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Presentation Skillsfor geography teachers

Simple design tips to improve learning

Version 2.0

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Welcome to your target audience...

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

brand savvy consumer children...

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

brand savvy consumer children...

More than 50% of children’s christmas wishes mention a specific brand name

Insight Quarterly news report: Issue 1

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...who respond well to good design

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Think about it!Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Bad design and presentation never

killed anyone, but it never inspired

anyone either!

Take a look at this guy!

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Tuesday, 9 March 2010

So, our aim is to learn some basics of good design and

keep things simple, balanced and above all,

Beautiful!

Check out “Presentation Zen: Simple ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery” by Garr Reynolds .

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Garr

Garr’s book

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Go Visual!

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Go Visual!

Use less than seven words in

each slide. Trust me!

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Go Visual!

Empty space allows us to appreciate what is not there,

& makes our visual messages stronger.

Use less than seven words in

each slide. Trust me!

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Go Visual!

Empty space allows us to appreciate what is not there,

& makes our visual messages stronger.

Make your image fill up the whole slide. Yes,

right up to the edge! Place your text inside it.

Use less than seven words in

each slide. Trust me!

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Let the image tell your story!

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Use your image to draw out students high order thinking skills.

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

We are hardwired to understand images.

Going visual improves

communication.

Use your image to draw out students high order thinking skills.

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Good presentations target students “left brain” &

“right brain”.

We are hardwired to understand images.

Going visual improves

communication.

Use your image to draw out students high order thinking skills.

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Sample Slides

A good image allows students to think, wonder and reflect on an issue. A great image can help tell the story in a way bullet points never can.

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What will this place

look like in 1000 years

time?

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What will this place

look like in 1000 years

time?

How would he describe this

place in a phone call to you, right now?

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Explain the events of the last 24 hours.

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

You are in charge. What needs to go on this plane?

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Theart

ofusing

“Builds”

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A “build” is where we repeat the image and add more text

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Giving yourself and your students time to digest information.

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

What will they need in the next six days?...

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What will they need in the next six days?...

...six months?

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What will they need in the next six days?...

...six months?

...six years?

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Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Hammer Time.Tuesday, 9 March 2010

..and yes, you can use humour

to get your message across!

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

..children catch simple messages that are fun to

remember!Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Vision beats all our other

senses, so...

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Absolutely no bullet points!

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Absolutely no bullet points!

Students quickly tire of bullet points. What other options do you have?

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Absolutely no bullet points!

If you have to use them, save them for

the last slide!

Students quickly tire of bullet points. What other options do you have?

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Make it easy on the eye!

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Make it easy on the eye!

Think about the image you are using. A good quality image speaks a thousand words!

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FlickrDreamstimeMorguefilei-Stock Photo

Sources

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%

of boys are affected by

colour blindness...Tuesday, 9 March 2010

..one child in your class will have a colour vision deficiency.

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Take care to match colours and backgrounds

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Take care to match colours and backgrounds

Take care to match colours and backgrounds

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Take care to match colours and backgrounds

Take care to match colours and backgrounds

Take care to match colours and backgrounds

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Take care to match colours and backgrounds

Take care to match colours and backgrounds

Take care to match colours and backgrounds

If you can’t use colour wisely, then avoid it entirely!

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simple Use

fonts

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Helvetica

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Helvetica

Gill Sans

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Helvetica

Gill Sans

Impact

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Helvetica

Gill Sans

Impact

The Holy Trinity!These are all examples of Sans Serif fonts, that give

any presentation a professional look and feel.

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FlickrDreamstimeMorguefilei-Stock Photo

Sources Helvetica

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

FlickrDreamstimeMorguefilei-Stock Photo

Sources Helvetica

Gill Sans MS

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Comic Sans MS?

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Comic Sans MS? Professional designers do not use this font, so why

should we?

I See No

Evil?!!!

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Practice before presenting

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Practice before presenting

Don’t be tempted to read the text straight from the slide!

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Practice before presenting

Don’t be tempted to read the text straight from the slide!

But what about the detail? Well, the slide

should lead to the worksheet, or textbook, so pupils can learn more.

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Learn from this guy!

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Learn from this guy!

Check out “The Presentation

Secrets of Steve Jobs”by Carmine Gallo

Some people even dress like this guy!

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Absolutely no bullet points!

Repeat the slides in your presentation to re-enforce

the message

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Absolutely no bullet points!

Repeat the slides in your presentation to re-enforce

the message

Say what you have to say.

Say it simply. Say it again!

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

• Go Visual

• Let the image tell your story

• Absolutely no bullet points (until the end)

• Use simple fonts

• Practice before presenting

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Presentation Skillsfor geography teachers

Simple design tips to improve learning

Version 2.0

Simon Jones 2010

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Learn something new every day.

Contact:simon_jones_2@hotmail.comhttp://geographyjones.posterous.com

Photo Credits:Attakflickr

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