1. Sounds

2. Key Word Vocabulary
During this lesson you will hear the following key words. Make sure you listen carefully to the lesson as you may be asked questions at the end.
Atmosphere
Enhance
Music
Effects
Emotion
Narration
EOS

3. Purpose Recap! IS THE TOPIC SERIOUS OR FUN?
PURPOSE WILL AFFECT OUR CHOICE OF COLOURS
PURPOSE HAS AN IMPACT ON THE DESIGN
Why is it important that we think about the purpose of the presentation before we begin to design it?
PURPOSE WILL AFFECT THE CONTENT (Serious purpose should have serious content)
PURPOSE WILL AFFECT OUR CHOICE OF IMAGES
PURPOSE WILL AFFECT THE WORDS WE USE
EOS

4. Audience Recap! FUN STYLE OF FONT
EYE CATCHING COLOURS (but not too many)
SIMPLE DESIGN
How can we make sure that our PowerPoint Presentations are suitable for children?
NOT TOO CRAMPED
NOT TOO MANY WORDS
EASY TO GET AROUND THE PRESENTATION
CARTOONY CHOICE OF IMAGES (VECTORS / CLIPART)
EOS

5. Text Recap! SERIF OR SANS-SERIF?
TITLE TEXT SHOULD BE LARGER THAN BODY TEXT
KEEP AMOUNT OF TEXT USED TO A MINIMUM
How can we make sure that text used on our PowerPoint is suitable?
USE CONSISTENT TEXT SIZES THROUGHOUT
FONT SHOULD BE LARGE ENOUGH TO READ BUT NOT TOO BIG
USE A MAXIMUM OF 5 BULLET POINTS OF INFORMATION
EOS

6. Colours Recap! MAKE SURE COLOURS ARE EASY TO SEE
USE ONE COLOUR FOR BULLET POINTED TEXT
How can we make sure that colours used on our PowerPoint is suitable?
USE CONSISTENT COLOURS THROUGHOUT
DON’T USE IMAGES AS BACKGROUNDS
DON’T USE DIFFERENT COLOURS FOR EACH LETTER OF A WORD
EOS

7. Images Recap! VECTORS FOR INFORMAL TOPICS
DON’T MAKE IMAGES TOO LARGE SO THEY TAKE UP ALL THE ROOM
DON’T MAKE IMAGES TOO SMALL TO SEE
How can we make sure that images used on our PowerPoint is suitable?
DON’T PUT TOO MANY IMAGES ON ONE SLIDE
MAKE SURE IMAGES ARE CLEAR AND NOT BLURRY
DON’T COVER TEXT WITH IMAGES
BITMAPS FOR SERIOUS TOPICS
EOS

8. Discussion Time
We are going to look at a selection of slides that contain sounds.
You need to listen to each sound very closely to see if you can guess what image will follow.
EOS

9. What will the picture be?

10. What will the picture be?

11. Which image?

12. Which image?

13. Discussion Time Look at the following situations.
You need to decide what sounds would be best in order to enhance the atmosphere.
EOS

14. Which type of sounds would you use to create:
A spooky atmosphere
A party atmosphere
A seaside atmosphere
A busy street or shopping centre

15. Close your eyes while I play some sounds.
While you are listening to the sounds think really hard about how they make you feel.
What emotions do they bring out of you?

16. Using sounds – the options
To illustrate
e.g. music
To enhance
e.g. effects
To provide alternative
e.g. narration

17. Sounds Recap! MAKE SURE THAT THE SOUND MATCHES THE SLIDE CONTENT
USE SOUND TO ILLUSTRATE THE SLIDE INFORMATION
How can we make sure that sounds used on our PowerPoint is suitable?
USE MUSIC TO CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE
DON’T JUST USE SOUND FOR THE SAKE OF IT
USE SOUND EFFECTS TO ENHANCE A SLIDE
USE SOUND THAT IS MATCHED TO TARGET AUDIENCE (DON’T USE SCARY SOUNDS FOR SMALL CHILDREN)
EOS

18. Task Time - Sounds
Look at the next slide for advice on how to add sounds to your e-safety presentation.
NOTE: There are some links to free websites where you can download sounds on part 5 of the ictlounge.
I have also left a link to a video tutorial which will show you how to add sounds within PowerPoint.
EOS

19. Add Sounds to your Presentation
You should now add sounds to your presentation in order to enhance what is happening on your slides.
YOU MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS OPEN:
The presentation criteria (link)
Your E-safety research sheet (link)
Your hand drawn design
Any tutorials you may need (hyperlinks, animations etc)
Things to remember:
Work from the presentation criteria
Save work on a regular basis
Take into account anything mentioned during this lesson about good use of images.
EOS

20. Homework
Continue to gather sounds that you can use to enhance your E-Safety PowerPoint.
Remember to select sounds that match the content of your PowerPoint slides.
Bring at least 3 new sounds into school on a memory stick.