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3. 2 Asset or Liability* The Pros and Cons of PowerPoint™ * Denotes information in presentation notes

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8. 7 The bad and the ugly

9. 8 Make sure you use the correct colors so that your text is legible Best font size is 30 pts Use consistent fonts and colors Bullets can be annoying, use them sparingly Be sure to use parallel sentence structure Profread carefully

10. 9 The research* The speaker reads the slides to us62.0% Text so small I couldn't read it46.9% Slides hard to see because of color choice 42.6% Full sentences instead of bullet points39.1% Moving or flying text or graphics24.8% Overly complex diagrams or charts22.2%

11. 10 A challenge

12. 11 Where is the learning? READ vs. LISTEN

13. 12 Organizing Content New material 7 -2 Familiar material7+2

14. 13 Cognitive Strategies

15. 14 Frames

16. 15 Frames CostAccessFunction Chalkboard PPT Whiteboard

17. 16 Concept Maps* Biology Hyperphysics Macroeconomics Concept Draw cMap Inspiration

18. 17 Storytelling

19. 18 Work on your PPT!

20. 19 Engaging your Audience* Attention - sight, sound, motion, solicitation, novelty, humor Relevance - what’s in it for me??? Why do I care? Why is this stuff interesting? Confidence - incremental, clear expectations, move toward independence and some control Satisfaction - practice, improve, acknowledgement

21. 20 Embedded activities Think-share-pair Brainstorming Poll Stump your neighbor Focused listening Two-minute paper Note check Notemesh Stu.dicio.us

22. 21 More ideas?

23. 22 Where is the structural design?

24. 23 Design focuses on Background Color Text Visuals Media: video, audio, animation Accessibility Copyright

25. 24 Serif vs. non-serif 10 pt 20 pt 30 pt 40 pt 50 pt Complementary colors

26. 25 Technical tricks

27. 26 Other tools Corel Presentation Keynote (Mac only) Open Office

28. 27 Make it work!

29. 28 Patricia McGee patricia.mcgee@utsa.edu John Morris John.morris@utsa.edu http://faculty.coehd.utsa.edu/p mcgee/presentation http://faculty.coehd.utsa.edu/p mcgee/presentation