2. Why PowerPoint? Five formats can be used: Text Audio Video Graphic Animation

3. PowerPoint Design Basics 1. Justify Text Appropriately/Do not stack text This is hard for students to read: Plant cells have chloro- plasts This is easier for students to read: Plant cells have chloroplasts Don’tdo this…Don’tdo this…

4. PowerPoint Design Basics 2. Limit Type Styles and capitalization Arial-Good Tahoma-Good Times New Roman- not as good Edwardian-avoid Gigi-c’mon… Use sans serif fonts (no feet) ALL CAPS CREATES A LACK OF CONTRAST Limit the number of fonts used

5. PowerPoint Design Basics 3. Standardize use of color Choose a color scheme and stick with it Choose background colors that are not distracting Avoid colors that lack contrast to your background Avoid colors that clash with your background Probably not a good idea... Probably not a good idea…

6. PowerPoint Design Basics 4. Enhance text with Graphics, Animation, and Sound Keys into students with different learning styles

7. PowerPoint Design Basics 5. Eliminate Superfluous Graphics, Animation, and Sound This is superfluous...

8. PowerPoint Design Basics 6. Keep text lines short Be brief No need for all information Augment your speech If you write too much information on your slide, students will not read it all. And, if they do try to read every single little word you put up, they will not hear a word that you say—even if it’s the most important thing that they will ever hear. For example, informing them that they won a million dollars in the lottery…

9. PowerPoint Design Basics 7. Limit the focus Which is easier? (716) 821-72007 1 6 8 2 1 7 2 0 7±2 rule of STM (chunking) when possible

10. PowerPoint Design Basics 8. Use lists Cell Wall Chloroplasts Endoplasmic Reticulum Golgi Apparatus Microfilaments Microtubules Mitochondria Nucleus Peroxisomes Plasmodesmata Plasma Membrane Ribosomes Vacuole Cell Wall, Chloroplasts, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Golgi Apparatus, Microfilaments, Microtubules, Mitochondria, Nucleus, Peroxisomes, Plasmodesmata, Plasma Membrane, Ribosomes, Vacuole

11. PowerPoint Design Basics 9. Placement matters Location on the screen determines importance Don’t overlap your background Homework is 2 questions due in 2 days Test tomorrow

12. Create Presentation Create a small presentation to be used in a lesson on: Cell Structures http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/P/plant_cell.html