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Presentation Skillsfor geography teachers
Simple design tips to improve learning
Version 2.0
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Welcome to your target audience...
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brand savvy consumer children...
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brand savvy consumer children...
More than 50% of children’s christmas wishes mention a specific brand name
Insight Quarterly news report: Issue 1
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...who respond well to good design
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Think about it!Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Bad design and presentation never
killed anyone, but it never inspired
anyone either!
Take a look at this guy!
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So, our aim is to learn some basics of good design and
keep things simple, balanced and above all,
Beautiful!
Check out “Presentation Zen: Simple ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery” by Garr Reynolds .
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Garr
Garr’s book
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Go Visual!
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Go Visual!
Use less than seven words in
each slide. Trust me!
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Go Visual!
Empty space allows us to appreciate what is not there,
& makes our visual messages stronger.
Use less than seven words in
each slide. Trust me!
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Go Visual!
Empty space allows us to appreciate what is not there,
& makes our visual messages stronger.
Make your image fill up the whole slide. Yes,
right up to the edge! Place your text inside it.
Use less than seven words in
each slide. Trust me!
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Let the image tell your story!
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Use your image to draw out students high order thinking skills.
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We are hardwired to understand images.
Going visual improves
communication.
Use your image to draw out students high order thinking skills.
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Good presentations target students “left brain” &
“right brain”.
We are hardwired to understand images.
Going visual improves
communication.
Use your image to draw out students high order thinking skills.
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Sample Slides
A good image allows students to think, wonder and reflect on an issue. A great image can help tell the story in a way bullet points never can.
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What will this place
look like in 1000 years
time?
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What will this place
look like in 1000 years
time?
How would he describe this
place in a phone call to you, right now?
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Explain the events of the last 24 hours.
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You are in charge. What needs to go on this plane?
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Theart
ofusing
“Builds”
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A “build” is where we repeat the image and add more text
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Giving yourself and your students time to digest information.
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What will they need in the next six days?...
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What will they need in the next six days?...
...six months?
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What will they need in the next six days?...
...six months?
...six years?
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Hammer Time.Tuesday, 9 March 2010
..and yes, you can use humour
to get your message across!
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..children catch simple messages that are fun to
remember!Tuesday, 9 March 2010
Vision beats all our other
senses, so...
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Absolutely no bullet points!
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Absolutely no bullet points!
Students quickly tire of bullet points. What other options do you have?
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Absolutely no bullet points!
If you have to use them, save them for
the last slide!
Students quickly tire of bullet points. What other options do you have?
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Make it easy on the eye!
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Make it easy on the eye!
Think about the image you are using. A good quality image speaks a thousand words!
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FlickrDreamstimeMorguefilei-Stock Photo
Sources
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%
of boys are affected by
colour blindness...Tuesday, 9 March 2010
..one child in your class will have a colour vision deficiency.
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Take care to match colours and backgrounds
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Take care to match colours and backgrounds
Take care to match colours and backgrounds
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Take care to match colours and backgrounds
Take care to match colours and backgrounds
Take care to match colours and backgrounds
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Take care to match colours and backgrounds
Take care to match colours and backgrounds
Take care to match colours and backgrounds
If you can’t use colour wisely, then avoid it entirely!
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simple Use
fonts
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Helvetica
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Helvetica
Gill Sans
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Helvetica
Gill Sans
Impact
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Helvetica
Gill Sans
Impact
The Holy Trinity!These are all examples of Sans Serif fonts, that give
any presentation a professional look and feel.
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FlickrDreamstimeMorguefilei-Stock Photo
Sources Helvetica
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FlickrDreamstimeMorguefilei-Stock Photo
Sources Helvetica
Gill Sans MS
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Comic Sans MS?
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Comic Sans MS? Professional designers do not use this font, so why
should we?
I See No
Evil?!!!
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Practice before presenting
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Practice before presenting
Don’t be tempted to read the text straight from the slide!
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Practice before presenting
Don’t be tempted to read the text straight from the slide!
But what about the detail? Well, the slide
should lead to the worksheet, or textbook, so pupils can learn more.
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Learn from this guy!
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Learn from this guy!
Check out “The Presentation
Secrets of Steve Jobs”by Carmine Gallo
Some people even dress like this guy!
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Absolutely no bullet points!
Repeat the slides in your presentation to re-enforce
the message
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Absolutely no bullet points!
Repeat the slides in your presentation to re-enforce
the message
Say what you have to say.
Say it simply. Say it again!
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• Go Visual
• Let the image tell your story
• Absolutely no bullet points (until the end)
• Use simple fonts
• Practice before presenting
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Presentation Skillsfor geography teachers
Simple design tips to improve learning
Version 2.0
Simon Jones 2010
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Learn something new every day.
Contact:[email protected]://geographyjones.posterous.com
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