Images, Impact, & Interaction: PowerPoint in Education

CUE 2009

Christine Olmstead

christine@occue.org

Getting Started in PowerPoint 2007

• PowerPoint 2007 Quick Reference Guide
• PowerPoint 2007 Training Guide 1
• PowerPoint 2007 Training Guide 2
• PowerPoint 2007 Training Handouts, Davis School District

Presentation Tips

• Garr Reynolds' Presentation Tips
  • Jigsaw the following topics: Organization and Preparation Tips, Presentation Tips, Slide Tips, and Design Basics
  • Focus on: Sample Slide Make Over - See Tip #2 on the Slide Tips page.
• Presentation Zen (More Garr Reynolds) - Check out the "Popular Posts" in the right hand column.
• Guy Kawasaki's Presentation Tips (From The Art of The Start)

PowerPoint Resources

• Davis School District PowerPoint Lessons
• Google Advanced Searching
• PowerPoint Templates
• Search TeacherTube, Slideshare, and more

Find High Quality Images and Video

• Where can you find good images? (From Garr Reynolds) See also: Where to get Quotes For Presentations
• Copyright-friendly Digital Images and Media (From Ted Lai, the Podpiper)
• Search Creative Commons
• The Internet Archive
• Discovery Streaming and California Streaming (If you have access.)
• Save Video to import into presentations
  • Zamzar
  • KeepVid

Activity 1: Extreme Presentation Make-Over

• Create a typical poorly designed 3 slide show (or use an existing one of your own... or find one using the tips below).
• Recreate the slides with better design: more images, impact, and interaction. ;)
• Share with those around you - then a few volunteers can share up front.

Interactive Presentations

• Linear v. Nonlinear
• Ink Annotations (with or without a Tablet PC)
• Powerpoint Game Templates

Activity 2: Non-Linear Presentations

• Create a non-linear "deck" (such as a multiple-choice tutorial for instance)
  • Include a splash screen
  • Include a slide for the "first" question.
  • Include a slide for each answer (A, B, C, and D) explaining why it is right or wrong. Wrong answers should redirect students back to the question. Right answers should direct students to the celebration slide. (Consider using giant transparent buttons for this effect.)
  • Include a celebration slide to congratulate students on getting the right answer. This can double as your ending slide - or you can have another concluding slide.
• Don't be limited by this sample - if you another idea for a non-linear slide show, go for it!
• For this activity, design is less important than function.
• Share with those around you - then a few volunteers can share up front.

Collaborate and Share With Online Presentations

• Slideshare
• Google Docs - Create, Edit, Share, Collaborate, and Present (with a chat room) online!

Activity 3: Online Presentations

• Create an account at Google Docs.
• Work in a group of three or four to create a 3 to 5 slide show that shares the top three things you learned today. (You can select one each or agree on the top three.)
  • One person should create the presentation and then invite the others as collaborators.
  • Then each person can contribute from their own computer.
• Add the instructor as a collaborator as well - one or more groups will have their presentations shared up front. :)

ADDITIONAL LINKS

Death by PowerPoint - A presentation from Slideshare

How Not To Use PowerPoint - A comedian on YouTube