CHAPTER 2 COMMUNICATION AIDS AND STRATEGIES USING TOOLS OF TECHNOLOGY

LESSON 1 PREPARING MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION

Learning Outcome:

 Create a multimedia presentation showing the cultural practices of their locality.

LET’S ANALYZE

1. What are the steps in making an effective multimedia presentation?

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2. Why are multimedia presentations important?
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INITIALIZING

In today’s high tech society, communication is aided using technology. To have an effective
communication, one should know how technology works, what are its purposes and how can it be used
efficiently and effectively to achieve successful goals in the process of communication.

CONCEPT GROUNDING

In preparing an effective multimedia presentation, you have to consider the following:

A. CHARACTERISTICS OF MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATIONS

1. Multimedia presentations are displayed visually either on a monitor or projected onto a
screen.
2. Users may use different modalities like text, graphics, photographs, audio, animation and
video.
B. STEPS IN MAKING EFFECTIVE PRESENTATIONS
1. Acknowledge the purpose of the presentation.
2. Know the audience.
3. Accumulate information.
4. Use different resources like textbooks, digital resources such as photographs and scanned
images, student work and internet.
5. Always cite sources.
a. Write the author’s name, title of the work and the publication date.
b. Include the Web address of the source.
 c. Always ask the author’s permission to use online materials for a lecture which qualifies
as “fair use”.
d. In citations, always have full bibliographic references.
6. Organize the information.
a. List the main points.
b. List one main idea per slide.
c. In presenting your ideas, make it in a logical order.
d. Important information should be placed at the top.
7. Always check technical issues.
a. In contrast, always remember that dark texts should be on light background and white
texts on dark background.
b. Use one design and color scheme throughout the slide presentation.
c. Avoid clutter.
d. Avoid patterned or textured backgrounds.
e. Use large font size. ( 18 )
f. Use font styles that are easy to read.
g. Use one font style only.
h. Avoid too many words.
i. Use no more than 3 or 4 bullets per slide.
8. Be creative.
a. Add animations and transitions in your slide.

FIRMING UP

In what ways does technology can help in improving the different forms of
communication( intrapersonal, interpersonal, small group , public and mass)?

CONCRETIZING

Create a multimedia presentation showing the cultural practices of your locality. Observe the
different guidelines in making effective presentations.

INTROSPECTING

From this lesson, I realized that ____________________________________________________

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