Presentation Skills for Teachers version 3.0

Presentation
skills
For

TEACH ERS
version 3.0
Monday, 30 August 2010

presentation skills for teachers
version 3.0

Simon Jones

Adopt the beginners mind


Your target audience...


brand savvy consumer children...


...who
respond
well to
good
design!


think about it!


More than 50% of children’s Christmas
wishes mention a speciﬁc brand name
Insight Quarterly news report: Issue 1


Bad design and
presentation never
killed anyone,
but it never inspired
anyone either!

Take a look at this guy!


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 .


Garr


Garr

Garr’s book


Simplify as much as you can,
but not much more


Go Visual!


Go Visual!
Make your image ﬁll up
the whole slide. Yes,
right up to the edge!
Place your text inside it.


Go Visual!
Make your image ﬁll up Empty space allows us to
the whole slide. Yes, appreciate what is not there,
right up to the edge! & makes our visual
Place your text inside it. messages stronger.


Go Visual!
Make your image ﬁll up Empty space allows us to
Use less than
the whole slide. Yes, appreciate what is not there,
seven words in
right up to the edge! & makes our visual
each slide. Trust me!
Place your text inside it. messages stronger.


Let the image tell your story!


Use your image to draw out students
high order thinking skills.


We are hardwired to
understand images.
Going visual
improves
communication.


We are hardwired to
understand images. Good presentations target
Going visual students “left brain” &
improves “right brain”.
communication.


Practice restraint


Sample Slides


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.


What will
this place
look like in
1000 years
time?


What will How would he
this place describe this
look like in place in a phone
1000 years call to you,
time? right now?


Explain the events
of the last 24 hours.

You are in charge.
What needs to go on this plane?


Clarify your intentions


The
art
of
using
“Builds”

A “build” is where we repeat
the image and add more text


A “build” is where we repeat
the image and add more text

giving yourself and your
students time to digest
information.


What will they
need in the next
six days?...


What will they
need in the next
six days?...

...six
months?


What will they
need in the next
six days?...

...six
months?

...six years?

Hammer Time.

YES!
you can use
humour to
get the
message
across to your
audience!


YES!
children catch
simple
messages that
are fun to
remember!


Think communication,
not decoration


Vision
beats all our other
senses, so...


Absolutely
no bullet
points!


Absolutely Students quickly tire of bullet points.
What other options do you have?
no bullet
points!


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!


Make it easy on the eye!


Make it easy on the eye!

Think about the image you are
using. A good quality image
speaks a thousand words!


Sources
Flickr
Dreamstime
Morgueﬁle
iStock Photo


Take care to match
colours and backgrounds


Take care to match

Take care to match


Take care to match

Take care to match

Take care to match


Take care to match

Take care to match

Take care to match

If you can’t use colour wisely,
then avoid it entirely!


Never
use black text on red!


Why?
because...

%
of boys are affected
by colour blindness, so..

One Child in your class will have
a colour vision deﬁciency.

Use
simple
fonts


Helvetica


Helvetica

Gill Sans


Helvetica

Gill Sans

Impact

Helvetica The Holy
Trinity!
These are all
examples of

Gill Sans Sans Serif
fonts, that give
any
presentation a
professional
Impact look and feel.


Sources Helvetica

Flickr
Dreamstime
Morgueﬁle
i-Stock Photo


Sources Helvetica

Flickr
Dreamstime Gill Sans MS
Morgueﬁle
i-Stock Photo


Helvetica is

good

Helvetica is
very good!

Comic Sans MS?


Comic Sans MS?

I See
No Evil?!!!


Comic Sans MS?
Professional designers do
not use this font, so why
should we?

I See
No Evil?!!!


Become a master storyteller


Practice before
presenting


Practice before
presenting

Don’t be tempted to read
the text straight from the slide!


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.


Learn from
this guy!


Check out “The
Presentation
Secrets of Steve
Jobs”by Carmine Gallo

Learn from
this guy!


Check out “The
Presentation
Secrets of Steve
Jobs”by Carmine Gallo

Learn from
this guy!

Some people even
dress like this guy!


Absolutely Repeat the slides in your

no bullet
presentation to re-enforce
the message

points!


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!


Say what you have to say.
Say it simply.
Say it again!


• Go Visual
• Let the image tell your story
• Use simple fonts
• Practice before presenting
• Absolutely no bullet points ..........


...until the end!


Thank You


Quick Test


Quick Test
how many slides were used?


Quick Test
how many were repeated?


Quick Test
how many were repeated?
which fonts were used?


Presentation Skills
for teachers & educators
version 3.0

Simple design tips to improve learning


Learn something new every day

Photo Credits:
Contact:
kelsey@ﬂickr
simon_jones_2@hotmail.com
ﬂickr
http://geographyjones.posterous.com
iStockphoto
zipdesign

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