Transcript PowerPoint

PRESENTATION SOFTWARE:
POWERPOINT
Ellie Ro
Nesrin Bakir
CI 335
FALL 2006
Learning Objectives
• At the completion of this class,
you will be able to:
– Learn what a presentation program is
– Learn what it can do
– Learn how it can help in teaching and
learning
– Learn how to justify the use of presentation
program as an effective tool-by knowing
when and why it should or shouldn’t be
used
What is “presentation software?”
A computer program application that
allows you to create and deliver
presentations
Technical Terms
• Slide: one screen onto which you place text and
content (pictures, clip art, graphs, tables,
diagrams, video, and audio)
• Outline tab: an option to view the presentation
and presents slides’ text in outline form
• Slides tab: another option to view the
presentation as miniature slides of the
presentation while it is being developed
Technical Term (cont.)
•Slide sorter: presents images of each slide in the
presentation; useful for seeing the order of the slides
and rearranging them
•Design templates: predefined colors, layout formats,
and font styles
•Slide show: view that presents the finished slides of
the presentation; the presentation cannot be edited in
this mode
•HTML (HyperText Markup Language): computer
language used to format Web documents
Technical Terms (cont.)
•Slide sorter: presents images of each slide in the
presentation; useful for seeing the order of the slides and
rearranging them
•Design templates: predefined colors, layout formats, and
font styles
•Slide show: view that presents the finished slides of the
presentation; the presentation cannot be edited in this mode
•HTML (HyperText Markup Language): computer language
used to format Web documents
Why bother learning how to
use PowerPoint?
Quality shows
Fast
Easy to adapt
Helps with learning
Ease of adding multimedia
Two or three things at once
How are presentation
programs used at school?
• By the student:
• By the teacher:
– Lectures and
presentations
– Individual tutorials
– Parent-teacher nights
– Classroom handouts
– Staff development
– Student-made
presentations
– Oral reports
– Electronic portfolios
– Group projects
Let’s think about other ways to
integrate PowerPoint in your
teaching.
Strategies for teaching
• Illustrate/reinforce
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• Demonstrate the
steps of a process
• Pose provocative
questions
• Stimulate and
captivate interest
difficult/complex ideas
Show specific examples of
general concepts
PPT in Teaching & Learning:
“what” and “why”
• “What”
– Answers to the “what”
question typically
include products or
things, such as
presentations,
publications, reports,
or Web Sites
• “Why”
– Answering the
question “why” will
help you create
presentations that
gets at the heart of
your learning
objectives
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Something to Remember
 Multi-sensory approaches work well because
of the way our brain is organized.
 When we learn, information takes one path
into our brain when we use our eyes, another
when we use our ears, and yet another when
we use our hands.
 By using more than one sense, we bombard
our brain with the new information in multiple
ways. As a result, we learn better!!
What are the common
mistakes when creating
PowerPoint slides?
• Excessive use of flashy slide transitions and
animation effects within the slides
• Too much text on a slide
• Difficult-to-read text
• Only text on slides
• Irrelevant multimedia
• Reading the slide’s content to the audience
Design Tips for Effective Use
• The goal is improved learning
• Be conservative-keep it simple
• Use lots of white space
• Use contrast (dark on light or light on dark)
• Use large fonts-minimum of 18 or 24 points
• Do not write in all upper cases
• Plan on spending two minutes per slide
Design Tips for Effective Use (Cont.)
•Limit use of special effects (animations, sounds, transitions)
•Background patterns make screens harder to read
•Design from top to bottom right
•Summarize sentences into bullets
•One concept per slide
•Avoid underlined text because it is used to indicate a
hyperlink
Don’t be seduced by!
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Animated graphics or text
Inappropriate clip art
Sound effects
Screen transitions
Wild color schemes
Fancy fonts – for titles only
Type
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Use large type — minimum 24 point
Use popular Mac/Windows typefaces
Minimize the number of fonts
Avoid all-uppercase
Keep bulleted lines smaller than the title
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USE LARGE TYPE - MINIMUM 24 PT
USE POPULAR MAC/WINDOWS
TYPEFACES
MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF FONTS
AVOID ALL-UPPERCASE
KEEP BULLETED LINES SMALLER
THAN THE TITLE
Backgrounds
• Simple
• Not too many colors
• Light Backgrounds and dark text better for
readability.
• PowerPoint has some really terrible color
combinations, don’t assume that they wouldn’t
put them in if they were not good- they did!
• Make sure that the text is readable on all parts
of your page
Things to Avoid…
• Distracting backgrounds
•Distracting text
• Bad clipart
• Multiple fonts
• Unnecessary color
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Activity
• With a partner look at each presentation,
and discuss the following questions.
- What do you think the purpose of each
presentation is?
- What are the strengths/weaknesses of each
presentation?
Presentation 1:
Presentation 2:
Presentation 3:
Movie and Sound effect
An example of how
teachers insert a
movie clip and sound
in a PowerPoint
screen
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Caveats
• Have a backup plan
• Test hardware & software early
• Careful crossing platforms (Mac and Win)
• Not all fonts are available everywhere
• Sound can be problematic
Things to Consider
•What are my
course objectives?
•Why is this tool
the best tool for
teaching a
specific topic?
• In what ways is
the PowerPoint
software use
engaging, age
appropriate,
beneficial to
student learning,
and supportive of
higher-level of
thinking?
•How will this tool enable
my students to work better,
faster, or more in-depth?
Remember!
PowerPoint is simply a tool.
It can be used POORLY or
USED well.
Helpful Websites
http://itdp.providence.edu/Training/PowerPoint
_Resources.htm
http://office.microsoft.com/enus/templates/default.aspx?Application=OF&Ver
=11
http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/oet/network/
http://classtech.cites.uiuc.edu/classtech/
default.htm