How to Insure Power

Pointlessness

How to Insure Power

Pointlessness Based in large part on a handout by

eMINTS AIS Michelle Kendrick which was summarized from an article by Jamie

McKenzie titled “Scoring Power Points” http://www.fno.org/sept00/powerpoints.htm

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Based in large part on a handout by eMINTS AIS Michelle Kendrick which was

summarized from an article by Jamie McKenzie titled “Scoring Power Points”

http://www.fno.org/sept00/powerpoints.html

Never give a firm deadline

• Students can always find plenty to do with any amount of time

• What they find to do will be more interesting than what you can imagine

Save TimeSave Time

Assign a knowledge-level project that can easily be completed by cutting and pasting. This will allow more time for students to add bizarre sound effects and transitions.

Assign a knowledge-level project that can easily be completed by cutting and pasting. This will allow more time for students to add bizarre sound effects and transitions.

http://www.learningandteaching.info/learning/bloomtax.htm

Bloom’s Taxonomy

Variety

Use multiple:Backgrounds ColorsFontsIt is boring if the

presentation is consistent.

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Scoring Guides

Write the scoring guide after students have completed the project.

Make the criteria sufficiently vague that neither teacher nor students will have a clue what is expected.

Skew the points so that students who create an impressive Power Point Presentation with no content will earn a high score.

PresentationPresentation

Instruct students to face SMART Board and read directly from slides.

Never model effective presentation skills.

Instruct students to face SMART Board and read directly from slides.

Never model effective presentation skills.

6 x 6 Rule

The 6 x 6 Rule wastes valuable slide space. If a person watching a presentation does not have enough attention span to read more than six words down and six words across he/she should work on increasing his or her attention span. The presenter should not pander to such immature needs. Anyone who is not willing to read a slide filled with text should not bother attending a presentation. It is easier for the presenter to include every detail on the slide so that when he/she reads the entire slide to the audience he/she will not need to remember anything else or refer to notes to complete the presentation.

PlanningPlanning

Just go for it!Just go for it!

Do not encourage Do not encourage storyboarding or use storyboarding or use of graphic organizers of graphic organizers to pre-plan content.to pre-plan content.

Just go for it!Just go for it!

Do not encourage Do not encourage storyboarding or use storyboarding or use of graphic organizers of graphic organizers to pre-plan content.to pre-plan content.