POWERPOINT BEST PRACTICESKeeping it Simple

WHY USE POWERPOINT

Keeps you on track Professional look Often required by class Good for the future

AGENDA

PowerPoint Tips Presentation Pointers Elluminate Specific Tips Questions and Answers

POWERPOINT TIPSKeep it Simple

FONT/TEXT

Use simple fonts like Georgia or Verdana or Arial

Anything smaller than this (20pt) is probably too small

Keep the colors easy to read

PICTURES

Beware background pictures Keep pictures simple

CONTENT

Bullet points, not walls of text No more than 5-6 bullets Balance between

images/charts/graphs and text Be consistent with punctuation

PRESENTATION TIPS

BEST PRACTICES

Use an agenda Consider a handout Don’t read from the slides Engage the audience, both live and

online Set a good pace Relax!

METHODS

Takahashi methodFew wordsNo pictures

Lessig methodFew wordsPictures

Kawasaki method10 slides, 20 minutes, 30 point font

ELLUMINATE

THINGS TO KNOW

Importing slidesAnimation won’t workPicture backgrounds might not look

as goodLinks won’t work

Length of presentation Give ITD your slides ahead of time Elluminate Presentation Guide (

http://groups.lis.illinois.edu/itdweb/Elluminate_Tutorial/presenters.html)

BAD EXAMPLES

Graphic novels carry many of the same benefits that urban/street literature does. It also contributes to the development of both verbal as well as visual literacy. “Visual learners are able to connect with graphic novels in a way that they cannot with text-only books” (Gorman, 2003). Reading graphic novels requires the development of a special type of visual literacy in which the reader “must fuse the images and the text in order to fully grasp the meaning of the story” (Gorman, 2003). This type of literacy will increase in importance as computers with graphical interfaces come to dominate more of our professional and recreational lives (Gorman, 2003).

Urban/street literature, despite its often “graphic depictions of inner-city life, involving drugs, sexual exploits, domestic violence, incarceration, and death” , is valuable in an urban teen environment for a number of reasons. For one, characters and settings are often more recognizable to urban teens. For another it can promote “multiple literacy benefits for teen readers, such as enhanced critical analysis skills, the ability to make sociocultural connections between fiction and reality, appreciation for the collaborative writing process, and… the development of the reading habit” (Agosto, 2010).

HOMELESSNESS & LIBRARIES

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The information-seeking behaviors of homeless people are not well understood. Homeless people are economically impoverished, so access to the Internet is likely to be scarce, which, in turn, might lead to information poverty. Given this scarcity, how do homeless people get access to information?

Respect for a homeless young person begets trust in a service provider, which begets the development of a contingent, caring relationship with an adult who can offer expert guidance and encouragement. The development of this relationship is hypothesized to be the key mechanism for guiding young people out of homelessness.

Statistics:

Really Important Information placed *Up Here* might not show when projected on a screen.

Same with here. And here.

KEYWORD INTERFACES

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QUESTIONS?

SOURCES

http://www.cazh1.com/blogger/thoughts/2005/10/good-bad-and-ugly-of-powerpoint.shtml

http://37signals.com/svn/archives2/presentation_ideas_takahashi_kingsize_text_and_kawasaki_top10.php

http://presentationzen.blogs.com/presentationzen/2005/10/the_lessig_meth.html

http://lifehacker.com/5527035/use-the-102030-rule-to-avoid-disastrous-powerpoint-presentations