Effective Power Point Presentations

It’s NOT just about the Facts… Suzanne C. Shaffer, M.Ed Instructional Designer Penn State York Campus ISTC 202 [email_address]

Using PowerPoint
As a Learning Tool FIRST
Presentation Tool

What Makes a Good Presentation?
Just because you said it, doesn’t mean they got it

What’s the Point that Everyone Misses? Information + Reflection = Meaning

PowerPoint Should be… A 2-step process
Learn your content
Present it…
These are 2 different things

Does What is the relationship? What It all Mean?

Take a Concept…

What’s the Literature say?
How do we capture that?

Take a Second Look
Ppt functionality helps you to…
Organize
Highlight
Connect
Summarize
Capture
Broaden

Use Ppt to Tip the Scales

From Ho Hum to HumDINGER! From To Reading Extemporaneous Text-heavy Graphic/Visual Representation Presenter-Centered Participation/Interaction

But isn’t the Content Important?

From Text-Heavy To? "Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.” W. Edwards Deming (1900 - 1993) Deeper Meaning… Relationship…

From Text Heavy to?

Examples…
Listen
Graphic Organizers – graphs, charts, concept maps
Pictures, graphics, clip art
Quotations (formatted text boxes for emphasis)
Embedded Audio/video clips
Screen shots
Hyperlinks
"Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival.” W. Edwards Deming (1900 - 1993)

Compare Applicati0n Visual Representation Multi-media Hyperlink

Edtga0eiht Compare

Retention of Knowledge Excerpted from Dr. Gloria Holland’s PowerPoint Presentation: Presentation Graphics as Instructional and Interactive Learning Tools (January 2000)

Back to that Outline format…
You want people to interact with your content
Leave some points out so people can follow and fill in
Think-Pair-Share
Quiz
Reciprocal Journal Entry
Fill in Venn Diagram

Style Tips

Survey says…
The speaker read the slides 60.4%
Text too small 50.9%
Full sentences vs bullet points 47.8%
Slides hard to see because of color choice 37.1%
Moving/flying text or graphics 24.5%
Annoying use of sounds 22.0%
Overly complex diagrams or charts 22.0%
Paradi, D. MBA,(2003). How to Stop Annoying Audiences With Bad PowerPoint, Retrieved from http://www.communicateusingtechnology.com/articles/pptsurvey_article.htm

Putting it all Together
PowerPoint is a powerful learning tool and presentation tool
Think about…
Are you completing the assignment given?
Are you demonstrating what you’ve learned
To the degree that shows higher-order and critical thinking – not just regurgitation
Have you made the presentation a LEARNING event for the audience OR have you put them to SLEEP?
Do it once, start again
Fold in interaction, application, illustration

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