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PowerPoint Presentation Perfections and Pitfalls

PowerPoint Presentation Perfections and Pitfalls. or How to Get an A and pass one Speech Proficiency task. By Sheila Jones, Englewood High School, 2008. General Rules. • Each person in the group will receive a separate grade.

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PowerPoint Presentation Perfections and Pitfalls

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  1. PowerPoint Presentation Perfections and Pitfalls or How to Get an A and pass one Speech Proficiency task By Sheila Jones, Englewood High School, 2008

  2. General Rules • Each person in the group will receive a separate grade. • Each person in the group should speak roughly an equal amount of time – at least THREE (3) minutes for proficiency. • Each group must turn in a properly formatted MLA Works Cited, utilizling a minimum of FIVE (5) sources per group. • For this speech to count as one of the TWO speeches that each student needs for the speech proficiency, a person must receive a grade of C- or better. • Speeches will be evaluated using the Englewood SchoolsSpeech proficiency form. • To ensure success, FOLLOW DIRECTIONS.

  3. Presentation Rules • Only place key ideas and images on the PowerPoint slides. • Synthesize information from a variety of sources. • Do NOT cut and paste from your sources. That's Plagiarism!

  4. What not to do… Raise your hand if you can read the words. Watch what happens when I read the text. Why is this NOT GOOD?

  5. What to do… • Son of Cronus and Rhea • Led coup d’etat with Poseidon and Hades, his brothers, against Cronus to become supreme god www.mythweb.com Goya - “Saturn”

  6. Here’s what you should do… • Son of Cronus and Rhea • Led coup d’ etat with Poseidon and Hades, his brothers, against Cronus to become supreme god Correct way to save images: Find image on URL. Save full size image into folder on computer. Import image from folder. Do NOT cut and paste. Path will be lost; images may be lost. www.mythweb.com TIPS Cite sources of images. When getting images, get full size image for bestresolution. Goya - “Saturn”

  7. More Tips Easy to read Hard to read Hard to read Easy to read Hard to read Easy to read Pastels are hard Bold is easier Pastels are hard Brights are better So what do you think the rules are for text and background colors?

  8. Make it BIG! Small is hard to read

  9. Plain, subtle backgrounds can be effective. Use basic, ordinary fonts that are common to almost all computers, or they might disappear! It’s imppperatave that u run spelchek, so you don’tlook stpid. Too many special effects can be really, really annoying.

  10. Pick designs and images that are compatible. Strange juxtapositions, don’t you think?

  11. And a few more tips… • Make sure you get a piece of the plan that will make youlook good. • Then make your part really, really good. • Find good, credible, valid sources and extract the key information. Significantly MORE INFO should be in yourpresentation than on your PowerPoint. • Have your visuals augment your presentation, not BEyour presentation. • Have a group plan. • Who does the intro? Who does the conclusion? • What are others in your group doing while someoneis speaking? • Who’s running the equipment? Acting? Etc.

  12. Most importantly… • Speak to the class. Do NOT read. • Print copies of your slides to hold or make note cards. • Speak facing your audience. Do NOT turn your back to the audience. • Practice, practice, practice before the big day. Know what you are saying and how to pronounce all the words. • Prior planning prevents pitifully poor performance.

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