Effective Use of PowerPoint http://www.fctl.ucf.edu/teachingandlearningresources/technology/powerpoint/index.php

Best Practices: Delivery Avoid reading: if your slides contain lengthy text, lecture "around" the material rather than reading it directly. http://www.fctl.ucf.edu/teachingandlearningresources/technology/powerpoint/index.php

Best Practices: Slideshow Construction Lecture with slides Text size: text must be clearly readable from the back of the room. Too much text or too small a font will be difficult to read. Avoid too much text: one common suggestion is to adhere to the 6x6 rule (no more than six words per line, and no more than six lines per slide). http://www.fctl.ucf.edu/teachingandlearningresources/technology/powerpoint/index.php

Best Practices: Slideshow Construction Lecture with slides Contrast: light text on dark backgrounds will strain the eyes. Minimize this contrast, and opt instead for dark text on light backgrounds. Combinations to avoid, in case of partial color blindness in the audience, include red-green, or blue-yellow.

Best Practices: Slideshow Construction Lecture with slides Transitions and animations should be used sparingly and consistently to avoid distractions. Template: do not change the template often. The basic format should be consistent and minimal.

Best Practices: Slideshow Construction Lecture with slides Use graphics and pictures to illustrate and enhance the message, not just for prettiness.

Best Practices: Slideshow Construction Lecture with slides Transitions and animations should be used sparingly and consistently to avoid distractions. Template: do not change the template often. The basic format should be consistent and minimal.

9 Presentation Tips for Students Wendy Russell www.thoughtco.com/presentation-tips-for-students-2766920

01 of 09 Know Your Topic Do the research first and know your material. Think through what you will present before beginning the project on the computer. Creating the slide show is the easy part. The best classroom presentations are created by people who are comfortable with what they are going to talk about.

02 of 09 Use Key Phrases About Your Topic Good presenters use key phrases and include only the most important information. Your topic may be vast, but choose only the top three or four points and make them several times throughout the presentation in the classroom.

03 of 09 Avoid Using Too Much Text on the Slide One of the biggest mistakes students make in classroom presentations is in writing their whole speech on the slides. The slide show is meant to accompany your oral presentation. Write in the form of jot notes, called bullet points, on slides. Use simple language and limit the number of bullets to three or four per slide. The surrounding space will make it easier to read.

04 of 09 Limit the Number of Slides 05 of 09 Layout of Your Slide Is Important Make your slides easy to follow. 09 of 09 Use Animations and Transitions Sparingly.

Tips for Effective PowerPoint Presentations www.casdonline.org/cms/.../Tips_for_Effective_PowerPoint_Presentations.pdf

Tips for Effective PowerPoint Presentations: TEXT Maximum five lines of text per slide No more than 20-25 words per slide Slides should not contain complete sentences

Tips for Effective PowerPoint Presentations: FONT Use easier to read sans serif fonts such as: Arial, Tahoma, Verdana Use 32-44 font size for headings Use 32 font size for bulleted points Minimum of at least 28 size font Remember person in back of audience must be able to read text

Tips for Effective PowerPoint Presentations: COLOR Avoid using black and white for the color of all slides Avoid background colors like red, yellow, [and white?] Use dark background colors like blues and greens

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Tips for Effective PowerPoint Presentations Practice beforehand Try moving around the room. Do not stand behind a podium the entire presentation. Avoid reading what is exactly on the slide. Avoid presentations that have 40-50 slides for a 0ne hour presentation.

Poor Powerpoint The evils of Powerpoint are familiar to everyone, they include: Too much text Too small to read and is really only serving as a crutch for the presenter Clip Art and Slide templates that have been seen a million times Spinning, wooshing, dazzlings animations Part of the problem with having so much text onscreen is that it puts of people. If the idea of your presentation is to read from the slides then we are you there? Besides people can read quicker than you can talk so they’ll have finished reading your slide and be waiting for the next one, or even worse working on a masterpiece doodle. Your presentation, Powerpoint or otherwise, should be a supporting aid – you want main the focus on you not your presentation. Ideally, you should be able to deliver an equally interesting presentation should the projector/computer/room/audience break. Avoid too many bullets as well – it makes the information dull for the audience. Your presentation, Powerpoint or otherwise, should be a supporting aid – you want main the focus on you not your presentation. Ideally, you should be able to deliver an equally interesting presentation should the projector/computer/room/audience break. Avoid too many bullets as well – it makes the information dull for the audience.

ADDITIONAL FOSSILS FROM THE GOLIAD FORMATION OF SOUTH TEXAS JON BASKIN, Texas A&M Univ.-Kingsville, TX; and RICHARD HULBERT, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL.

The Goliad Formation Tertiary mammalian fossils from South Texas were first reported by Dumble (1894). Extensive fossil collections were made from the lowermost unit (Lapara Member) of the Goliad Formation in Bee and Goliad Counties by WPA crews of the Bureau of Economic Geology in the 1930s (Sellards, 1940). Goliad Formation

Quinn (1955) described the Lapara horses. J. A. Wilson,1956. Miocene formations and vertebrate biostratigraphic units, Texas Coastal Plain. AAPG Bulletin, 40:2233-2246. . Quinn (1955) described the Lapara horses. He concluded that the Lapara Creek Fauna was older than the Burge Fauna of Nebraska. Fleming Formation

Goliad Faunas Quinn, 1955 The Lapara Creek Fauna is documented by over 20 species, including 9 species of horses The Labahia Mission Fauna is based on a horse tooth and leg bone that were never described Wilson, 1956

The Study Area Lapara Creek Fauna Bridge Ranch Farrish Ranch Dinero LF Beeville Bridge Ranch Farrish Ranch Dinero L.F. Lake CC L.F. Lapara Creek Fauna Bridge Ranch Farrish Ranch Dinero LF Lake Corpus Christi LF

Dinero Roadcut The Dinero Local Fauna in Live Oak County is in a roadcut, below the caliche that caps the Goliad. Photograph by Roger Steinberg, Del Mar College

? Labahia Member ? Lagarto Creek Member

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