1. Death by PowerPoint (And how to avoid it) by Zoie Harker
Take notes on this PowerPoint for participation points.
By: Zoie Harker
Death by PowerPoint
(And how to avoid it)
by Zoie Harker

2. Death by PowerPoint

3. Death by PowerPoint
Watch the video and take notes on 3 things that people do to make terrible PowerPoints. Watch first half of video.
Write down 3 things that make a terrible PowerPoint

4. “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”  - Abraham Lincoln
The reason that most PowerPoints are boring is because of lack of preparation and lack of passion. If you are knowledgeable and excited, things will go well for you.

5. Don’t Ever Do A Slide Like this!
Hope you have seen that YouTube video so I don’t seem like a creep making death threats. I promise I won’t actually kill you. I might just fail you, though.
Quickmeme.com

6. The 5 Rules of Not Having the Worst PowerPoint Ever (most of which I will break on this slide, for emphasis)
“No more than six words on a slide. EVER” (Godin, n.p.).
“No cheesy images. Use professional stock photo images” (n.p.).
“No dissolves, spins or other transitions” ( n.p.).
Ditch the sound effects!
No terrible color schemes or unreadable fonts! “When in doubt, throw it out!”
“Slides are too complex, overloaded with bullets, lacking in focus, and/or filled with poor quality images.  Slides shouldn't be used as a prompter to read to your audience nor a place to dump as much data as possible. Instead, they're a visual communication aid to support the most important part of the presentation: you and your message.” (lifehacker.com)

7. Friends don’t let friends use Comic Sans, Papyrus, or Curlz MT !
Enough said. Don’t use terrible, cliché fonts.

8. 10:20:30 Rule 10 Slides 20 Minutes 30 Pt font or bigger
Limit yourself to 10 slides, 20 minutes, and use a 30 pt. font or bigger.

9. Example PowerPoint
This is just a screen shot of some slides from an example PowerPoint. Write down 3 things that you like about them.

10. MLA Format
Lunar New Year Beijing, China. By Feng Li.
Novy-Williams, Eben. "Under Armour Seeks 'The Greatest' Tag With Muhammad Ali Contract." Under Armour Seeks 'The Greatest' Tag With Muhammad Ali Contract. Bloomberg, 19 Feb Web. 19 Feb
Bibme.org

11. Works Cited
Godin, Seth. How Can I Make My PowerPoint fjfjfjfjfPresentations Amazing? Lifehacker.com. 20 fjfjfjfjfNov
Harker, Zoie. NCLB PowerPoint. BYU-Idaho. 20 Nov. fjfjfjfjf2013.
Lincoln, Abraham. Quotes. Goodreads.com. 20 Nov. fjfjfjfjf
Pictures From:
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I will be demonstrating how to do a Works Cited page and how to use the website owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01 about creating a works cited page. If you do not know how to do this, come talk to me. You will be graded on your works cited page– how well you follow the format, and if you cited all of your sources.

12. Do you know how to format your backgrounds?
Do you know how to use the preset templates and color schemes?
If you don’t, come talk to me, and I’ll show you how on the computer. You can also check on the “Design” tab above, and see if you can find those elements there.

13. Let’s Try a Sample Slide!
Cite a Source- Owl at Purdue MLA
Format Background
Add a Picture
Choose a Font/Color
Add a Chart
You need to be able to cite a source using MLA style. Google this, or use Owl at Purdue’s step-by-step guide to citing sources. Make sure you are doing it correctly! You will be graded on this!
Make sure you can do all of the things in the list above. If you can’t, come talk to me, and I’ll show you how to do it.