1. Sharing Presentations By: Dani Davis June 6 th, 2004

2. Presentation Success “The audience has come away from this with information that was in- line with the original point of the presentation?"

3. Presentation Do’s  State your purpose  Do Make your point  Use your slides to outline your main points  Emphasize your main point by putting it on a slide by itself.  Use graphics and animation to “highlight” Only important Points.

4. Presentation Do’s Cont.  Pass out handouts at the end  Chop up long statements into short bulleted points

5. Presentation Don’ts  Don’t Give too much information  Don’t use “generic” clip art  Don’t Use too many “Bells and Whistles”  Don’t overuse Animation

6. Hardware Needs  Hardware  Computers  Capable of supporting chosen presentation software  Proper data connections  Data Project to display information  Laptop computers  Cables  Drivers

7. Software Needs  Presentation Software  Apple – Keynote http://www.apple.com/keynote/http://www.apple.com/keynote/  Imagine Engine  PowerPoint  97/98  2000/2001  XP  2003

8. Time and Money  Time  Copying  Designing  Money  Color Copies  Transparencies  Making your own copies

9. Preview Your Slideshow  Get inside the student’s mind  View show in presentation room  Check lighting  Seating arrangement

10. Color and Animation  Color  Too many are distracting  Follow a consistent scheme  Animation  Too much is distracting  Use sparingly

11. Image Use  Use Images  To illustrate concepts  Make the image complement the text  Do not Use Images  Too often  That do not pertain to the subject matter  Just to be cute

12. Technical Problems  In case of emergency  Have a hardcopy of your presentation  Prepare a backup plan  Know whom to call for assistance

13. Web-Based Presentations  Student Computer Access  Home  School  Images  Small for fast access from home

14. Consider the Visually Impaired  Individuals who are Visually impaired need  Large print  High contrasting colors  Few visual distractions  Plain background

15. Copyright Infringement  When publishing to the web, be sure not to infringe upon any copyright laws  For a complete discussion of current copyright laws please visit: http://www.copyright.gov/ http://www.copyright.gov/

16. Resources  Apple – Keynote http://www.apple.com/keynote/ http://www.apple.com/keynote/  Copyright © 1998-2003 Educational Partnerships and Learning Technologies http://catalyst.washington.edu/planning/ppoint.ht ml http://catalyst.washington.edu/planning/ppoint.ht ml  Foster M. (2004), Multimedia Design Controversies. http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/Articles/MessMulti/start.h tm http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/Articles/MessMulti/start.h tm

17. Resources Continued  Goldstein M. (2004), To Avoid the Perils of PowerPoint, Take a Kid’s-Eye View. http://www.presentations.com/presentations/creation/arti cle_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000471540  Straften S. (2004), Giving Effective PowerPoint Presentations. http://sbinfocanada.about.com/cs/management/qt/p owerptpres.htm http://sbinfocanada.about.com/cs/management/qt/p owerptpres.htm  United States Government Copyright Laws http://www.copyright.gov/