EFFECTIVE USE OF POWERPOINT AS A PRESENTATION TOOL

What is POWERPOINT?•A multimedia tool that reaches students with different learning styles.• Students learn visual literacy by communicating in this medium.•Also, this program has the capability of including video and easily links to the internet.

10 TIPS FOR A MORE EFFECTIVE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION•Write a script•One thing at a time, please.•  No paragraphs•Pay attention to design•Use images sparingly

10 TIPS FOR A MORE EFFECTIVE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION•Think outside the screen•Have a hook•Ask questions•Modulate, modulate, modulate.•  Break the rules

DESIGN TIPS FOR EFFECTIVE USE OF POWERPOINT• The goal is improved learning•Be conservative – keep it simple•Use contrast (dark-on-light or light-on-dark, for example)• People see graphics first, then text

DESIGN TIPS FOR EFFECTIVE USE OF POWERPOINT•Be concise with text•One concept per slide• Plan on spending two minutes per slide• Limit use of special effects (animation, sound, transitions)

DESIGN TIPS FOR EFFECTIVE USE OF POWERPOINT•Background patterns usually

make screens harder to read•When creating original media, use the best equipment you can find• Edit files to a minimum meaningful length and size

PRESENTATION TECHNIQUES• Leave the lights on•Blank the screen when not using the presentation• Face the students and don't block the screen• Print out large blocks of text, rather than presenting them on the screen

ADVANTAGES: Potential benefits of using presentation graphicsEngaging multiple learning styles

Increasing visual impactImproving audience focusProviding annotations and highlights

ADVANTAGES: Potential benefits of using presentation graphicsAnalyzing and synthesizing complexities

Enriching curriculum with interdisciplinary

Increasing spontaneity and interactivity

Increasing wonder

Although there are many potential benefits to PowerPoint, there are several issues that could create problems or disengagement.

CHALLENGES: Issues/ProblemsTeacher-centered. Students often respond better when instructors have designed sessions for greater classroom interaction.

Potentially reductive. PowerPoint was designed to promote simple persuasive arguments. Design for critical engagement, not just for exposure to a “point.”

CHALLENGES: Issues/ProblemsPotentially reductive. PowerPoint was designed to promote simple persuasive arguments. Design for critical engagement, not just for exposure to a “point.”

Presentation graphics should be about learning, not about presentation.

CHALLENGES: Issues/ProblemsPowerPoint presentations should help students organize their notes, not just “be” the notes.

This is a particular danger with students who grew up accustomed to receiving PowerPoint notes to study from.

Some may require convincing that notes should be taken beyond what is already on the slides.

CHALLENGES: Issues/ProblemsLack of feedback.

PowerPoint-based lectures tell you nothing about student learning.

Design them to include opportunities for feedback (not simply asking if there are questions, but more actively quizzing your students).

USING THE POWERPOINT EFFECTIVELY• PowerPoint, when displayed via a projector, is a useful tool for showing audiences things that enhance what the speaker is saying.• It is a useful tool for illustrating the content of a speech, such as by showing photos, graphs, charts, maps, etc., or by highlighting certain text from a speech, such as quotations or major ideas.

USING THE POWERPOINT EFFECTIVELY• Slides used in a presentation should be spare, in terms of how much information is on each slide, as well as how many slides are used. In most cases, less is more, so four lines of text is probably better. •Don’t display charts or graphs with a lot of information.

USING THE POWERPOINT EFFECTIVELY•Unless you’re an experienced designer, don’t use the transition and animation “tricks” that are built into PowerPoint, such as bouncing or flying text.

By now, most people roll their eyes when they see these things, and these tricks add nothing of value to a presentation.

USING THE POWERPOINT EFFECTIVELY•Above all, use high-contrast color schemes so that whatever is on your slides is readable.•Get used to using black slides. There are few speeches that need something displayed on the screen all the time.

USING THE POWERPOINT EFFECTIVELY•Concentrate on keeping the audience focused on you, not on the screen. •Keep motion on the screen to a minimum, unless you’re showing a movie or a video. • Engage the audience, and use slides only when they are useful.

USING THE POWERPOINT EFFECTIVELY• Learn how to give a good speech without PowerPoint.

This takes practice, which means giving speeches without PowerPoint. Believe it or not, public speaking existed before PowerPoint, and many people remember it as being a lot better then than it is now.

Avoiding bad PowerPoint habits means, first and foremost, becoming a good public speaker.

Respectfully Submitted to: Prof. Erwin M. Globio, MSIT