Effective Use as a Presentation Tool

consist of a number of individual pages or "slides“

may contain text, graphics, sound, movies, and other objects, which may be arranged freely

can be printed, displayed live on a computer, or navigated through at the command of the presenter

can also form the basis of webcasts

makes learning easier and interactive for students

always beneficial and less time consuming for corporate trainers

makes it easier for people in marketing, advertising, and sales to make presentations for motivation of their subordinates

1. Ease your brain

2. Better preparation

3. Show your point visually

4. Less nervous

5. Templates for different appearance

6. Easy to add images

7. The almighty hyperlink

8. Multimedia output

9. Cross-platform viewing

10. Secure presentations

a criticism of slide-based presentations referring to a state of boredom and fatigue induced by information overload during presentations such as those created by the Microsoft application PowerPoint. It can also be called “PowerPoint Poisoning”.

the tedium some people report on sitting through PowerPoint visual presentations that are too long and complex, making excessive use of the software’s

features and when

the presenter just reads

from the slides.

a military member who relies heavily on presentation software to the point of excess.

a) creation of the PowerPoint presentation;

b) presenting the PowerPoint presentation; and

c) distributing the PowerPoint presentation

a cyclical process used to create instructional visuals (Lohr, 2003) to help the presenter design effective PowerPoint presentations

A – analyze

C – create

E - evaluate

Purpose “What do our learners need to know and be able to do?”

“How can PowerPoint help accomplish this?”

Audience helps in deciding whether PowerPoint is an appropriate

tool to use

help one determine the look and feel of the overall presentation as well as the basic content

Environment the place where you will be giving the PowerPoint

presentation

involves deciding on: the structure and focus of the presentation; and, the design and make-up of each slide

REMEMBER: C – Contrast or rather the lack of contrast

A – Alignment is important when it comes to readability

R – Repetition is important because the brain recognizes patterns

P – Proximity is important because it helps a reader understand, through chunking, what information is related together

the ability to continually reuse and repurpose a lesson

determine whether or not the instructional visuals (the Powerpoint Presentation) are working

whether or not the PowerPoint presentation is helping students learn

1. Don’t give your presentation software center stage

2. Create a logical flow to your presentation

3. Make your presentation readable

4. Remember, less is more

5. Distribute a handout

use only 10 slides

talk for no more than 20 minutes

never use a font smaller than 30 points

Respectfully Submitted to:

Prof. Erwin M. Globio, MSIT