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Using PowerPoint Wisely

Many thanks to Gail Allan from the Online Learning Centre for these links!

Let’s begin with a list of some do’s and don’ts for effective PowerPoint use that was prepared by the University of Pennsylvania. This site also includes a very funny You Tube video entitled Life After Death by PowerPoint.
http://gethelp.library.upenn.edu/workshops/biomed/ppt/dodont.html

Tying PowerPoint Use to Robert Gagne's "Events of Instruction": A very interesting article that looks at how PowerPoint slides can enhance every step in the instructional sequence.
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/ldc/resource/eguides/usingppt/
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How Do You Know They Are Getting It? This article by Dr. Ken Hunt, describes how to apply a technique called the "The One-Minute Paper" for classroom assessment. This technique can also be used to give you feedback on your PowerPoint presentations.
http://www.drkenhunt.com/pubs/4.html

More on Slide Design

Designing Effective Slides: Paul Gould's "Evil Genius (The Good Side of PowerPoint)" provides an interactive article that demonstrates good and bad slide construction practices (worth the brief wait for the graphics).
http://www.maya.com/the-feed/evil-genius-the-good-side-of-powerpoint

Focusing on Visual Appeal, Including Graphics:"Checklist for Creating Your Next PowerPoint Slide Show "
This article, prepared by the CITinformation at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, provides some visual "do's" and "don'ts" of creating an effective PowerPoint presentation.
http://cit.information.unl.edu/info0806.htm

A Rubric for Evaluating PowerPoint Slides: From Germantown Academy, an interesting rubric for evaluating PowerPoint slides, student or faculty created.
http://www.ga.k12.pa.us/curtech/WEBQPRE/assesspp.htm

Rethiking the Design of Presentation Slides: Link here to see an example of assertion-evidence slide design of PowerPoint slides.

For a more detailed look at PowerPoint issues: This thirteen-page 2003 essay, written by a Life Sciences professor in a UK medical school, offers much to think about regarding the use of PPT in our teaching.
http://www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/journal/vol2/beej-2-3.htm