ANDREW DAWSON

What today is about

• How to make a bad PowerPoint

• How to make a good PowerPoint

• Why people don’t use it

• Why you might want to try and use it

• Some functions and how-tos

What not to do Too much text can be really boring especially if you just read out what is written but the fact is the class will read it faster than you can read so they already know what is coming up and will point out mistaeks before you get to them so don’t write too much text in a font and colour that just doesn’t work.

Dot Points can be your friend

• But• Not• If• You • Use• Them• Too• Much• Then• They• Just• Become• Annoying• Especially• When• The• Font• Size• Gets• Really• Small

What to do

Firstly, a few basic rules –

• Use a big enough font

• Use contrasting colours

• Choose a suitable typeface (font)

• Use visual slides – and choose good visuals

• Don’t write what you say

BUT ………students are different from businesspeople! You can break these rules.

A ‘business’ example - At the Ball• Guy and Girl – guy not doing well

• Girl asks for Photos – “Line’s too long”

• Girl asks for buffet – “Line’s too long”

• Girl asks for a drink – gets punch.

Why?

There is no punch line

Student example – Read through text and list the size of the armies, the casualties and what happened to the prisoners

It has been calculated that up to 3,800 royalist foot and 800 cavalry might have been engaged at Brentford; only perhaps one third of the forces available to the King. The royalists also appear to have readied four cannon for the advance on Brentford with the remainder of the artillery train following behind.

For parliament, New Brentford/Brentford End was defended by one regiment of foot consisting probably of around 800 men with another regiment of foot of 480 men seemingly in Old Brentford. Although the foot were supported by 10-12 troops of cavalry, most of the parliamentary horse fled on hearing of the royalist attack, leaving, apparently, only a troop of probably around 60 men. The parliamentary forces also seem to have had two or three artillery pieces.

Accounts of casualty and prisoner numbers vary, but it appears that at around 50 parliamentary soldiers were killed in the battle, with perhaps more drowning during the rout. Others would have succumbed to wounds following the battle. Four hundred parliamentary prisoners were said to have been taken, but 140 were released shortly after the action; the remainder apparently enlisting with the royalists. Royalist losses are poorly recorded in contemporary accounts. One account details the deaths of sixteen men, including one captain and two lieutenants and the King, in a subsequent letter to parliament, claimed ten royalist dead.

Student example – Read through text and list the size of the armies, the casualties and what happened to the prisoners

It has been calculated that up to 3,800 royalist foot and 800 cavalry might have been engaged at Brentford; only perhaps one third of the forces available to the King. The royalists also appear to have readied four cannon for the advance on Brentford with the remainder of the artillery train following behind.

For parliament, New Brentford/Brentford End was defended by one regiment of foot consisting probably of around 800 men with another regiment of foot of 480 men seemingly in Old Brentford. Although the foot were supported by 10-12 troops of cavalry, most of the parliamentary horse fled on hearing of the royalist attack, leaving, apparently, only a troop of probably around 60 men. The parliamentary forces also seem to have had two or three artillery pieces.

Accounts of casualty and prisoner numbers vary, but it appears that at around 50 parliamentary soldiers were killed in the battle, with perhaps more drowning during the rout. Others would have succumbed to wounds following the battle. Four hundred parliamentary prisoners were said to have been taken, but 140 were released shortly after the action; the remainder apparently enlisting with the royalists. Royalist losses are poorly recorded in contemporary accounts. One account details the deaths of sixteen men, including one captain and two lieutenants and the King, in a subsequent letter to parliament, claimed ten royalist dead.

So why don’t people use it?

• Too hard / too much time – easier on board

• No projector

• Relies on technology that can misbehave

• Again, too much time

Confession – I don’t use it much now I don’t have a permanent projector set-up!

Positives

• Control pace and flow

• Great for note taking

• ‘Permanent’ – can reuse/share

• Can get better outcomes from visual learners etc.

• Embed videos and other sources

• Work through scaffolding etc. as a class

• Lots of tricks you can’t do otherwise

So a few What-to-dos

Add anything or link it

Paint and draw

Ctrl-P – gives you a pen

E – erase the lot

Ctrl-E – eraser

Ctrl-H – pen goes away

Why embed? Why not to embed?

Yes embed!

• No surprises on Youtube sidebar

• No “Can we watch that one instead?”

• Faster/smoother presentation

No don’t embed!

• Takes time

• Adds to file size

Fast click

What is the theme?

Which one was different?

Again?

Reveal-it

Very simple game – guess the image as the blocks are revealed – the more blocks, the more points the class gets.

Today’s game is WA Famous

Q+A

Which of these appeared in the last game?

a. Nic Nat

b. Swanbourne Beach

c. Kings Park

Q+A

Which of these appeared in the last game?

c. Kings Park

Write down the missing two..

• British Empire

• France

• Russia

• Germany• Austro-Hungary• Ottoman Empire

Write down the missing two..

• British Empire

• Russia• Austro-Hungary• Ottoman Empire

Write down the missing two..

• Russia • Austro-Hungary

Write down the missing two..

Write down the missing two..

• British Empire

• France

• Russia

• Germany• Austro-Hungary• Ottoman Empire

Countdown

The game is simple…make a word from the jumbled letters before the time

runs out.

If you do, you get the points!

If you don’t, or it is spelt incorrectly, NUL POINTS FOR YOU!

So, get ready to play!

AEL

ALE10 POINTS

TSOAR LPPAES

ROAST APPLES20 POINTS

DTBUASR

BUSTARD30 POINTS

So, what to do now?

Think about those areas/topics that might be best taught with the help of PowerPoint…..and maybe see how easy it could be to use!

Thanks for listening!Except for session two – you haven’t finished yet!

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