week 8 'Power Points'

Power Points:

We had the day of to remember our diggers at Gallipoli, so we had no lecture. In week 9 Helen gave a brief description of power points at the beginning of the lecture.

We watched a small movie on you tube at the beginning on ''death by power points'' it was a stand up comic explaining what not to do in a power point presentation. You can't clutter the page with words otherwise the audience will get lost and confused when trying to read the slide, and people at the back will not be able to see the slides.

e lecture covered what to include in the power points,

such as:

• make sure it contains compelling data
• the presenter makes an impression congruent with that data
• provides the emotional connection that's crucial to the messages success
• generate energy
• And give the audience the certainty that what your saying is real.

We then went onto to learn on how to structure a PowerPoint so that it it has a intro, body and conclusion same as any other report or essay you do.You have to keep the audience involved otherwise there attention will wonder, so there a few tips to do so that it doesn't happens.

• have hand outs so that the class can follow.
• have little clips or songs.Ask questions-in courage audience to think for themselves
• eye contact, don't bury your head
• And speak clearly.

summing up the lecture there are four steps to follow for a good presentation.

• Structure your presentation correctly
• Prepare for the presentation
• use audio/video tools
• and include strategies for audience involvement.

Workshop:

the top 5 ways to make a top-notch presentation:

1. Generate energy, if you look interest and passionate about the subject the audience are more likely to be interested and pay attention.
2. Don't just present you topic, use props and presentation to keep the audience's attention.
3. Use short video's and songs in the presentation so that's its not boring.
4. Keep eye contact with the audience and stand tall so the audience knows that your telling them valuable information.
5. Don't use to much animation on slides, it distracts the audience from what your talking about.

Activity 2:

Tips to making a bad power point:

Readings:

This week’s resource is on power point in the classroom. This page has links that will guide through the steps of presenting a good power point. Some of the steps covered are; meeting power point, creating slides, adding images, adding motion and sound and timing and rehearsing. It has a teachers guide if you get stuck.