PowerPoint® in the Classroom
February 11, 2010
Paige Vanderhyden & Betty Zarske
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Today we will learn:
• What techniques work most effectively when
using PowerPoint to support your instruction.
• Design and presentation tips.
• What to avoid.
• Ideas to raise your presentation from ordinary
to extraordinary.
Visuals should be visual!
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Joliet Junior College, the nation’s first public community college, offers pre-baccalaureate programs for
students planning to transfer to a four-year university. A comprehensive community college, JJC provides
occupational education leading directly to employment, adult education and literacy programs, workforce
development services, and student support services.
America's first public community college began in 1901 as an experimental postgraduate high school
program. It was the "brain child" of J. Stanley Brown, Superintendent of Joliet Township High School, and
William Rainey Harper, President of the University of Chicago. The college's initial enrollment was six
students. Today, JJC serves more than 35,000 students in credit classes and noncredit courses.
Brown and Harper's innovation created a junior college that academically paralleled the first two years of a
four-year college or university. It was designed to accommodate students who desired to remain within the
community yet still pursue a college education. Within a few years, the concept of "community" had grown
to include students outside the existing high school district.
By December 1902, the Board of Trustees officially sanctioned the program and made postgraduate high
school courses available tuition-free. In 1916, the Board of Trustees officially named the post-high school
program Joliet Junior College. The following year, the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
accredited the college, and the State Examining Board approved selected courses for teacher certification.
Enrollment at the time numbered 82 students.
• Bueller, Bueller, Bueller…
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Less is more!
• Nation’s first community college
• Stanley Brown and William Rainey Harper
• For students who remained in the community
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Key Rules
• Use one concept per slide
• Use key words and phrases (nouns and
verbs)
• Stay within the 8 x 8 rule
• Make your bullet points consistent in
structure
• Capitalize properly
6 P’s!!!
roper
reparation and
ractice
revents
oor
erformance
Be Prepared by…
Analyze presentation content
Know your audience
Select an outline format and develop an
outline
Develop support materials
Research on-site presentation details
(room set-up, agenda, available AV, etc.)
WII-FM
MMFI-AM
High Impact Presentation =
So How Many Slides
Should I Use
Speak in Color
Color is a language
to which people
respond
consciously and
subconsciously.
John Hench, Disney
Imagineer
Speak in Color
Use color to
Clarify decisions
Identify items
Support your story
Suggest a mood
Encourage play
Speak in Color
People respond to color in two broad
categories:
Light and warm colors
Dark and cool colors
Speak in Color
People see color BEFORE content:
Bright – Spark energy and
creativity
Dark – Lower stress and
increase feelings of
peacefulness
Speak in Color
What do these colors say?
Yellow
Red
Blue
Green
Brown
Black
White
Speak in Color
Yellow:
First color the brain sees
Creates positive moods
Feels even warmer when
accented with purple
Conducive to physical activity
Speak in Color
Red:
Engaging and emotive
Commands attention
Boosts creative thinking
Sparks short-term energy
May trigger aggressiveness
Speak in Color
Blue:
Calming
Produces a sense of well being
Aids study
Encourages deep thinking
Helps concentration
Speak in Color
Green:
Calming
Represents new plant growth
Connotes abundance, rest,
leisure, and good health
Enhances productivity
Provides long-term energy
Speak in Color
Brown:
Calming and comforting
Represents the earth
Connotes strength, solidarity,
dependability
Can remind us of food
Speak in Color
Black:
Represents the absence of color
Defines forms in silhouette
Stark, dark, dangerours, sinister
Strains the eyes when combined with
white
Reads well against light backgrounds
Makes bright colors look brighter
Speak in Color
White:
Represents purity and
cleanliness
Challenging for the eyes when
combined with black
Speak in Color
Cautions to watch for:
Be aware of colorblindness
limitations:
Red Text on Blue Background, Black or
Green can be particularly bad
Avoid eye focus confusion
Red-Blue
Avoid cultural issues
Font Choice
Use Sans Serif:
Arial
Century Gothic
Comic Sans
Tahoma
Trebuchet
Verdana
Other Suggestions:
Limit words
Use few CAPS
Use Shadow
Use large fonts
36 Point
32 Point
30 Point
Useful Tips
CAUTION!
PowerPoint can be a pain:
• Use right tools
– Mini Power Presenters by Honeywell
– Mini Diamond Speakers
• Use music/video clips legally
• Prepare for freezes
• Maintain your links
Helpful Links
• www.slideshare.net – upload and share
presentations
• http://power-points.blogspot.com – how to avoid bad
PowerPoint
• www.brighthub.com – articles on topics including
computing and education
• www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC520839 articles by educators on PowerPoint use
Helpful Links
• http://www.thinkoutsidetheslide.com/articles.htm PowerPoint articles
• http://office.microsoft.com/enus/templates/default.aspx - Microsoft free templates
• http://www.smiletemplates.com – eye-popping
templates
Helpful Links
• http://www.worshiphousemedia.com – countdown
clocks, quizzes, games, in-expensive non-profit
organization
• http://people.uncw.edu/ertzbergerj/ppt_timers.html
- free countdown clocks and games
Resources
• The Bob Pike Group
• Lenn Millbower & Offbeat Training
• Presentation Skills for Managers, by Jennifer
Rotondo and Mike Rotondo, Jr., McGraw Hill,
2002.
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Top 3 things I
learned today
Questions
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