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PowerPoint corrupts absolutely.
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Edward Tufte
Sunday, October 23, 2011
both verbally
It is difficult
and visually
to process information
Sweller, 1980
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Sunday, October 23, 2011
sucks rotten eggs
Almost everyPowerPoint presentation
Seth Godin
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Sunday, October 23, 2011
Don’t Be BORING
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Simplifyhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/21644167@N04/4817452232/
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Be ConciseText is redundant.
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Images evoke emotionshttp://loveagape.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/nattu_71c0ea6ee4_b.jpg
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Tell the STORY....
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...Not Just the Statisticshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/danielcanoott/3150273426/
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Remove DISTRACTIONS
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Remove DISTRACTIONS
Badly designed charts
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Remove DISTRACTIONS
Badly designed charts
Heavy lines, shapes
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Remove DISTRACTIONS
Badly designed charts
Heavy lines, shapes
Photos that don’t support your message
Sunday, October 23, 2011
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grade 3
grade 5
science (myp)
humanities
Number of Pathfinders Created in the2010-2011 School Year
grade 3
grade 5
myp science
humanities
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18 Pathfinders Created
grade 3 grade 5 MYP Science MYP Humanities
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5
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Millions
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World Hungerin millions
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Schools are like Factories
They are run by schedules and bells
Students are focused on production and pay (grades)
Top-Down Hierarchy
Obedience is valued
Discrete Subjects, like assembly lines
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Schools Are Like Factories
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Rule of Thirds
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Quotations
Can be powerful, but....
Keep them short
Keep them legible
Sunday, October 23, 2011
POETRY is the lava
of the imagination
whose eruption
prevents
an earthquakeLord Byron
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Sunday, October 23, 2011
POETRY is the lava
of the imagination
whose eruption
prevents
an earthquakeLord Byron
Sunday, October 23, 2011
White (empty) SpaceLess is more
Emptiness is a powerful design element
Use it to achieve balance
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Effects of Smoking
• The adverse health effects from cigarette smoking account for an estimated 443,000 deaths, or nearly one of every five deaths, each year in the United States.2,3
• More deaths are caused each year by tobacco use than by all deaths from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor vehicle injuries, suicides, and murders combined.2,4
• Smoking causes an estimated 90% of all lung cancer deaths in men and 80% of all lung cancer deaths in women.1
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443,000 Deathsper year/in the U.S.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
BALANCE
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TEXTContrastStyles
ContrastSIZEContrastColors
ContrastFonts
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Avoid Death by Bullet Points
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Avoid Death by Bullet PointsBe concise: 6-10 words/slide
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Avoid Death by Bullet PointsBe concise: 6-10 words/slide
Tell a story
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Avoid Death by Bullet PointsBe concise: 6-10 words/slide
Tell a story
Use images with emotional impact
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Avoid Death by Bullet PointsBe concise: 6-10 words/slide
Tell a story
Use images with emotional impact
Design with rule of thirds,
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Avoid Death by Bullet PointsBe concise: 6-10 words/slide
Tell a story
Use images with emotional impact
Design with rule of thirds,empty space,
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Avoid Death by Bullet PointsBe concise: 6-10 words/slide
Tell a story
Use images with emotional impact
Design with rule of thirds,empty space,balance
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Avoid Death by Bullet PointsBe concise: 6-10 words/slide
Tell a story
Use images with emotional impact
Design with rule of thirds,
Bonus Advice: Avoid cheesy transitions/effects
empty space,balance
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Finding Images
http://search.creativecommons.org/
http://flickrcc.bluemountains.net/flickrCC/index.php
copyright-friendly sources
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Works Consulted
Reynolds, Garr. Presentation zen: simple ideas on presentation design and delivery. Berkeley, CA: New Riders Pub., 2008. Print.
Non-Designers Presentation Book: principles for effective presentation design. Berkeley, CA: Peachpit Press, 2009. Print.
Sierra, Kathy. "Creating Passionate Users: Stop your presentation before it kills again!." Creating Passionate Users. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Oct. 2011. <http://headrush.typepad.com/creating_passionate_users/2005/06/kill_your_prese.html>.
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