[Year 12 IPM] Making Slide Presentations fun and engaging!!

[Meadows, Roslyn M]

Roland - apparently they now have projectors that will run a pps file from the stick also. Also the site mentioned by Rod Kendall looks pretty cool!
 
I agree that the "animated body movements, lame jokes and silly walks " certainly make a presentation more exciting! I'm sure you could get three or more presenters to do the same presentation and some would be boring as anything, others fun and engaging - the personality of the presenter certainly adds to the overall success!
 
Cheers
 
Ros Meadows
meadows.roslyn.m at edumail.vic.gov.au
 
Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog. 
Doug Larson

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From: ipm-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Roland Gesthuizen
Sent: Thu 2/16/2006 9:49 AM
To: Year 12 Information Technology Processing and Management Teachers'Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Year 12 IPM] Open Office.org and boring Slide Presentations


Cool, Office on a stick!

I tried to make my presentations with some of this in mind.. 


*	Default text so the fonts are large enough to read and default style using black text on a plain white background. 
*	Dot points are cues for a structured discussion or question stem .. not the words to copy down or read out. 
*	Avoid writing full sentences and putting full stops at the end of statements that are not true sentences. 
*	Limit fancy transitions, animations and sounds. 
*	Add a summary slide at the end with some closed and open questions  
*	Add Pictures that to put a smile on their faces and a giggle in their hearts. 

What users don't get are the animated body movements, lame jokes and silly walks but teachers can import their own style sheet  ;-) 

Regards Roland

Meadows, Roslyn M wrote: 

	Hi all
	 
	RE: The recent discussion of OpenOffice.org.
	 
	The March copy of ROAM (Australia's Mobile Computing Authority) Magazine (Issue #5)contains a DVD with a version of OpenOffice.org which can be run from a USB Memory Key. The total space needed on the USB Key is 150Mb.
	 
	This could be handy for anyone who does not want to install it on their system but still wants to be able to open the 'Impress' (presentation) files, or for those who do not have the capability to download extremely large files, but would like to try out or use OpenOffice.
	 
	The magazine costs $9.95 and is a very interesting read also. Lots of other stuff on the DVD too!
	 
	There is also an 8 page feature article called "Making Your Presentation" which could be of interest to students and teachers who create slide shows. The top 7 complaints from audiences (probably more business orientated) about presentations were:
	
	1.	
		The speaker read the slides to us - 60.4%
	2.	
		Text so small I couldn't read it - 50.9%
	3.	
		Full sentences instead of bullet points - 47.8%
	4.	
		Slides hard to see because of colour choice - 37.1%
	5.	
		Moving/flying text or graphics - 24.5%
	6.	
		Annoying use of sounds - 22.0%
	7.	
		Overly complex diagrams or charts - 22.0%
	
	In relation to numbers 2 & 3 above I tell the kids they should follow the PPT "Rule of Five" (Something I just invented) - no more than 5 bullet points per slide and no more than 5 words per point. Not a hard and fast rule, but it forces the kids to be succinct in their presentation, and if they just read the slides their presentation will end too soon, so they need to fill in the details, perhaps by using speaker's notes.
	
	Hope you find this info useful. 
	 
	PS I am in no way associated with ROAM...lol! This is NOT an advertisement for ROAM or OO.O
	 
	Cheers
	 
	Ros Meadows
	Lauriston Girls' School
	meadows.roslyn.m at edumail.vic.gov.au
	 
	Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions, including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog. 
	Doug Larson
	 
	
	
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