Ed Tech Assignment

1. POWERPOINT
The Good & The Bad

2. BULLETS
 Keep
 It
 simple

3. BULLETS
 Weird
 Inconsistent
 Too
 Many
 Things
 To
 Be
 Talking
 about

4. BACKGROUND
 Pretty, simplistic
 & consistent

5. BACKGROUND

6. CONTRAST & COLOR
 Make sure to contrast your colors.
 Particularly font and background.
 but please make sure they re not blinding and or too contrasting.

7. CONTRAST AND COLOR
 Look you can’t even read that title!
 But this color is obnoxious!
 Make sure your colors make sense with your background
 Please make sure you are using light fonts on dark
background and dark colors on light backgrounds.

8. GRAPHICS
Should be used sparingly.
A picture s worth a thousand
words and we do not want to
much information on one
slide.
Additionally, aliens are cool.

9. GRAPHICS
Overkill?

10. RULE OF FOUR
Make
Groups
Of
Four

11. RULE OF FOUR
Do
Not
Make
Long
Lists
Not
Good
For
Learning
Too
Much
Information
Do
Not
Compute!

12. PROXIMITY
• Captions should be near the
graphic.
• Similar information should be
grouped together.
Fractal

13. PROXIMITY
If I have a picture caption over here.
And then information #2 here
You’re going to have a tough time
And information #1 here
And then finally information
#3 here

14. FONTS
 Use pretty fonts that are easy to read.

15. FONTS
Don’t use fonts that are
ridiculous to read.
 It does not help anyone
 There are many fonts you can use
 Make sure they are easy to read at a distance.

16. PERCEPTUAL DIFFERENCES
 If you would like something to be emphasized, try
bolding or italicizing. The difference will draw attention.

17. PERCEPTUAL DIFFERENCES
Font size can show emphasis
too, but can bee too much!
 Different colors too, but they need to differ enough in
order to show the difference.