 | Presentations with PowerPoint 2000 http://www.wesleyan.edu/libr/tut/powerpoint/ Learn PowerPoint with an Olin Library tutorial |
| A Few Tips on How to Use PowerPoint for Mathematical Presentations
http://www.cs.bu.edu/~reyzin/pptips.html by
Leonid Reyzin "These tips may help you produce math-heavy PowerPoint presentations more efficiently, and get them to look better. They assume familiarity with the basics of PowerPoint. They do not argue for or against using PowerPoint for your presentations (there are many pros and cons)." |
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Why Use
Visuals? (http://www.plu.edu/~libr/workshops/multimedia/why.html) "At least two studies have clearly demonstrated the positive effects of using visuals in presentations: the 3M/Wharton School study (1981) and the University of Minnesota/3M study (1986)..." |
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Tips for
Effective Presentations Using Four Important Design Concepts (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/psychology/200bc/present.html) "Big -- Simple -- Clear -- Consistent If you pay attention to these four concepts as you put the visuals together, the end products will be effective." |
| Edward Tufte's "Essay: The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint" http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_pp |
| David Byrne's Essay "Learning
to Love PowerPoint" from Wired Magazine,
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/ppt1.html and Edward Tufte's rebuttal "PowerPoint is Evil" also from Wired Magazine, http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/ppt2.html |
| "Tufte, PowerPoint, and Web Content" a weblog reacting to Edward Tufte's Essay http://www.7nights.com/asterisk/archives/tufte_powerpoint_and_web_content.php |
| "Powerpoint is Not Evil" by Tom Rocklin, University of Iowa, http://www.ntlf.com/html/sf/notevil.htm |
| Is PowerPoint Evil? Discussion led by
Michael Roy (Information Technology
Services) A roundtable discussion of Edward Tufte's "The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint" Edward Tufte, the renowned critic of information design, recently published an essay in which he claims that most uses of PowerPoint undermine the presenter's ability to make a coherent, well-informed argument. In this session, we will discuss his essay and other readings. Presented Monday Nov. 3, 2004. |
| Making the Most (But Not Too Much) of PowerPoint
Jan Naeglele (Biology),
Suzanne O'Connell (E&ES),
Gayle Pemberton (English). PowerPoint can be a very effective presentation tool for the classroom, but poor implementation can drive your audience to the brink of boredom, if not insanity. What are the strengths and weaknesses of PowerPoint? How does one use it wisely so that students appreciate rather than loathe it? Hear from faculty who've smoothed out the rough spots and found the best use in their classrooms. Presented Thurs, March 27, 2003. |
| More than one way to use Blackboard
Rick Elphick (History),
Natasha Korda (Women's Studies) Rick Elphick will demonstrate his course Blackboard, specifically focusing on integrating Powerpoint presentations within Blackboard. Natasha Korda will demonstrate the use of Blackboard as a platform for scholarly collaboration, and the archiving and organization of course related materials. Presented Oct 24, 2001. |