1. History and PowerPoint: Content and Etiquette
Seth Beatty

2. From the Introduction:
This paper will examine some problems of technology, offer some suggestions on how to properly use PowerPoint in the history classroom, and present some resources and assignments that can help enhance teaching with the PowerPoint program.

3. Teaching History and Technology
Uses and misuses
Text heavy slides
Visual heavy slides
Content Resources
Technical Resources
PowerPoint Etiquette

4. Has this ever happened to you?

5. One reason students DON’T learn with technology . . .
Too much stuff being used improperly!!
Too many decisions to make!!!
Too many questions to ask!!
Towers or Laptops?
What’s wrong
with
Xerox?
Mac or PC?
Remember how
to make
transparencies?
VCR or DVD?
Which Projector works best?
Do you have the white board?
And don’t forget wires, hookups, speakers, cases, etc

6. PowerPoint Etiquette:
Annoying PowerPoint Slides
In an online survey of those who regularly see PowerPoint presentations:
24.8% were highly annoyed by
Moving or Flying Text

7. PowerPoint Etiquette:
Annoying PowerPoint Slides
In an online survey of those who regularly see PowerPoint presentations:
39.1% were highly annoyed by
*Presenters using full sentences instead of more easily read bullet points

8. PowerPoint Etiquette:
Annoying PowerPoint Slides
In an online survey of those who regularly see PowerPoint presentations:
49.1% were highly annoyed by
Poor color schemes

9. PowerPoint Etiquette:
Annoying PowerPoint Slides
In an online survey of those who regularly see PowerPoint presentations:
32.1% were highly annoyed by
Text too small to read

10. PowerPoint Etiquette:
Annoying PowerPoint Slides
In an online survey of those who regularly see PowerPoint presentations:
 62.0% were highly annoyed by
The speaker reading the slides

11. History PowerPoint presentations lend themselves to such abuses
Text-heavy slides
Visual-heavy slides
Use-every-PowerPoint-trick-or-die slides

12. Poor Slide

13. Poor Slide

14. Better Slide

15. Moral of the Story In closing…
Don’t overwhelm audience with PowerPoint
Balance text and visuals
Use as much technology as you feel comfortable with
In closing…

16. History Visual and PowerPoint Resources
Images from History
World History PowerPoints
Virtual Library
Teacher PowerPoints
PowerPoint in the Classroom
PowerPoint Resources
Youngstown State University EDTC 3771

17. Additional Resource for Spicing up Presentations
From Social Education
Vol 68 No 4
May/June 2004