More Power Point Presentation Tips

Text:
· Limit the number of bulleted items per page. There should be fewer than 6 bullets per page.
· Don't try to put too much text on a slide. Each slide should have less than 10 lines of text.

Charts:
· Make sure that you include enough labels so that people will know what the chart refers
to.
· Often a simple bar chart is much easier to read than a 3D chart. Many times it is difficult
to compare the size of the bars in 3D charts.

Templates:
· Consider how much information you will be displaying on each page when picking a
template. If you plan on presenting a lot of material per page, use a simple template.

Animation:
· Limit the amount of animation that you use.
· Don't have animation on most of your pages.
· If you animate your titles, have the rest of the slide appear after the title is displayed. If
you don't, your audience won't know what the data refers to.

Colors:
· Overhead projectors have low contrast. Make sure you use high contrast colors or the
colors will blend together on the overhead. For example, don't use white and light blue
bars in a chart.

Final Checklist (or things to check when you think you are done).
· Does each slide have a title?
· Does all the information fit on the slide? Maybe you can move the text or graphic up, or
perhaps you can widen the text boxes. If it is text, you might want to highlight the text
and pick a smaller font. Make sure the text isn't too small though.
· Did you spell check the final copy? Spelling mistakes are embarrassing!
· Are any of the graphics overlapping text?
· Are the chart sufficiently labeled? Are the X and Y axes labeled?

Another Finished Example of Digital Photography

Found another example of a completed digital photography activity that a teacher has done and posted on the web. She created a book of opposites in which her pre-kindergarten students acted out. The students took digital pictures of one another illustrating the opposites, and then the teacher attached each photo to a book. A caption for each opposite was then added. It looks very good, and definitely something I will use in the future.

Here’s the link:

http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/teacher_feature/teacher_feature006.shtml

Good Old Power Point

I've had trouble with exporting my Assignment 6 as a stand alone player. It was a very annoying process, since my older version was installed quite a while ago on my computer and I no longer had the Application CD. In order to complete the export, the program required the CD.

This whole process just makes me apprechiate Google (and now MS) making their software programs purely as an online format. This would eliminate the above problem I had encountered, and ensure that the intended viewer would be able to view, hear, and watch all the embedded file formats.

Of course, these online applications can produce their own unique problems.

David Reply 3.....

David,

I also heard that information about the health records. And I agree, if security can be a non issue, then this can be a very effective tool.

Looks like MS started to react a lot faster than I though. Today they announced that they are releasing the entire MS Office Package in an online format for free (it's a beta test, but still works). It works on the same principal as the Google Software, where users documents are saved on MS's database.

Interesting......to say the least.

Another Reply to David....

Actually David, Google has been laying the seeds for their own operating system/computer for a few years now. They want to create Google Computers where by each user would have a monitor, keyboard, and mouse. The tower/hard drive as well as all of your Google Programs would exist on the internet (and on their servers across the US). Sounds scary now, but in due time it’ll prove its reliability and benefits. They already have test markets for this stuff in the States. To say Microsoft is concerned, is an understatement.

Google Presentations

It was just a matter of time before Google stepped into the Presentation software realm. Google created a documents and software program a few years ago, that allowed people to collaborate on a single document in real time, over the Internet. They have recently extended this program to include side show presentations. The program is called Google Docs. It’s a powerful free tool that can be used on an individual/collaborative basis.

Below is a You Tube video that shows how easy it is to create a project. As you will see, the software is very user friendly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_vsNV3po2k

Side Note: “WYSIWYG” means What You See Is What You Get. They make reference to this in the video.

If you are interested in experimenting in this software then you can obtain your free download from:

https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=writely&passive=true&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2F&followup=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2F&ltmpl=homepage&nui=1&rm=false

I don’t know why the link is so long, but it works. This page will provide you with some more detailed information on how Google Docs work.

A Reply to Patricia

I'm glad you liked the article Patricia. I find PowerPoint can be convoluted at times, when it does not need to be. Apple’s products always seem to be more user friendly which often times produces greater results.

If you are going to install the Keynote software, make sure you have a MAC computer, as it’s only an Apple product. The program itself can export a type file that can work on PCs.

Keynote can be found on Apple’s iLife software packages, as was mentioned on our discussion board.