Effective Power Pointsfor school presentations

6th Grade A

2016

Your goal

Get your message to the audience

It´s the most Important

thing

Basic Guidelines

One idea per slide

You have to plan

Keep it simple

• Be creative with the tools and time you have!

Basic Guidelines Text

• Title what you are talking about

• Limit your text complete sentences

Bullets

• Text size so everyone can see

• Use color wisely a a a a

• Use no more than two types of fonts.

Basic Guidelines Text

• Rule: six bullets and six words.

• More than tan that uses too much space.

• It gets boring too, can´t you see it in this example?

• If you use too many words your audience is going to spend too much time reading and not paying attention to your ideas.

• Are you still reading this or are you bored already

• Should I keep on writing?

Why this doesn´t work Text

Hello my name is Peter. I am in sixth grade. I bet you can´t read this information, but really is it that important to read this if I am

talking about my investigation, my ideas, my feelings?

Hello my name is Peter. I am in sixth grade. I bet you can´t read this information, but really is it that important to read this if I am

talking about my investigation, my ideas, my feelings?

Hello my name is Peter. I am in sixth grade. I bet you can´t read this information, but really is it that important to read this if I am

talking about my investigation, my ideas, my feelings?

Hello my name is Peter. I am in sixth grade. I bet you can´t read this information, but really is it that important to read this if I am

talking about my investigation, my ideas, my feelings?

Hello my name is Peter. I am in sixth grade. I bet you can´t read this information, but really is it that important to read this if I am

talking about my investigation, my ideas, my feelings?

Hello my name is Peter. I am in sixth grade. I bet you can´t read this information, but really is it that important to read this if I am

talking about my investigation, my ideas, my feelings?

Hello my name is Peter. I am in sixth grade. I bet you can´t read this information, but really is it that important to read this if I am

talking about my investigation, my ideas, my feelings?

Hello my name is Peter. I am in sixth grade. I bet you can´t read this information, but really is it that important to read this if I am

talking about my investigation, my ideas, my feelings?

Hello my name is Peter. I am in sixth grade. I bet you can´t read this information, but really is it that important to read this if I am

talking about my investigation, my ideas, my feelings?

Basic Guidelines Visuals

Basic Guidelines Visuals

Endangered animals

-Biodiversity is the variety of life on Earth. -Fauna & Flora International (FFI) works to protect countless species through our conservation programmes.

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Basic Guidelines Visuals

Basic Guidelines Visuals

Use High quality images / take your own pictures if possible.

Basic Guidelines Visuals

Basic Guidelines Images

Basic Guidelines Images

Use adequate images

Use high quality images

Image size: so everyone can see it.

Leave enough white space.

Basic Guidelines Background

Basic Guidelines Background

Background Background Background Background

Which one can you read best?

Basic Guidelines Background

Cool colors work best for backgrounds.

- such as blue and green

Warm colors generally work best for objects in the foreground like text.

- such as orange and red

Contrast is very important

Which one can you read best?

Basic Guidelines Background

Avoid :

noisy backgrounds

red-green combinations.

Choose:

A color that will compliment you font color.

Basic Guidelines Images

Use adequate images

Use high quality images

Image size: so everyone can see it.

Leave enough white space.

Limit transitions and animations

Only use them if necessary.

In this case less is more.

Videos and audio

Only use them if they are important for your presentation.

Place video and audio file in the same in the same folder as your ppt.

Make sure to attach them before your presentation.

Title

Subtitles

Text

Text

Text

Visual

Now tell me… why doesn´t this work?

References

http://www.ncsl.org/legislators-staff/legislative-staff/legislative-staff-coordinating-committee/tips-for-making-effective-powerpoint-presentations.aspx

http://www.presentia.co.uk/the-10-20-30-presentation-rule-for-designing-great-presentations/