Introduction to PowerPoint

Heidi Eaton and Cindy Hutman

Elgin Community College

Spring 2004

Introduction to PowerPoint

• General Concerns• Instructional Design Issues• Good News and Bad News• Conclusion and Discussion

• Ultimate goal…help you to choose a lesson or portion of a lesson to convert to PowerPoint.

General Concerns

• Lessons to be learned from NASA

• Too much of a good thing

General Concerns

• “…describing the widespread use of PowerPoint within NASA as one of the obstacles to internal communication, and criticizing the Debris Assessment presentation for mechanically underplaying the uncertainties that remained.”

• (From: William Langewiesche, "Columbia's Last Flight"; Atlantic Monthly, Nov. 2003)

General Concerns

• Too much of a good thing.– Too much text– Presented too quickly– Visual and auditory stimuli at the same time– Prohibits interaction

Instructional Design Issues

Energy Shifts…

About every 10 minutes...

Instructional Design Issues

Choosing PowerPoint over other instructional methods...

Minimum amount of text

Graphics or visuals

Interactive

Use of Graphics or Visuals

When the material is visual…

When a graphic would make the material more interesting or memorable...

NEOCLASSICISM

• stable composition• symmetrical balance• one-point linear

perspective• shallow stage space• minimal color, red

accent

Courtesy: Marybeth Koos

Anatomy of a Neuron

Hard vs. soft light

Angled light

High key vs. low key

Courtesy: Gary Christenson

Low angle

Courtesy: Gary Christenson

Medium Angle

Courtesy: Gary Christenson

High angle

Courtesy: Gary Christenson

Memorable

• However, ships weren’t required to have operators man wireless radios continuously until 1912, after the Titanic disaster.

Courtesy: Gary Christenson

Memorable

• 1994—O.J. Simpson charged with murder. 90 million witness his televised low-speed chase.

• 1995—O.J. acquitted. Noon reading of verdict affects water use, the stock market and electrical power.

Courtesy: Gary Christenson

Shakespeare

• Born in April 1564

• Born in Stratford-on-Avon

• Married Anne Hathaway in 1582

• They had 3 children

• Died in 1616

• Buried in Stratford-on-Avon

cell body

axon

myelin sheath

dendrites

Nodes of Ranvier

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Interactive

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• Which of the following words does NOT belong?– a. Watson– b. Pavlov– c. psychoanalytic– d. Skinner

• Which of the following words does NOT belong?– c. psychoanalytic

• Psychology is a science because psychologists answer questions and test theories by ______________.

• Psychology is a science because psychologists answer questions and test theories by doing research, collecting data.

My Web Page

Two ways to get to my web page…

from the ECC homepage--www.elgin.edu

or directly--http://faculty.elgin.edu/chutman

Child and Family Webguide

• Maintained by Tufts University

• Child development sites

• Screened by graduate students

• Rated for content, authority and ease of use

• Constantly updated

• Let’s visit the Webguide

Use of Speaker Notes

Convert this sentence from passive to active:

It is difficult to drive in snow.

Use of the pen...

Where would you put a comma in this sentence?

Well Susan this is a fine mess you are in.

Use of the pen

Facts about REM sleep

Comparing REM and NREM

Facts about REM sleep

• Considered “dream” sleep

• Active brain wave pattern

• Paralyzed voluntary muscles

• Eye movements

• Important for psychology well-being

• Important for cognitive abilities

Comparing REM and NREM

• REM is “active”, NREM less brain activity

• REM no body movement, NREM sleep walking, tossing and turning

• REM dream activity, NREM thinking

• REM mentally restorative, NREM physically restorative

Introduction to PowerPoint

• General Concerns– NASA– Too Much of a Good Thing

• Instructional Design Issues– Energy Shifts– When to Use PowerPoint

• Good News and Bad News