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The presentation was made on 11/25/08 for the NYSCATE conference in Rochester NY. It about improving powerpoint presentations
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Death by a Thousand Bullets
Or
Killing Me Softly with PowerPoint
Frank Sobierajski
NYSCATE
Rochester, NY
November 25, 2008
Power (noun) –the ability or capacity to perform or act
effectively
Point (noun) -a significant, outstanding, or effective
idea, argument, or suggestion
Presentation (noun)-a descriptive or persuasive account
Power (noun) –the ability or capacity to perform or act
effectively
Point (noun) -a significant, outstanding, or effective
idea, argument, or suggestion
Presentation (noun)-a descriptive or persuasive account
Power Point Presentation -
The ability to perform effectively on a significant idea with a persuasive descriptive account
Three things…
• Don’t you really hate it when presenters put up every word that they are going to say and then read it to you like you aren’t capable of reading it yourself. Although this makes it easy for the presenter so he or she doesn’t have memorize their presentation. It tends to put the audience to sleep before the end
• Then• there • are • the• presenters• who • place • lots• of • bullets
• on• each• page • obscuring• whatever• main• points • they• might • have
• to• share• causing• the• audience• to • write • it • all• down.
And of course the tiny print lots of words slides…
The picture above is hyperlinked to a video on teachertube.com
PowerPoint's don’t kill
presentations
bullets do.
NYSED
human brain &
PowerPoint
30% visual
8% tactile
3% auditory
Make it visual
– Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
– Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation, so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
– But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
– Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
– Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation, so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
– But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
Gettysburg Address Tribute
by Ken Burns
a youtube video
PowerPoint presentations should
Why use all words?
When pictures R more stimulating
Use quality images
Teach students how to find quality images
Learn about Creative Commons cc
Copyright vs.
Creative Commons
flickr storm
Power Points should be dynamic!
Google Earth Gallery
Google Earth
Hyperlink everything!
Spreadsheet
All the hyperlinks on this page are linked to documents on my computer.
Presentations are performances
Dick Clarence Hart
Colors convey meaning and emotion
Photo by jahdakine - trimwork
Colors convey meaning and emotion
trustworthy
dependable
committed
Colors convey meaning and emotion
tranquil
peaceful
refreshing
Colors convey meaning and emotion
stimulant
exciting
energy
Colors convey meaning and emotion
enlightenmentoptimism
happiness
Colors convey meaning and emotion
mystic
royal
Colors convey meaning and emotion
fun
flamboyant
energy
warmth
Presentations are about people passionately
selling a message.
FontsThe quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs.
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs.
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs.
The TheThe
PowerPoint secrets
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Photo adapted from photo by Jill Greenseth
PowerPoint secrets
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PowerPoint secrets
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PowerPoint secrets
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Share
Slideshare
Google docs
Slide Rocket
Photo by Thomas Hawk
More pet peeves…
http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/07/david-pogues-gadget-list-of-2008/
Pogue’s Post
The end
And I said:
No no no no, I can’t watch it no more
I’m sorry I think it’s a bore
No thank you please,
it’s just PowerPoint sleaze
And it makes me want to find the door
The Better PowerPoint
•Six and six rule•Bullets are just an outline•High contrast between background and fonts
•Fonts minimum 24 pts•Pictures relevant to topic
Storytelling –
the ancient art of conveying events in words, images, and sounds often by improvisation or embellishment
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