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Pedagogical uses of Powerpoint in the Language Classroom
“Death by PowerPoint”
“Death by PowerPoint”
“Death by PowerPoint”
“ the PowerPoint style routinely disrupts, dominates, and trivializes content.”
(Tufte 2003)
“The stereotypic teacher-centred, noninteractive mode of lecturing … is simply clarified and amplified by the use of PowerPoint.”
(Kinchin 2006)
How can we make PowerPoint more inter-active, and more student-centred?
Secrets of Success
in 8 words and 3 minutes
Richard St. John
A good presentation needs…
Good design
Engaging content
Positive delivery
Simple Design = Easier to Understand
Common Problem:
Too much writing
Cut the text
“Perfection is reached, not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Write a handout
Images are Powerful
“Numerous experiments have proven that subjects learn and remember material that is concrete (imagery-related) better than that which is abstract.”
Goldstein (2009)
“… if you really want to move people, don’t use words, use images.”
All Consuming Images, Stuart Ewen
“Whereas a text supplies the language, explicitly, an image implies it and thus creates a void to be filled in the classroom.”
Keddie (2008)
Rule of thumb
Oral 10%Visual 35%Oral & 65%Visual
Source: Najjar, LJ (1998) Principles of educational multimedia user interface design
“Use combinations of text and images which are
memorable.”
Uses of Wordles
Rewrite an article
Summarise an article
Revise a text
Predict a text
Reconstruct a dialogue
Create a strong mental image
To fit like a glove
To get on like a house on fire
To spend money like water
To go out like a light
To sleep like a log
Example sentence
I went to the party dressed in a suit, but it was a very informal party, so I stuck out like a sore thumb.
ReviewUse a simple design.
Cut the text.
Vision is our dominant sense.
We may learn/remember more through pictures compared to text or spoken words.
Try to communicate more with pictures.
Make text and images memorable.
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