Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Power Point

I enjoyed all the presentations and I thought that all of them were pretty bad and funny. The three that I enjoyed the most were Spencer's, Miti's and Pat's. All three of these I thought were pretty clever and displayed good techniques of showing you exactly what not to do. Just as a little reminder here is a list of things to do and not to do on a power point:
Things to do:
1. Make sure there is a clear topic and that you stick to that topic.
2. Always have a good flow to your presentation, so it doesn't become boring.
3. Add pictures and sounds that add to your presentation and make it more interesting and entertaining.
4. Use animations where appropriate.
Things not to do:
1. Don't use many different types of fonts and colors, and make sure it is readable.
2. Never type out everything you want to say. Make your points in bullet form and expand on them while giving the presentation.
3. Don't add too many pictures, because it will make the slide too distracting and your point won't be reached.
4. Don't have your slides out of order.
So here is a great power point presentation that will really impress anyone of any educational background.
http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~btaylor/bad/Bad%20Power%20Point%20Presentation_files/frame.htm

Bart Taylor

1 comment:

Whitney Stanat said...

I'm commenting on your PowerPoint as part of the homework for tomorrow. I thought you covered good points of things to be avoided in PowerPoint. I also enjoyed how you depicted your comments: for example, when you said not to use different fonts, you did use different, confusing fonts, to get the point across further.