{"id":5483,"date":"2015-02-05T13:13:03","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T18:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=5483"},"modified":"2022-06-14T01:32:49","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T06:32:49","slug":"avoid-death-by-powerpoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/avoid-death-by-powerpoint\/","title":{"rendered":"Avoid Death by PowerPoint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Janice Florent <\/p>\n<p>Nowadays more classrooms (virtual and face-to-face) have the ability to project and share a variety of computer-based materials. One of the most common methods of sharing information with students is to use PowerPoint presentations. Although PowerPoint can be a powerful teaching tool, it has been soundly criticized for producing boring presentations, full of endless content that fails to show context and relationships between ideas. This tendency of PowerPoint obviously works against what professors should strive for: stimulating students to connect ideas and engage in critical thinking.<\/p>\n<p>I came across these tips in an <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.atomiclearning.com\/\" title=\"blogs.atomiclearning.com\">Atomic Learning<\/a> blog post that may help to resuscitate PowerPoint presentations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mix up your media<\/strong> \u2013 don\u2019t rely solely on text or clipart, consider other media types (e.g. photos, video clips, music)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Use eye-catching graphics\/software<\/strong> - an impactful visual experience can be created when you use eye-catching software and graphics<\/li>\n<li><strong>Send content ahead of time<\/strong> - consider \"<a href=\"https:\/\/net.educause.edu\/ir\/library\/pdf\/ELI7081.pdf\" title=\"7 things you should know about flipped classrooms\">flipping<\/a>\" your presentation<\/li>\n<li><strong>Intersperse content with discussion, group exercises, and reflection time<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If these tips have piqued your interest, you can read more in the article, <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.atomiclearning.com\/6-ways-avoid-death-powerpoint\">6 Ways to Avoid Death by PowerPoint<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Janice Florent Nowadays more classrooms (virtual and face-to-face) have the ability to project and share a variety of computer-based materials. One of the most common methods of sharing information with students is to use PowerPoint presentations. Although PowerPoint can be a powerful teaching tool, it has been soundly criticized for producing boring presentations, full <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/avoid-death-by-powerpoint\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Avoid Death by PowerPoint\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,8],"tags":[126,252],"class_list":{"0":"post-5483","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-online","7":"category-teaching","8":"tag-engaging-presentations","9":"tag-powerpoint","10":"h-entry","11":"hentry","12":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p82MQk-1qr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5583,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/add-voice-narration-to-powerpoint-slides\/","url_meta":{"origin":5483,"position":0},"title":"Add Voice Narration to PowerPoint Slides","author":"Janice Florent","date":"February 11, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"by Janice Florent Did you know that you can add voiceovers (recorded narrations) to PowerPoint presentations? Adding recorded narrations to PowerPoint presentations is a useful feature. Benefits of adding recorded narrations to PowerPoint presentations include: Presentations with voiceovers can be played back by students at their convenience. Students can review\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Tech Tips \u00e0 la carte&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Tech Tips \u00e0 la carte","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/topic\/tech-tips-a-la-carte\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6862,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/using-slides\/","url_meta":{"origin":5483,"position":1},"title":"Using Slides","author":"Bart Everson","date":"June 3, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"by Bart Everson I just got back from Meaningful Living and Learning in a Digital World, and I'll be sharing a number of ideas from that conference over the course of the summer. 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