Pedagogical Uses Of Powerpoint

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

Slideshare

“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

Blue Whale

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.

Pecha Kucha

20 x 20 = 6:40

6:40 x 3 = 20

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.

Goldfish

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