1. D-WRD May 2016:
Assigning, Assessing, and Supporting Student Presentations

2. Here’s What We’ll Cover
Additional
Resources
Awesome Slides
Bullet Point
Alternatives
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3. Bullet Point Alternatives
Luckily, there are many alternatives to the Bullet List.

4. This is how we present information:
In a hierarchical, up and down list.
Forces our audience to evaluate information from the top down.
Bullet points are habit and are not always appropriate.
You are not limited to present information this way.
So, here’s a list of four points.

5. An Alternative Method List is displayed horizontally.
Eyes can move back and forth between points.
The style is akin to website chunking.
You are not limited to this style either.
This is also a list of four points. Spacing the text horizontally places equal importance visually on each point, allowing the eye to move back and forth between points more easily. This way, we now add some visual element or icons / to represent the text below. On the slide, now we have both written and visual communication working together. Pair this slide with an audio narration and we have three forms of communication working together: verbal, written, and visual. In other words…

6. Three Forms of Communication
VERBAL
WRITTEN
VISUAL
we have three forms of communication working together: verbal, written, and visual.

7. Info and Image with Line
Some content goes here
This is still a bullet list, but it sure look different.

8. Title Here Not at Top Main bullet type info goes here bla bla bla
Sub bullet type info goes here
Another main bullet type info
Something about second main bullet goes here
And yet another list

9. Smart Art Thing One Something about thing one Something else
Other stuff
Thing Two
Something about thing two
More stuff
And don’t forget about SmartArt…PowerPoint’s built in Smart Art is another possible way to display lists of information

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11. Let’s face it…
some slides are just awesome.

12. But why?

13. (space)

14. (scale and dominance)

15. (contrast)

16. (balance)

17. (color)

18. (structure)

20. What’s going on with these slides?

27. Find as many awesome slides as you can

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29. Suggested Reading