Technology for Teachers

Creating PowerPoint presentationsAn interactive workshop

Teachers’ Professional Development May 2010Lena Rogers

The Basic Rules of Power Point

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Background issues Contrast

Use light objects on a dark background

Or dark objects on a light backgroundOr dark objects on a light background

Background issues Contrast

Low contrast is difficult to readEven with strongly contrasting colors

Low contrast is difficult to read

Even with strongly contrasting colors

(Darker than background)What looks good on your monitor(Lighter than background)May not look good projected

High contrast has more impact!

Type issues

Type issues Legibility

Bigger type is easier to read If you need to use smaller type,

you probably have to much on the slide.

36 pt minimum for all text. 24 pt. minimum for graphics

Avoid too much text!

One common suggestion is to adhere to the 6x6 rule:*No more than six words per line, and no more than six lines per slide.

Basic Rules

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The strength of presentations

•One idea per slide

•Don’t dilute your message

or

Put as little as you can on each slide

Basic Rules

Don’t tell

me!Don’t tell

me!Show me!Show me!

Using graphics…

Basic RulesUse

diagramsdiagrams

PicturesPictures

Cool!Cool!

Charts

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LayerLayer

Power

The power of

computer graphics is at your fingertips

Less is more

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