Dynamic Presentations: Engage with Visuals and Interaction
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PowerPoint Solutions Avoiding the Pitfalls
Too Much Text • Some comments • More material • Long sentences making up complex ideas that go and on and on and on and make bullets more like a book. • When you have a lot of text, typically, the font size gets smaller and smaller and then it is harder to read. • Do you want people reading and reading text during a lecture?
1 line bullets • Short and concise • Keeps focus on you, the Professor • Listen to the lecture
The Plop of Text • Plop–all of the text appears at once • So, while you are speaking . . . • Your students are reading the text on screen or . . . • They aren’t and aren’t getting the message on the screen and wow– • Screen or professor talking?
1 bullet/pic at a time • Bullets appear 1 at a time • Same with pics • When they appear . . . • Say or describe them • Be in sync with what appears on screen.
Hard to Read • Small small Text • Text colored like the background • Fancy fonts that are hard to read • Text in front of pics that is the same color as the pic.
Make it easy to Read • Make it BIG • Distinct Color • Easy to read • Adjust for pics
The Whole Class is PowerPoint • You’re droning on and on • One slide after another • Your pretty pictures • Your concise text • Just won’t save you.
Integrate Speaking, Discussion • Ask a question on the PowerPoint • Press W (whitescreen) or B (blackscreen) • Talk for a while without the PowerPoint • Use the Whiteboard • But writing shouldn’t appear where PowerPoint shows.