Post on 01-Nov-2014
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Putting Together
More Powerful
PowerPointPresentations!Courtney Mlinar Fall 2008
Don’t focus on
Technology
Focus on
Learning
Wired Generation:
Constantly Connected
Left brain + right brain
Visual +
Verbal
Title = Headline
Main Idea
Tell a Story
Avoid Overload
Example:Teeny-Weeny Text All Over the Slide!
• An essential component of facilitating learning is understanding learners.
• Learning styles, attitudes, approaches of your audience vary greatly.
• Take these differences into account when designing courses or presentations.
• Doing is more important than knowing.• Find new ways to meet student’s needs for
service, immediacy, interactivity.• Balance the entertainment interests of your
audience with their educational needs.
Understand Learning:
•Style
Understand Learning:
•Style
•Attitude
Understand Learning
•Style
•Attitude
•Approach
Audience Needs:
•Service
•Immediacy
•Interactivity
Bite-sized Pieces
Too Big of a Bite =
too much information
(Move Text Off-Screen)
Narrate
Text Alone
Is
Not
Sufficient
All the time!
Use Words
And
Pictures
Or
Use
Pictures
Alone:
Or
Use
Text
As
Pictures:
Who am I?
Over 21
Under 65
What I Like:
Remove
Everything
That does not support
The
Message
Use Contrast:
Text:
•Specific
•Simple
•Easy to Read
Voice
•Active
•Informal
•First Person
Bullets
•Easy to Read
•Emphasize Points
•Concise List
Break Text into Multiple Pages
Choose Font that Speaks:
ArialGoudy Stout
chick
At Least 32-point type size
Palatino
Less is More
Don’t use a lengthy transcript of what you are saying! Don’t use a lengthy transcript of what you are saying! Don’t use a lengthy transcript of what you are saying! Don’t use a lengthy transcript of what you are saying! Don’t use a lengthy transcript of what you are saying! Don’t use a lengthy transcript of what you are saying!
Remember your audience:
Special
Pressured
Sheltered
Informal
Curious
Appreciate you