Effective PowerPoint Presentations

"Oh no, not another PowerPoint presentation!" you mutter softly to yourself as you slip into a seat in the back of the dark auditorium. Unfortunately, your worst expectations come to pass. Specialties Educators Article

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open1gate

5 Posts

Thank you Thank you VickyRN,

I have a prsentation Ihave to do and "computers" were not around when i went to school.

this article will BE SO HELPFUL for me. It has come just at the right time.

Thank you

open1gate:typing

VickyRN, MSN, DNP, RN

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Thank you Thank you VickyRN,

I have a prsentation Ihave to do and "computers" were not around when i went to school.

this article will BE SO HELPFUL for me. It has come just at the right time.

Thank you

open1gate:typing

You're very welcome. Best wishes to you :)

psychonaut

275 Posts

Vicky, it seems like all of my replies to your threads are of the "old skool" mode; I *am* a technophile, honest!

That being said...

My very best lecture instructors, in all subjects, used the whiteboard for their lectures. I found this method to be much preferable to the PP-based lectures. Whiteboard (and yes, even chalkboard) lectures had the benefit of being self-limiting in terms of not progressing any faster than the prof could write. These lectures allowed for spontaneous diagram/graph illustrations (supported by an overhead for more complex illustrations). On a more subtle note, these types of lectures gave the prof a chance to be actually "thinking through" the lecture, making it a bit more difficult to "phone it in" vs. a PP-based lecture.

I realize that I am a dying breed in many ways, and I do support the use of tech in the educational process. Unfortunately, it sometimes seems that tech is added into to educational experience, and kept there, even when the effectiveness is dubious.

Very good article, however, in making the best out of this medium. I got a chuckle out of the clip art part; I once wrote on the evaluation for a professor, "very good instructor, but someone needs to hide her clip art cd."

VickyRN, MSN, DNP, RN

49 Articles; 5,349 Posts

Specializes in Gerontological, cardiac, med-surg, peds.
Vicky, it seems like all of my replies to your threads are of the "old skool" mode; I *am* a technophile, honest!

That being said...

My very best lecture instructors, in all subjects, used the whiteboard for their lectures. I found this method to be much preferable to the PP-based lectures. Whiteboard (and yes, even chalkboard) lectures had the benefit of being self-limiting in terms of not progressing any faster than the prof could write. These lectures allowed for spontaneous diagram/graph illustrations (supported by an overhead for more complex illustrations). On a more subtle note, these types of lectures gave the prof a chance to be actually "thinking through" the lecture, making it a bit more difficult to "phone it in" vs. a PP-based lecture.

I realize that I am a dying breed in many ways, and I do support the use of tech in the educational process. Unfortunately, it sometimes seems that tech is added into to educational experience, and kept there, even when the effectiveness is dubious.

Very good article, however, in making the best out of this medium. I got a chuckle out of the clip art part; I once wrote on the evaluation for a professor, "very good instructor, but someone needs to hide her clip art cd."

Whiteboard/ chalkboard vs PowerPoint would make a very interesting topic for educational research :)

edowhitetop

20 Posts

Very good information. I printed it out to remind myself when I prepare PowerPoints for my PhD studies too. Thank you!

VickyRN, MSN, DNP, RN

49 Articles; 5,349 Posts

Specializes in Gerontological, cardiac, med-surg, peds.
Very good information. I printed it out to remind myself when I prepare PowerPoints for my PhD studies too. Thank you!

Glad this was helpful to you :)

Specializes in LTC, CPR instructor, First aid instructor..

Thank you for starting this thread Vicky. Microsoft Office is difficult for me to learn and you and the other folks give excellent points.

Fran

VickyRN, MSN, DNP, RN

49 Articles; 5,349 Posts

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Thank you for starting this thread Vicky. Microsoft Office is difficult for me to learn and you and the other folks give excellent points.

Fran

Glad this was helpful to you, Fran. I had to unlearn some bad habits that I picked up along the way.

dezertrose

17 Posts

so helpful! thanks!

alan headbloom

74 Posts

Vicky,

I was thinking of using some of this in a workshop on giving PowerPoints. Whom do I credit? You? Others?

Thanks,

Alan

VickyRN, MSN, DNP, RN

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Specializes in Gerontological, cardiac, med-surg, peds.

I have sent you a PM, Alan :)