Is Powerpoint Evil?

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Is Powerpoint Evil?

• Chris Hall
• Library and Information Services

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Design Templates

• Nice and easy on the eye?
• Very stylish and modern?
• The epitome of design?

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Teamwork!!!

• Teach
• Educate
• Analyse
• Motivate
• Welcome
• Orchestrate
• Resource
• Knowledge

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More great teamwork!!!
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Complex Data!
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Logo on every page?

• Having the logo on every page means that if
  youve got text and images on the same page, the
  logo and the text run together and you cant see
  the last few lines of text properly

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1-7-7

• Have only one main idea per slide
• Insert only seven lines of text maximum
• Use only seven words per line maximum
• Does this actually work?
• Is this method really good advice?
• Is this really appropriate, effective visual?
• This slide has just seven bullet points

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amplification through simplification
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?
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One thing...
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Whats important?
Let go of the rest
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Podcasts

• 65 of students would like to listen to podcasts
  of lectures

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65 of students would like to listen to podcasts
of lectures
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Do students want podcasts?
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Do students want podcasts?

• Yes 65
• No 35

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65
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65 of students want podcasts
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simplicity
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Less.

• Cheesy clipart

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More.
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learninglab.swan.ac.uk/lunchandlearn
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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication
Leonardo da Vinci