Presentations that Inspire

Maureen Wideman, PhD UOIT

Weve all seen PowerPoint presentations that are just words on the screen or a series of bulleted points that go on and on and on. They are hard to read or there are so many words on the screen that it is just too much effort to try and read them. Therefore, students dont bother trying to read what is on the screen but just listen to the teacher read the text off the screen. So, if the teacher is going just read the words off the screen, why bother having the teacher present? What is the value of the presentation?

What are the problems with PowerPoint?

Sitting for long periods is not brain friendly

The average attention span is 15 minutes

PowerPoint lectures dont address the different learning styles.

Learning styles:
VARK visual, auditory, read/write, kinestetic http://www.vark-learn.com/

Encourages passive learning

Im not here to teach you, Im here to help you learn.

The brain is constantly searching for:

relevance patterns and connections emotions

Why do I need to know this?

Create an emotional response

55% of information is gained visually

Images tell us what we should remember but we understand through words

Susan Sontag

Images can tell the entire story

Michael Phelps

Think, pair, share

What is the most important point I have made in the last 15 minutes?

Engage and Involve

What are other ways to learn this concept, fact, procedure, etc. ?

Make use of multimedia

PowerPoint Games

Activity

What is active learning

1. Learning by doing 2. Learning from others 3. Learning that requires a higher level of thinking 4. All of the above

A few design tips:

Remember the 5 x 5 rule

NOT!

Keep transitions to a single type

Because

Too many transitions

Can make the viewer nauseous

One type of custom animation

Dont do this Especially if you are doing this Or even this!

Backgrounds should be simple Backgrounds Death by

to allow the text to stand out.

PowerPoint
Backgrounds should be simple to allow the text to stand out.
Innovation Centre

How can PPT kill learning?

1. Too much text 2. Not enough images 3. No multimedia 4. No active learning 5. All are correct

An example

Thirst
Clickers

What are the components of a good presentation?

Questions?