Introduction to PowerPoint

1. Introduction to PowerPoint Heidi Eaton and Cindy Hutman Elgin Community College Spring 2004

2. Introduction to PowerPoint • General Concerns • Instructional Design Issues • Good News and Bad News • Conclusion and Discussion • Ultimate goal…help you to choose a lesson or portion of a lesson to convert to PowerPoint.

3. General Concerns • Lessons to be learned from NASA • Too much of a good thing

4. General Concerns • “…describing the widespread use of PowerPoint within NASA as one of the obstacles to internal communication, and criticizing the Debris Assessment presentation for mechanically underplaying the uncertainties that remained.” • (From: William Langewiesche, "Columbia's Last Flight";Atlantic Monthly, Nov. 2003)

5. General Concerns • Too much of a good thing. • Too much text • Presented too quickly • Visual and auditory stimuli at the same time • Prohibits interaction

6. Instructional Design Issues Energy Shifts… About every 10 minutes...

7. Instructional Design Issues Choosing PowerPoint over other instructional methods... Minimum amount of text Graphics or visuals Interactive

8. Use of Graphics or Visuals When the material is visual… When a graphic would make the material more interesting or memorable...

9. stable composition symmetrical balance one-point linear perspective shallow stage space minimal color, red accent NEOCLASSICISM Courtesy: Marybeth Koos

10. Anatomy of a Neuron

11. Hard vs. soft light Angled light High key vs. low key Courtesy: Gary Christenson

12. Low angle Courtesy: Gary Christenson

13. Medium Angle Courtesy: Gary Christenson

14. High angle Courtesy: Gary Christenson

15. Memorable • However, ships weren’t required to have operators man wireless radios continuously until 1912, after the Titanic disaster. Courtesy: Gary Christenson

16. Memorable • 1994—O.J. Simpson charged with murder. 90 million witness his televised low-speed chase. • 1995—O.J. acquitted. Noon reading of verdict affects water use, the stock market and electrical power. Courtesy: Gary Christenson

17. Shakespeare • Born in April 1564 • Born in Stratford-on-Avon • Married Anne Hathaway in 1582 • They had 3 children • Died in 1616 • Buried in Stratford-on-Avon

18. Interactive dendrites 4 cell body 1 2 axon 3 myelin sheath Nodes of Ranvier 5 5

19. Which of the following words does NOT belong? • a. Watson • b. Pavlov • c. psychoanalytic • d. Skinner

20. Which of the following words does NOT belong? • c. psychoanalytic

21. Psychology is a science because psychologists answer questions and test theories by ______________.

22. Psychology is a science because psychologists answer questions and test theories by doing research, collecting data.

23. My Web Page Two ways to get to my web page… from the ECC homepage--www.elgin.edu or directly--http://faculty.elgin.edu/chutman

24. Child and Family Webguide • Maintained by Tufts University • Child development sites • Screened by graduate students • Rated for content, authority and ease of use • Constantly updated • Let’s visit the Webguide

25. Use of Speaker Notes Convert this sentence from passive to active: It is difficult to drive in snow.

26. Use of the pen... Where would you put a comma in this sentence? Well Susan this is a fine mess you are in.

27. Use of the pen Facts about REM sleep Comparing REM and NREM

28. Facts about REM sleep • Considered “dream” sleep • Active brain wave pattern • Paralyzed voluntary muscles • Eye movements • Important for psychology well-being • Important for cognitive abilities

29. Comparing REM and NREM • REM is “active”, NREM less brain activity • REM no body movement, NREM sleep walking, tossing and turning • REM dream activity, NREM thinking • REM mentally restorative, NREM physically restorative

30. Introduction to PowerPoint • General Concerns • NASA • Too Much of a Good Thing • Instructional Design Issues • Energy Shifts • When to Use PowerPoint • Good News and Bad News