March 2009 presentation

Mercadante.richard@spcollege.edu

The Abuse of The Abuse of PowerPoint:PowerPoint:Rethinking Rethinking

Visual Visual Communication Communication

in the in the College College

ClassroomClassroom

technolog

y

PowerPoint

abuse

5 tips

technology

PowerPoint

abuse

Powerpoint

2 problems

1.

too much informatio

n

What not to do – Don McMillan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cagxPlVqrtM

Hume – problem of inductionHume – problem of induction• induction – reasoning from pattern of past observations. Never certain – next observation could be different.

• Is true knowledge possible? Hume’s response – only probable knowledge.• Thus, no certain knowledge is possible – science, philosophy not possible.

cognitive load theory

2.unimaginativeuse of PowerP

oint

http://norvig.com/Gettysburg/sld001.htm

Abraham Lincoln Gettysburg Address

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVFcagL1nsA&eurl=http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/2008/03/when-slides-go.html

J.F.K. Inaugural Address

5 tips

1. Keep

it Simple

Simplicity is the

ultimate sophistication.

Leonardo da Vinci

Be remarkable – worthy of comment

Kumquat Festival

listeninglistening

vs. vs.

hearinghearing

space

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3Z386vXrt4

HeideggerianHeideggerian PhenomenologyPhenomenology• Heidegger recognized that inquiry about man Heidegger recognized that inquiry about man

is inquiry about ourselvesis inquiry about ourselves• To interrogate ourselves, we must already To interrogate ourselves, we must already

have an understanding of what we arehave an understanding of what we are• We understand ourselves as an interrogating We understand ourselves as an interrogating

beingbeing• This leads to a conception of human reality This leads to a conception of human reality

((DaseinDasein) that can be the basis of an ) that can be the basis of an anthropologyanthropology

• The anthropology can serve as a basis of The anthropology can serve as a basis of psychologypsychology

consciousconsciousness - ness -

always always consciousconsciousness OF ness OF

somethingsomething

Aristotle’s Understanding of Aristotle’s Understanding of Nature (Nature (PhysisPhysis))• Essential characteristic – The essence of Essential characteristic – The essence of

something that makes it what it is. This essential something that makes it what it is. This essential characteristic is discovered by logos or reasoned characteristic is discovered by logos or reasoned speech.speech.

• Terminal and peculiar excellence of a thing: The Terminal and peculiar excellence of a thing: The developed form of that thing, its terminal developed form of that thing, its terminal excellence, the objective perfection of that excellence, the objective perfection of that things character-that is, its highest things character-that is, its highest manifestation. The terminal and peculiar manifestation. The terminal and peculiar excellence of a thing is not necessarily what that excellence of a thing is not necessarily what that thing actually is in its present condition, but how thing actually is in its present condition, but how it ought to be in its perfected state.it ought to be in its perfected state.

potentiality vs. actuality

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz1-cPx0cIk

Steve JobsMacWorld 200890 minutes in 60 seconds

2. Keep it

Purposeful

3. Keep it

Creative

Don’t start with templates

Hume – problem of inductionHume – problem of induction• induction – reasoning from pattern of past observations. Never certain – next observation could be different.

• Is true knowledge possible? Hume’s response – only probable knowledge.• Thus, no certain knowledge is possible – science, philosophy not possible.

problem of problem of inductioninduction

causalicausalityty

Marxist Anthropologyessentially an economic interpretation of history based on the works of Karl Marx and Frederich Engels

posits a materialist model of societal change

developed as a critique and alternative to the domination of Euro-American capitalism and Eurocentric views in the social sciences.

Change within a society seen as the result of contradictions arising between the forces of production (technology) and the relations of production (social organization).

Such contradictions are seen to emerge as a struggle between distinct social classes

Karl Karl MarxMarx18181818

--18831883

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.

Robert Frost (1874-1963)

http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=download&id=515620

Seth Godin

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7241610237795387644&q=seth+godin&total=109&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=3

Seth Godin

“Ideas that Spread Win”

4. Keep it

a work of high quality

Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2003Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2003 106106

Informative SpeechInformative Speech

Nature of Informative Nature of Informative

SpeechSpeech

• To Impart KnowledgeTo Impart Knowledge

• Engage AudienceEngage Audience

• Speech-SimplicitySpeech-Simplicity

• Clear IdeasClear Ideas

E=MC2

http://www.slideshare.net/jbrenman/shift-happens-33834

Another good example:

Shift Happens

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U

5. Keep

focus on a story

Fig. 1. Graph showing the mean fear belief scores before and after the presentation of positive, negative, or neutral information for the different social activities (means adjusted for FSSC—R scores). Panels show the data when a teacher presented the stories, when a peer presented the stories and when no information at all was given.

http://www.slideshare.net/chereemoore/meet-henry

narrative used well

Ethos Communications

technolog

y

PowerPoint

abuse

5 tips

www.presentationzen.com

Note: The following slides contain material that might be use for future revisions of this presentation

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/HA101983111033.aspx

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/04/03/1175366240499.html

http://extremepresentation.typepad.com/blog/2008/04/powerpoint-rese.html

http://www.evidence-basedmanagement.com/guests/abela_apr08.html

http://stone.web.brevard.k12.fl.us/staff/cottle/page4/page4.html

Fr. Lopez picture of me writing on the blackboard.

http://www.slideshare.net/merlinmann/inbox-zero-actionbased-email

Merlin Mann @ Google

Inbox Zero