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Pedagogical Uses Of Powerpoint

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The document discusses how to avoid ineffective PowerPoint presentations known as "Death by PowerPoint". It suggests making PowerPoint presentations more interactive, student-centered, and less teacher-centered. Key recommendations include using simple designs that are easy to understand, cutting excessive text, including images which are more memorable than words alone, and using a combination of text and images. Visual learning is emphasized as images can imply language and create engagement, with research showing people remember visual information better than text or spoken words alone.

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Pedagogic uses of Powerpoint How to avoid death by PowerPoint
“ Death by PowerPoint ”
“ Death by PowerPoint ”
“ Death by PowerPoint ”
“ the PowerPoint style routinely disrupts , dominates , and trivializes content . ” (Tufte 2003)
“ The stereotypic teacher-centred , noninteractive mode of lecturing … is simply clarified and amplified by the use of PowerPoint. ” (Kinchin 2006)
How can we make PowerPoint more inter-active, less teacher-centred and more student-centred?
A good presentation needs… Good design Engaging content Positive delivery
Secrets of Success in 8 words and 3 minutes Richard St . John
Simple Design = Easier to Understand
Common Problem: Too much writing
Cut the text
“ Perfection is reached, not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away. ” Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Write a handout
Images are Powerful
“ Numerous experiments have proven that subjects learn and remember material that is concrete (imagery-related) better than that which is abstract. ” Goldstein (2009)
“ … if you really want to move people, don’t use words, use images. ” All Consuming Images, Stuart Ewen
“ Whereas a text supplies the language, explicitly, an image implies it and thus creates a void to be filled in the classroom. ” Keddie (2008)
“ Whereas a text supplies the language, explicitly, an image implies it and thus creates a void to be filled in the classroom. ” Keddie (2008)
We are incredible at remembering pictures.
Rule of thumb Oral 10 % Visual 35 % Oral & 65 % Visual Source: Najjar, LJ (1998) Principles of educational multimedia user interface design
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“ Use combinations of text and images which are memorable. ”
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Rewrite the article, or a Summary of the article, from your memoryusing the words from the cloud. Revision of texts Prediction Dialogue reconstruction
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Blue Whale
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
squircles
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Use images to recall idiomatic language. Use visual stimuli and mnemonics to help learn idioms. High frequency idioms with like.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
To fight like cat and dog. To smoke like a chimney. To drink like a fish. To know something like the back of your hand. To eat like a horse. To stick out like a sore thumb.
Create a strong mental image To fit like a glove To get on like a house on fire To spend money like water To go out like a light To sleep like a log
Example sentence I went to the party dressed in a suit, but it was a very formal party, so I stuck out like a sore thumb.
Review Vision is our dominant sense, using half of the brain’s resources. We learn/remember best through pictures compared to text or spoken words. Try to communicate more with pictures.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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