Transcript A PowerPoint on Using PowerPoint

History and PowerPoint:
Content and Etiquette
Seth Beatty
[email protected]
http://www.angelfire.com/funky/sethbeatty/educ504.html
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.
Teaching History and Technology
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Uses and misuses
Text heavy slides
Visual heavy slides
Content Resources
Technical Resources
PowerPoint Etiquette
Has this ever happened to you?
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?
Mac or PC?
VCR or DVD?
Which Projector works best?
Do you have the white board?
What’s wrong
with
Xerox?
Remember how
to make
transparencies?
And don’t forget wires, hookups, speakers, cases, etc
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
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
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
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
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
History PowerPoint presentations
lend themselves to such abuses
• Text-heavy slides
• Visual-heavy slides
• Use-every-PowerPoint-trick-or-die
slides
Poor Slide
Poor Slide
Better Slide
Moral of the Story
• Don’t overwhelm audience with
PowerPoint
• Balance text and visuals
• Use as much technology as you feel
comfortable with
In closing…
History Visual and PowerPoint
Resources
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Images from History
http://www.hp.uab.edu/image_archive/index.html
World History PowerPoints
http://www.shastalink.k12.ca.us/ableeducator/PowerPoints/world_history_po
werpoints.htm
Virtual Library
http://vlib.org/
Teacher PowerPoints
http://www.teacherpowerpoints.com
PowerPoint in the Classroom
http://www.actden.com/pp/
PowerPoint Resources
http://www.bitbetter.com/powerlinks.htm
Youngstown State University EDTC 3771
http://cc.ysu.edu/~rmeggers/edtc3771/pptlesnagn.htm
Additional Resource for Spicing
up Presentations
From Social Education
Vol 68 No 4
May/June 2004