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ETT 101 Assignment #5
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How to use PowerPoin
t effectively
Maximize your effectiveness with these
simple techniques
Know your audience
Your presentation should be:
Demographic appropriate
Use vocabulary and images suitable for the anticipated age and education level of your
audience
Achieve your objective
Your presentation should :
Focus on your key objectives
Know your objectives beforehand and make sure your presentation addresses all of your key objectives
Choose a unifying theme
Design your slides to use a unifying theme.
• Common background
• Contrasting but easy-to-read colors
• Standardized font and font size.
Engage your audience
Create colorful and informative
slides G radesTests
Quizzes
Homework
Attendance
Avoid distractions
Examples of common distractions:
Moving text
Animated graphics
Pointless illustrations Arrow cursor – hide by pressing Ctrl-h
EXCESSIVE UPPER CASE and poor color choices
Too busy – too much text on one slide – more slides is always a better choice than more text!
Text too small for the audience to read
Bad transitions to the next slide
Remember
PowerPoint slides should be points … not essays
Assume your audience can read and
avoid reading every word of your presentation
In the Classroom
Ideas for using PowerPoint in the classroom
• Highlight key points in daily lessons• Highlight upcoming events
• Parents’ night presentations
Watch the time
Keep your presentation concise
and to the
point
Take care of the P’s
Prepare, Practice and Perfect …
but when the time comes to Present …
Relax
Relax
and
have
FUN!
Thanks for your time
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Bev Sutton