The tutorial provides tips for creating an effective presentation for a Civics class, including focusing each slide on one main idea, using clear and concise bullet points, and incorporating engaging elements like questions, stories, demonstrations or videos to actively involve the audience. Examples of ineffective slides with too much text or irrelevant images are shown to illustrate techniques to avoid. References for further reading on presentation design are also included.
12. Plan your presentation away from your computer Slide 1 Why am I talking about this subject? Slide 2 Ask the class a question Slide 3 Outline the 1 st main point to cover
19. People remember stories TEDx Manhattan. August 2011. Flikr. Creative Commons License.
20. You don ’t always need slides Demonstrations White Board Case Studies Game Shows Ask questions Group Brainstorm Skit Mind Maps Poll the Audience Create a video
Use a story board or post-its to organize your thoughts and ideas before you create your PowerPoint presentation…whatever works. Garr Reynolds, describes Storyboarding in his book Presentationzen. See Reference section for the complete reference. Garr also has a blog that talks about this form of presentation, http://www.presentationzen.blogs.com/