Cre ating Effe ctive

Visual
Powerpoints
Danny Damico
A picture’s worth a Thousand Words

1. Don’t overcrowd you powerpoint with

words

2. Pictures can be just as impactful as words

if not more

3. Less words means the students will pay

more attention to you

Use videos too!

● Videos are another great

way to summarize a

lesson

● Keep videos short and

interesting

● Can be a good way to

break up a long lesson

Handouts

● Can help summarize the Powerpoint

● Allows the students to have something to

look back on

● Make the Hand outs Visually Appealing

The Goldilocks Principle

● Don’t overcrowd slides

with pictures

● Just like words, when

there are too many

pictures it can confuse

the students.
 Relatable visuals and Videos

● Use pictures and slides to

relate to your students

● This will help capture the

student’s interest

● Connect the content to

your students

● Ex: Playing songs from

Hamilton
 High Quality Photos

● Use clear and easy to

see visuals
○ Avoid using
blurry pictures
and videos
Keep it Simple

● Don’t over complicate your slides

● The main source of material should

come from you not the Powerpoint

Bad Examples

● TOday we are going too talk about the revolution of 1776 and American
Independence
○ In 1776 many colonist had become tired of the way the British were treating them and so they had decided
that they no longer wanted too be under British rule. Therefore the colonist got together and created the
Declaration of Independence. This document was designed too be a letter explaining the grievances too
the British and why they wanted to break away from their rule
Good Examples
Reasons for the American Revolution

1. The Stamp Act of 1765

2. Taxation without Representation

3. The Boston Massacre

4. The Coercive Acts

(Verbally Talk about each one and have

students talk about them as well)