PowerPoint
Pedagogy
Why to click
(not how to click)
Biggest Problem: Text
Heavy Slides
• Projected slides are a good medium for depicting an idea
graphically or providing an overview. They are a poor medium
for detail and reading. Avoid paragraphs, quotations and
even complete sentences.
Limit your slides to
five lines of text and use words and phrases to
make your points. The audience will be able to digest and
retain key points more easily. Don’t use your slides as
speaker’s notes or to simply project an outline of your
presentation.
• Another visual cliché. Templates force you to fit your original
ideas into someone else’s pre-packaged mold. The templates
often contain distracting backgrounds and poor color
combinations. Pick up a good book on Web graphics and
apply the same principles to your slides. Create your own
distinctive look or use your company logo in a corner of the
screen.
Using PPT as a note
delivery system
But I need all that text
Taking notes makes a
difference
• Kiewra, K., Fletcher, H. (1984) The relationship
between levels of note-taking and achievement.
Human Learning: Journal of Practical Research &
Applications, 3(4) 273-280.
How should they get the
notes?
• Raver, S. & Maydosz, A. (2010). Impact of the
provision and timing of instructor-provided notes on
university students’ learning. Active Learning in
Higher Education, 11(3) 189-200.
Students like PowerPoint
Priyadarshini, K., Shetty, H. & Reena, R. (2012).
Assement of different teaching aids and teaching
methods for the better perception of biochemistry by
1st MBBS students. Journal of Evolution of Medical and
Dental Science 1(6) 1159-1165.
How we use PowerPoint
• As a note taking guide
• As a substitute Blackboard/whiteboard
• As a visual aid
• As a demonstration model
The key
Concepts they
should write
down
Add visual images that will help them
remember the concepts
How we use PowerPoint
• As a note taking guide
• As a substitute
Blackboard/whiteboard
• As a visual aid
• As a demonstration model
PPT Fixes
Use student input to create the slide during a discussion in class.
Pet Peeve
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Reading the slides
Too much text
Images you can’t see
Crazy animations
Endless droning ppt
One slide handouts
Hard to highlight Things
Not know how to use
ppt
Solutions
• Only put a broad topic on
the slide and explain
yourself
• Preview the images
• Import the image into
Viewer, make it a jpg.
• Handout with even less text
than the presentation
• Put a summarized version on
BB
• Teach the young and old
scholars to print slides better
How we use PowerPoint
• As a note taking guide
• As a substitute Blackboard/whiteboard
• As a visual aid
• As a demonstration model
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animated so that
the numbered
areas appear
during the
lecture. )
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How we use PowerPoint
• As a note taking guide
• As a substitute Blackboard/whiteboard
• As a visual aid
• As a demonstration model
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How Students can use
Powerpoint
• Making posters for online
display
• Doing Ignite presentations
• Creating concept maps
http://www.posterpresentations.com/html/free_poster_templates.html
How Students can use
Powerpoint
• Making posters for online display
• Doing Ignite presentations
• Creating concept maps
http://jwhipple.wikispaces.com/Ignite+Presentations
How Students can use
Powerpoint
• Making posters for online display
• Doing Ignite presentations
• Creating concept maps
Let SmartArt guide them
Go to “insert”, choose
“smart art”, and have
students illustrate concepts
from the class by filling
these pre-made metaphors.
Have them save the images
as pdfs and post them on
Discussion Boards or Blogs
to share them with each
other.
content
Learning
interaction
Any classroom
technology is only
helpful for learning if
the students do
something with it.