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PowerPoint is OK

PowerPoint is often dismissed and criticized, but I find it to be a powerful teaching tool. I present three tips for creating PowerPoint presentations – use the same format for every presentation, keep slides simple, and write a careful notes. We use the notes as scripts for narrated videos and for transcripts, enabling the students to study our presentations. We will see examples from effective presentations by Steve Jobs and Larry Lessig.... Show More

Keywords:: Making uniformly formatted presentations with simple, and writing scripts for narrated videos and for transcripts, graphical slides

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Academic Support Services / Library and Information Services / Information and Communication Technology Literacy / Information Literacy Standards

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Material Type:: Tutorial
Date Added to MERLOT:: July 22, 2011
Date Modified in MERLOT:: May 15, 2017
Author:: Larry Press, CSUDH
Submitter:: Larry Press

Primary Audience:: High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division
Mobile Compatibility:: Not specified at this time
Language:: English
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Creative Commons:: This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States