Slideshows are one of the most effective tools in teaching, IF they’re built well and implemented successfully. Come learn how to put the power in your PowerPoint or Keynote slideshow. Topics covered will be design (color, font, layout), slide content vs. presenter notes, presentation of slideshows, and distribution. Please bring your basic PowerPoint skills and you’re guaranteed to learn something new that will improve your slideshow performance.
12. What TO DO!
● Set up a clear set of objectives for the
lesson
● Use enough, but not too much text nor
images on a slide
● Slides need to reinforce the key
points, (the teacher or presenter notes
explain the rest.
13. What TO DO!
Use Design to convey your ideas
visually
Use Font with Purpose
Learn basic color theory
22. Keyboard Shortcuts
● F5 - view the complete slideshow
● Shift + F5 - View the slideshow from
the current slide forward
● Esc - end the slideshow
● Spacebar moves to the next slide
● Arrows to move to the next or
previous slide.
24. Web Services for Distribution
● Prezi
● SlideShare
● Google Presentation
25. Image sources and other
Resources
Butterick’s Practical Typography. (n.d.). Retrieved March 25, 2014, from
http://practicaltypography.com/summary-of-key-rules.html
Choosing the Right Font: A Practical Guide to Typography on the Web - Tuts+ Web Design Article.
(n.d.). Retrieved March 25, 2014, from https://webdesign.tutsplus.com/articles/choosing-the-right-font-a-
practical-guide-to-typography-on-the-web--webdesign-15
File:Australia animal warning sign.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (n.d.). Retrieved March
19, 2014, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Australia_animal_warning_sign.jpg#file
26. Image sources and other
Resources
BFile:Douglas Fairbanks at third Liberty Loan rally HD-SN-99-02174.JPEG - Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia. (n.d.). Retrieved March 24, 2014, from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Douglas_Fairbanks_at_third_Liberty_Loan_rally_HD-SN-99-
02174.JPEG
File:Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Movie Trailer Screenshot (34).jpg. (2014, February 22). In
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved from
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Gentlemen_Prefer_Blondes_Movie_Trailer_Screenshot
_(34).jpg&oldid=434147139
File:Muzeum of trans Gla crash test.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (n.d.). Retrieved March
24, 2014, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Muzeum_of_trans_Gla_crash_test.jpg
Improve Presentation Skills to Become a Better Presenter. (n.d.). Retrieved March 25, 2014, from
http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/powerpointinbusiness/tp/071231resolutions.htm
27. Image sources and other
Resources
Kingdom, G. S. from C., United. (2007). Welcome to Powerpoint on PowerPoint. Retrieved from
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Slideshow.jpg
Purdue OWL: Color Theory Presentation. (n.d.). Retrieved March 25, 2014, from
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/715/1/
Purdue OWL: Using Fonts with Purpose. (n.d.). Retrieved March 25, 2014, from
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/705/04/
Purdue OWL: Visual Rhetoric. (n.d.). Retrieved March 24, 2014, from
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/691/01/
Texas Tech University - Teaching, Learning, and Professional Development Center. (n.d.). Retrieved
March 19, 2014, from
http://www.tltc.ttu.edu/teach/TLTC%20Teaching%20Resources/using_powerpoint.asp
28. Image sources and other
Resources
WWDC Keynote - one more thing... | Events | Galerie | MacTechNews.de. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.mactechnews.de/gallery/picture/WWDC-Keynote-one-more-thing--76710.html
(n.d.). Retrieved from
https://d2q0qd5iz04n9u.cloudfront.net/_ssl/proxy.php/http/gallery.mailchimp.com/83b672d1365de77
61f5042b7a/images/brain_based_learning.jpg