Presented at IL Palooza, MacEwan University Library, Edmonton, AB on April 19, 2013. Abstract: Boring PowerPoint presentations are everywhere in academia. We’ve all seen them - and despite our best intentions to engage students, we have likely presented a few of our own. Drawing on “Presentation Zen” techniques effectively applied in information literacy instruction, this session will empower participants to embrace simple presentation styles that can facilitate learning through recognition of the brain’s dominant capacity for visual recall.

1. Robyn Hall | April 2013

2. TODAY
1 Problems
2 Solutions
3
Greatest Hits
4
Reminders

3. 1 2 3 4
PROBLEMS

5. Pay Attention!
 Students do not pay  Students cannot
attention to boring
things
process too much
 Put yourself in your
information
audiences’ shoes without enough
time spent
connecting the dots
 Multitasking and
paying attention
does not work

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SOLUTIONS

7. K.I.S.S.

9. As cited in “Brain Rules” by John Medina , 2008

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GREATEST
HITS

12. Research
Strategies
Robyn Hall | Winter 2013

13. Today we will…

14. Library Research

15. Social Research + Library Research = <3

16. Getting Started

17. Knowledge Grows…

18. Contribute

19. Wordle.net

20. Is it CRAAP?

21. a) Sally
b) Wilma
c) Linda
d) Tami
e) Mary

22. She: a) Loves cooking
b) Hates cooking
Library Research= Cooking

23. Problem:
Too many results

30. Site:gc.ca

31. Vital Statistics?

32. International
Statistics

33. Biblio-magic
(sort of)

34. Import/Export

35. Favourite Information Sources?

36. FRUSTRATIONS?

37. Help!!!!!

38. Help
Find: Robyn (HallR27@macewan.ca)
Analyze: Instructor
Write: WritingLearningServices@macewan.ca

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REMINDERS

40. K.I.S.S.

42. This is B-O-R-I-N-G
 Students do not pay  Students cannot
attention to boring
things
process too much
 Put yourself in your
information
audiences’ shoes without enough
time spent
connecting the dots
 Multitasking and
paying attention
does not work