
• Give clear prompts for assignments
• Move presentation directly to your web site
• Keeps instructor organized and on task
• Serves as Ockhams razor

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Amount of information

• Ockhams razor entities are not to be
  multiplied beyond necessity
• Less is more A good rule
• No more than 7 words per line. No more than 7
  lines per slide.
• What do I really want them to know?

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Why use PowerPoint?

• PowerPoint allows me to reach students of
  different learning styles because it adds a
  visual element to my oral presentation. This is
  especially important because todays students
  seem to be more visual than other generations.
• It helps reinforce the key information in my
  presentation and keeps student interest focused
  on the front of the room.
• It allows me to give students clear prompts for
  their assignments, especially in-class
  assignments. They can always look up to refocus
  their attention to the assigned task.
• A PowerPoint presentation can be moved directly
  to your web site so that students can look at it
  again after class and as many times as they want.
• PowerPoint forces an instructor to organize his
  or her lecture and presentation material and
  keeps them on track and focused.
• It serves as Ockhams razor by helping me
  structure my thoughts.

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Why use PowerPoint?

• Reach different learning styles
• Reinforce key information
• Give clear prompts for assignments
• Move presentation directly to your web site
• Keeps instructor organized and on task
• Serves as Ockhams razor

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Font

• Choose font size and type for your particular
  context.
• Use same font for continuity.
• Use 2 contrasting fonts to organize
  information, for emphasis. -- Comic Sans
  Arial --

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Font Legibility

• ALL CAPS vs. Upper Lower case

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Font Style

• SerifWhich of these is easier to read? (Times
  New Roman 36)
• Sans SerifWhich of these is easier to
  read? (Arial 32)

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Font Size

• 12 Read this.
• 20 Read this.
• 32 Read this.
• 36 Read this.
• 40 Read this.
• 44 Read this.
• 60 Read this.

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Color

• Uses contrast, emphasis, interest
• Contrast between text background -- computer
  projection dark background, light text --
  overhead projector light background, dark
  text
• With newer computer projectors, this difference
  is minimal

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Color

• Uses contrast, emphasis, interest
• Contrast between text background -- computer
  projection dark background, light text --
  overhead projector light background, dark
  text light background, dark text

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Color

• Use a consistent color scheme for continuity.
• Avoid reds greens.
• Use color sparingly for emphasis.
• Dont get carried away!

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Slide Transitions

• Chose one transition and use for all sides
• Transition should be (almost) transparent
• Used to draw viewer to the next slide

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Extras Pictures Animation
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Group Discussion

• How do maps influence our thinking about the
  world?

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Individual Midterm Grades
A B C D F 16 41 49 43 22
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Images

• Generate interest
• Illustrate points
• Decorate

• Visual Literacy

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Visual Literacy
Russia From Empire to Federation
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Russia From Empire to Federation
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Russia From Empire to Federation
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Russia From Empire to Federation
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Public Speaking Rule 1 Know Your Subject
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Public Speaking Rule 2 Know Your Audience
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A group of students, working together, have
managed to reach a new galaxy, and are looking
for other travelers there.
It is a period of peace, with explorers setting
off to find and study new ideas.
You are those students, and you have to decide
where you will touch down to look for fellow
travelers. . .
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. . . .