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K- 12 schools?

1. Why use presentation software?2. How does it impact the

audience?3. What can I do to make a slide

show effective for the audience?

Key Questions

A. All your main pointsB. Less than 50% of your

main pointsC. Less than 30% of your

main points

How much of your content should be in words on your slide?

A. The pictures on the slideB. The words on the slideC. What you say about the

slide

Adult audiences take away the most information from. . .

Boring if you miss

1. Motivation

2. Relevance

3. Opportunity for ongoing feedback

4. Opportune moment for application

• Deepen thinking – Typewith.me• Backchannel – TodaysMeet• Prediction – PollAnywhere

Not Boring - Tools

Confusing if you don’t

LayoutConsisten

cy

Order ideas

Instruction through

Design

Powerful Images

• Epitome example

Big ideas to little – start with the over-arching theme

• It is more effective to use simple ideas first and then move to more complex ideas, because the audience will understand more.

• Relate to the familiar

Ordering Your Ideas

• Epitome example• Big ideas to little• Simple to complex• Relate to the familiar

Ordering Your Ideas

• Epitome example

Big ideas to little – start with the over-arching theme

• It is more effective to use simple ideas first and then move to more complex ideas, because the audience will understand more.

• Relate to the familiar

Ordering Your Ideas

• Epitome example• Big ideas to little• Simple to complex• Relate to the familiar

Ordering Your Ideas

Text

3 to 5 rule

ReadabilityCoherence

• Perception (I sense it)• Comprehension (I figured it out)

The Power of a Picture

• Preattention• Attention• Cognition

Stages of Processing Graphics

• Improves concept retention• Shows visual and spatial relationships

• Organizes well (easier to remember)

• Motivates learners and promotes trust

Benefits of Graphics

• Abstract or complex visuals• Cognitive effort required to get complex visual

• Distracting or misleading learners• Not appropriate for every purpose

Problems with Graphics

Pictures and Video

Before, instead

ReadabilityCoherence

• Images First• 30% of the content• Chunking and white space• Order and Dominance

• Layout for Audience• Key ideas

Applying