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1. Presentation Skills
for geography teachers
Version 2.0
Simple design tips to improve learning
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2. Welcome to your target audience...
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3. brand savvy consumer children...
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4. brand savvy consumer children...
More than 50% of children’s christmas
wishes mention a specific brand name
Insight Quarterly news report: Issue 1
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5. ...who respond well
to good design
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6. Think about it!
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7. Bad design and
presentation never
killed anyone,
but it never inspired
anyone either!
Take a look at this guy!
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9. So, our aim is to learn some
basics of good design and
keep things simple,
balanced and above all,
Beautiful!
Check out “Presentation Zen: Simple ideas on
Presentation Design and Delivery” by Garr Reynolds .
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10. Garr
Garr’s book
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11. Go Visual!
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12. Go Visual!
Use less than
seven words in
each slide. Trust me!
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13. Go Visual!
Empty space allows us to
Use less than
appreciate what is not there,
seven words in
& makes our visual
each slide. Trust me!
messages stronger.
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14. Go Visual!
Empty space allows us to Make your image fill up
Use less than
appreciate what is not there, the whole slide. Yes,
seven words in
& makes our visual right up to the edge!
each slide. Trust me!
messages stronger. Place your text inside it.
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15. Let the image tell your story!
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16. Use your image to draw out students
high order thinking skills.
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17. Use your image to draw out students
high order thinking skills.
We are hardwired to
understand images.
Going visual
improves
communication.
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18. Use your image to draw out students
high order thinking skills.
We are hardwired to
understand images. Good presentations target
Going visual students “left brain” &
improves “right brain”.
communication.
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19. Sample Slides
A good image allows students to think, wonder and reflect on an issue.
A great image can help tell the story in a way bullet points never can.
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20. What will
this place
look like in
1000 years
time?
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21. What will How would he
this place describe this
look like in place in a phone
1000 years call to you,
time? right now?
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22. Explain the events
of the last 24 hours.
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23. You are in charge.
What needs to go on this plane?
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24. The
art
of
using
“Builds”
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25. A “build” is where we repeat
the image and add more text
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26. Giving yourself and your
students time to digest
information.
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27. What will they
need in the next
six days?...
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28. What will they
need in the next
six days?...
...six
months?
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29. What will they
need in the next
six days?...
...six
months?
...six years?
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30. Tuesday, 9 March 2010

31. Hammer Time.
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32. ..and yes, you
can use humour
to get your
message across!
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33. ..children catch
simple messages
that are fun to
remember!
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34. Vision
beats all our other
senses, so...
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35. Absolutely
no bullet
points!
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36. Absolutely Students quickly tire of bullet points.
What other options do you have?
no bullet
points!
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37. Absolutely Students quickly tire of bullet points.
What other options do you have?
no bullet
points!
If you have to use
them, save them for
the last slide!
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38. Make it easy on the eye!
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39. Make it easy on the eye!
Think about the image you are
using. A good quality image
speaks a thousand words!
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40. Sources
Flickr
Dreamstime
Morguefile
i-Stock Photo
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41. %
of boys
are affected by
colour blindness...
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42. ..one child in your class will have a
colour vision deficiency.
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43. Take care to match
colours and backgrounds
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44. Take care to match
colours and backgrounds
Take care to match
colours and backgrounds
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45. Take care to match
colours and backgrounds
Take care to match
colours and backgrounds
Take care to match
colours and backgrounds
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46. Take care to match
colours and backgrounds
Take care to match
colours and backgrounds
Take care to match
colours and backgrounds
If you can’t use colour wisely,
then avoid it entirely!
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47. Use
simple
fonts
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48. Helvetica
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49. Helvetica
Gill Sans
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50. Helvetica
Gill Sans
Impact
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51. Helvetica
The Holy Trinity!
Gill Sans
These are all examples of
Sans Serif fonts, that give
any presentation a
professional look and feel.
Impact
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52. Sources Helvetica
Flickr
Dreamstime
Morguefile
i-Stock Photo
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53. Sources Helvetica
Flickr
Dreamstime Gill Sans MS
Morguefile
i-Stock Photo
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54. Comic Sans MS?
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55. Comic Sans MS?
Professional designers do
not use this font, so why
should we?
I See
No
Evil?!!!
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56. Practice before
presenting
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57. Practice before
presenting
Don’t be tempted to read
the text straight from the slide!
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58. Practice before
presenting
Don’t be tempted to read
the text straight from the slide!
But what about the
detail? Well, the slide
should lead to the
worksheet, or textbook, so
pupils can learn more.
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59. Learn from
this guy!
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60. Check out “The
Presentation
Secrets of Steve
Jobs”by Carmine Gallo
Learn from
this guy!
Some people even
dress like this guy!
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61. Absolutely Repeat the slides in your
no bullet
presentation to re-enforce
the message
points!
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62. Absolutely Repeat the slides in your
no bullet
presentation to re-enforce
the message
points!
Say what you have to say.
Say it simply.
Say it again!
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63. • Go Visual
• Let the image tell your story
• Absolutely no bullet points (until the
end)
• Use simple fonts
• Practice before presenting
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64. Presentation Skills
for geography teachers
Version 2.0
Simple design tips to improve learning
Simon Jones 2010
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65. Learn something new every day.
Photo Credits:
Contact: Attak
simon_jones_2@hotmail.com flickr
http://geographyjones.posterous.com iStockphoto
moffit.moffit
zipdesign
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