Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Tips for improving student presentations

ProfHacker offers a simple set of guidelines in today's (4/20/11) post for avoiding DBP (death by powerpoint):
http://chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/challenging-the-presentation-paradigm-with-the-115-rule/32691?sid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en
Start with the Pecha Kucha formula: maximum 20 slides at 20 seconds per slide
Spur creativity and mastery of the material by superimposing the 1:1:5 rule...

"In addition to the time constraint of the Pecha Kucha, your presentation must also follow the 1/1/5 rule. That is, you must have at least one image per slide, you can use each exact image only once, and you should add no more than five words per slide. "

Professor Sample says these guidelines have improved student presentations overall, although nothing is foolproof :-).

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