2. A Presentation on Presentation Jim Levin Education Studies University of California, San Diego

3. But first… 2020 visions Sign-up for July 18th Colloquium presentation times YouTube response to Jakey Toor’s posting

4. Presentation hints PowerPoint hints Projection vs. overheads vs. handouts Too much text: PPT as an outline or set of headers, not the presentation Computer animation: the Good, the Bad & the Ugly Glaze, Gestures, & Movement Pointing: Pointed and Pointless

5. Structure of a presentation Title slide Outline of the presentation slides Contact information slide

6. Paper presentation differences For some audiences, you read your paper For some audiences, you talk from overhead transparencies or PowerPoint slides (find out which ahead of time)

7. PPT slide design Bad backgrounds TOO MUCH TEXT on a slide Too small Design hint: the "blur" test - squint your eyes and if the text can't be read, redesign Too many slides

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10. Computer animation: the Good, the Bad & the Ugly Slide builds: the temptations Slide builds: more normal Graphics: progressive hilighting

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12. Gaze, Gestures, & Movement Why turn your back on your audience? The "B" key, the "W" key, and keeping your audience awake Movement vs. pacing: attraction vs. distraction

13. Pointing: Pointed and Pointless Why I hate laser pointers - what's the point? Using the computer cursor –Why the web, Word, or the edit mode of PowerPoint is better than the presentation mode of PowerPoint Using a pen or your finger with overheads Another feature

14. Overhead slides For settings without data projectors For audiences not used to PowerPoint As a backup

15. Handout If all else fails One idea: single page, double sided with the title slide, the ten most important content slides, and the contact information slide, printed six to a page from PowerPoint

16. Timing Aids to keeping on time: watches, timers, buzzers, etc. Aids to keeping on time: timekeepers, time cards http://edsserver.ucsd.edu/~jlevin/timecards/ http://edsserver.ucsd.edu/~jlevin/timecards/ Practice, practice, practice

17. Dealing with questions Why are they asking? –They want to know? –They want to know if you know? –They want to impress the rest of the audience? –They want to make you look bad? –They want to make your theoretical position, your methodological position, your institution, etc. look bad –Don't take it personally

18. What if they're not happy with your answer? Ask for clarification Try to answer again (but only once more) Defer until later

19. What if you don't know the answer? Compliment the asker "That's a good question." Clarify the question - did you mean…? Defer until later

20. Your presentations on July 18th Time: 20 minutes –10 minutes for your research presentation (with PPT) –5 minutes to show your video –5 minutes for questions Order of PPT and video is your choice

21. Your presentations on July 18th No more than 10 slides (Rachel & Rusty's guidelines) Storyboard your presentation (can use our video storyboard template)storyboard template

22. Overall principles Top down: what are your goals for the presentation –For each slide, each transition, each graphic, each text element, does it contribute to your goals? If not, delete it.

23. Overall principles Bottom up: –Gestalt principle: Similarity leads to groupingGestalt principle –Dimensions of similarity: Location Shape Color Size Sequence …

24. For more information, contact: Jim Levin jalevin@ucsd.edujalevin@ucsd.edu This Presentation powerpoint is at: http://edsserver.ucsd.edu/courses/eds204/su08/b/presentation.ppt.htm