Transcript My Lesson Plan - Youngstown State University

Teaching with
PowerPoint
Created by
the Instructional Technology
Center
Why PowerPoint?
Why PowerPoint?
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Accessible
Inexpensive
Portable
Digitize Lectures
Internet Capable
Integration of Media
Enhance the Learning Experience
Menus
Slide
Task
Pane
Pane
Slide
Drawing Toolbar
Common Uses
and Misuses of
PowerPoint
Uses
• Supplement Notes and Lecture
Material
• Incorporate Media into Lectures
• Enhance Information Retention
• Engage Students in Lecture
Misuses
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Bullet Points Only
Note Dependence
No Visual Stimulation
Too Much Information
Illegible
Visually Unappealing
DOs and DON’Ts
Can you determine what is wrong with the
following PowerPoint Slides?
DOs and DON’Ts
Can you determine what is wrong with the
following PowerPoint Slides?
DOs and DON’Ts
Can you determine what is wrong with the
following PowerPoint Slides?
Planning:
Laying the Foundation
Consider the Audience
•Who are they?
•What is their knowledge level on the topic?
Consider the Message
•What do you want to say?
•How do you want to say it?
•What role (if any) will graphics play in the presentation?
•What font will you use? Is it clean and readable?
Planning:
Laying the Foundation
Consider the Content
•What topic(s) will you cover?
•How will you organize the content?
•What time constraints exist?
•Consider a theme to tie it all together.
Gagne’s 9 Events
of Instruction
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Gagne’s 9 Events of
Instruction
Gain Attention
Inform Learners of Objectives
Stimulate Recall of Prior Learning
Present the Content
Provide “Learning Guidance”
Elicit Performance (Practice)
Provide Feedback
Assess Performance
Enhance Retention and Transfer
to the Job
Welcome to ITC’s
PowerPoint Workshop
What’s wrong with this?
Welcome to ITC’s
PowerPoint Workshop
How can we fix this?
Let’s add some color.
Welcome to ITC’s
PowerPoint Workshop
Better, but we still need
some improvement.
We need some tips on
creating a theme.
Themes:
Tying It All Together
• Themes unify a presentation
• Choose a theme that supports
the content
• Choose an appropriate color or
color scheme
Themes:
Tying It All Together
• Color contrasts can emphasize a
point.
• Colors elicit emotions and set the
presentation’s tone
• Beware of certain colors and
combinations
Implementing a Theme
• A uniform background can also create a cohesive
design.
• Apply a background by right-clicking on the slide
background and selecting Background from the
menu that appears.
• You can select a color or image and apply it to as
many slides as you like.
Welcome to ITC’s
PowerPoint Workshop
Great! Now, how can we
apply this to the rest of
our presentation?
Let’s create a Master Slide.
Implementing a Theme
• Let’s create a Master Slide -- a single layout that
can be applied to the entire presentation for a more
unified look.
• To do this, go to Format then Slide Design or Slide
Layout
Implementing a Theme
• Pick a design that suits your needs, or create your
own custom design and select the Apply to
Selected Slides option.
• To add more slides, go to Insert > New Slide
Welcome to ITC’s
PowerPoint Workshop
Now, how can we get the
students’ attention?
Let’s consult Gagne’s 9 Steps
for suggestions.
Gain Attention
• State an Interesting Fact
• Pose a Question
• Use an Interesting Sound, Video
or Image
• Maintain Attention Through
Visual Interest and Good
Presentation Skills
• Don’t Just Read Slides
Welcome to ITC’s
PowerPoint Workshop
Let’s add a movie clip as
an attention grabber.
Adding Movie Clips
• To add movie clips, select Insert > Movies
and Sounds > Movie from File
• Select the file you wish to add.
• Try adding the provided file.
Adding Movie Clips
• Modify the movie’s properties by rightclicking the movie clip and selecting Edit
Movie Object
• Note: Only Quicktime files will play on a Mac version of
PowerPoint while WMVs work best for PCs.
Welcome to ITC’s
PowerPoint Workshop
That wasn’t so
difficult. Let’s
add a sound for
good measure.
Adding Sounds
• To add sounds, select Insert > Movies
and Sounds > Sound from File or Sound
from Clip Organizer
• Select the file you wish to add
Adding Sounds
• The Sound’s properties can be modified
by right-clicking the sound icon.
• The sound can be set to play
automatically or on a mouse click.
Welcome to ITC’s
PowerPoint Workshop
Now, on to step 2.
Inform Learner of
Objectives
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What Topics Will Be Covered?
What Will the Students Learn?
Highlight Main Ideas
Use Visuals If Possible
Use Clear Organization
Organizing Information
• Bullet points are a great way to
organize information.
• Recall the earlier example of
good organization.
• How can you
create such a list?
Bullet Points
• To create a numbered list or a list with bullet
points, highlight the desired text and click either
of these icons.
• Press Enter or Return to get a new number or
bullet point.
• To edit the list settings, either go to Format then
Bullets and Numbering or right-click the list and
select Bullets and Numbering from the box that
appears.
Organizing Information
• Create a list of objectives
• Make them clear and concise
• Highlight main ideas
• Think beyond lists and use media
Recall Prior Knowledge
• Before we begin the lesson, we
should urge students to recall prior
knowledge.
Recall Prior Knowledge
• Ask Questions
• Gauge Students’ Knowledge
Levels
• Prepare for Lesson
• Get Students to Think
Recall Prior Knowledge
Example:
•When did you last use PowerPoint?
•Why did you use it?
•Was it effective?
•What could you do differently?
Present Material
Now, we’re ready to present the
lesson material.
Present Material
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Organize Material
Highlight Main Ideas
Repeat Important Information
Encourage Thinking, Not
Mindless Note Taking
Present Material
Example:
With PowerPoint, you can:
•Organize ideas
•Include multimedia
•Access the internet
Provide Guided
Learning
• Use Multimedia
• Learning Is Enhanced Through
Visual Media
• Show Me
Implementing Guided
Learning
Example:
•Add clipart or your own images to
illustrate your point.
•How do we add images?
Adding Images
Images used in the PowerPoint should be very visible
of relatively high quality. If it looks bad on a
monitor, it will look even worse when blown up by a
projector.
VS.
Adding Images
• To add an image to a
slide, go to the Insert
menu and select Picture
• From that menu, you
can add whatever
graphical content you
choose.
Adding Images
• To edit an image, click it
and drag the small, circular
handles to adjust size or
rotation.
Adding Images
• For advanced editing
features, right-click on the
object and select Format
Picture
• This feature can also be
accessed by double-clicking
the image
Implementing Guided
Learning
Example:
•Visuals add variety
and interest to
presentations
•Visuals improve
retention and
understanding
Implementing Guided
Learning
•To maintain
attention, we can
animate the image.
Animation
• Go to Slide Show > Custom
Animation
• Right-click on the desired object
and select Custom Animation
•A Custom Animation menu will
appear.
•Click the Add Effects button
Animation
• You can now change the speed
and direction of the animation.
Animation
• Ordering Animation:
 Access Custom
Animation menu
 Select and drag the
animation to a new
location.
Transitions
• Creating Transitions:
 Go to Slide Show >
Slide Transition
 Choose a transition and
apply it to one slide or all
slides.
Setting Transitions
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Two Ways:
1. Automatic
 Access Slide Transitions
menu
 Check Automatically After
option
2. On Mouse Click
 Access Slide Transitions menu
 Check On Mouse Click option
Elicit Performance
•You’ve shown the students what
you want them to learn.
•Now get them to participate.
Elicit Performance
• Insert Places for Q & A
• Use Notecards to Allow Student
Responses and Gauge Learning
• Insert Interactivity
Elicit Performance
•One strategy is to incorporate
interactivity.
•Try an index card quiz
Elicit Performance
Why use PowerPoint?
•Students should answer on a index
card or piece of paper
•Collect the answers
•Open-ended questions encourage
critical thinking
Provide Feedback
• Inform Students of Performance
• Gauge Progress of Learning
• Gauge Effectiveness of Lecture
Provide Feedback
Any questions?
•Leave time for questions before
proceeding
•Not too much time, however…
•…because we need test them, now
Assess Learning
• Evaluate Learning Immediately
After or During the Presentation
• Create an Interactive
Presentation (Multiple Choice
Quizzes in Slides)
Assess Performance
• Assess performance by creating
interactive quizzes
1. Build question set
2. Create a slide for each question
3. Create “Correct” and “Incorrect”
answer slides
4. Insert interactive buttons
Buttons
• To add buttons, go to Insert > Picture >
Autoshapes
• The Autoshapes palette will appear.
Buttons
• Select the Action Buttons button from the
Autoshapes palette.
• This palette will provide you with a
number of button choices.
Buttons
• With the desired button type selected, you
can create one anywhere on the side
• You can use drawing tools to modify line
and fill color.
Buttons
• Access Action Setting for the button by
right-clicking the button and selecting Edit
Hyperlink
• You can now set
button actions
Assess Learning
• Considering all you have learned to this
point let’s create a simple PowerPoint game
1. First, create a question:
How many Earths could fit across the Sun?
1. Then create three buttons for the possible
answers:
1000
110
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1. Create 2 new slides – 1 for the correct
answer, and 1 for the wrong answers.
Assess Learning
Sorry, that answer was incorrect.
Please try again.
Back
Assess Learning
Congratulations! You are correct!
Approximately 110 Earth’s could fit across
the diameter of the Sun.
And now, the final step.
Enhance Retention and
Transfer
• Use Multimedia
• Clearly Define Presentation
Objectives
• Repeat important points
• Evaluate Learning Immediately
• Use the Web to Supplement
Presentations.
Enhance Retention and
Transfer
•This workshop is essentially step 9
•The Internet can take the lesson
beyond PowerPoint.
•Printouts are also useful
The Web
• Additional insight into the content.
•To link the Web, type the full site address into
PowerPoint: http://www.ysu.edu
• PowerPoint automatically creates the link
The Web
• You can modify the link by right-clicking it and
selecting Edit Hyperlink
• Normal text can become a link by highlighting
it, right-clicking and selecting Hyperlink
The Web
• Remove the link by right-clicking it and
selecting Edit Hyperlink and clicking
the Remove Link button on the lower
left of the window.
Enhance Retention and
Transfer
•Now you can add links to sources
•You can even add your e-mail address
•This is especially helpful if the
presentation is uploaded to the
Internet
Printing Handouts
• You can print a copy of the presentation
as a handout with one or several slides on
one page
• Go to File > Print
Printing Handouts
• From the drop-down menu, select the
print style. 4-6 per page is optimum.
3-per-page provides lines for note taking.
Finally…
You’re almost done, but you still
have a few things left to do.
Finalizing and Polishing
Now that the pieces are in place, you must ensure
that the gears are turning properly by performing a
few simple procedures:
• Play the presentation several times,
looking for anything that does not seem to
be working.
• If possible, have an objective party view
it for a different opinion.
• Test everything! Remember: anything
that can go wrong, will.
Finalizing and Polishing
• Practice the presentation with a stopwatch
• Know the machine it will be presented on
• If possible, test the presentation on several other
computers
Finalizing and Polishing
* Remember to save and backup
everything often!
Conclusion
• PowerPoint offers a nearly endless
number of tools to create
instructional presentation
• PowerPoint is only a tool
• Interactivity increases learning
• The only limit is your imagination
and willingness to experiment