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HISTORY

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O r i g i n a l l y d e v e l o p e d b y B o b G a s k i n s , a f o r m e r B e r k e l e y P h .D . s t u d e n t w h o e n v i s i o n e d a n e a s y -t o -u s e p r e s e n t a t i o n

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I n 1984,

G a s k i n s

j o i n e d a

f a i l i n g

S i l i c o n

V a l l e y

s o f t w a r e f i r m

c a l l e d

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T h e i r

p r o t o t y p e

p r o g r a m w a s

c a l l e d

"P r e s e n t e r ", b u t

w a s c h a n g e d t o

P o w e r P o i n t t o

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WHAT

IS

POWERPOINT?

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PowerPoint is a complete presentation graphics package.

It gives you everything you need to produce a professional-looking presentation.

PowerPoint offers word processing, outlining, drawing, graphing, and presentation management tools- all designed to be easy to use and learn.

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When is

PowerPoint

being used?

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PowerPoint uses a graphical

approach to presentations in the

form of slide shows that

a c c o m p a n y t h e

o r a l d e l i v e r y

o f t h e t o p i c .

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This program is widely used

in business and classrooms and

i s a n

e f f e c t i v e t o o l

w h e n u s e d f o r

t r a i n i n g

p u r p o s e s .

IMPORTANCE

OF

POWERPOINT

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• Presenting a project at school.

• Showing your employees your expectations or plans.

• Even introducing your present day life to your old out of town friends by email.

• You can put videos on it...music

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HOW TOMAKE AN

EFFECTIVE POWERPOINT?

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1.P l a n y o u r

c o n t e n t

f i r s t .

2. U s e a p l a i n

b a c k g r o u n d

a n d r e mo v e

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3. O n e i d e a p e r

s l i d e .

4. S u p p o r t t h e

h e a d l i n e w i t h

g r a p h i c

e v i d e n c e .

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5. Y o u d o n ’t

a l w a y s n e e d a

s l i d e .

6. P u t d e t a i l

i n t h e

h a n d o u t s .

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EFFECTIVENESSOF

POWERPOINT

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• S t u d e n t s l i k e d a n d

l e a r n e d m o r e f r o m

P o w e r P o i n t

p r e s e n t a t i o n s t h a n

f r o m o v e r h e a d

t r a n s p a r e n c i e s . A t

t h e e n d o f t h e

s e m e s t e r , s t u d e n t s

p r e f e r r e d

P o w e r P o i n t

p r e s e n t a t i o n s b u t

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• Students performed worse on quizzes when

PowerPoint presentations included non-text

items such as pictures and sound effects.I n a a n o t h e r s t u d y ,

p a r t i c i p a n t s w e r e

s h o w n P o w e r P o i n t

s l i d e s t h a t

c o n t a i n e d o n l y t e x t ,

c o n t a i n e d t e x t a n d a

r e l e v a n t p i c t u r e ,

a n d c o n t a i n e d t e x t

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• S t u d e n t s p e r f o r m e d w o r s e o n r e c a l l a n d r e c o g n i t i o n t a s k s and had greater dislike for slides withpictures that were not relevant. Weconclude that PowerPoint can bebeneficial, b u t m a t e r i a l t h a t i s n o t p e r t i n e n t t o t h e p r e s e n t a t i o n c a n b e h a r m f u l t o s t u d e n t s ’ l e a r n i n g .

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