By: Sarah Rosencrans

Fall 2012

Plan content first Use a consistent background One idea per slide Support the main idea with a graphic You don’t always need a slide Put detail in student’s handouts

We teach our students about planning, so why shouldn't we? We can get better ideasBetter qualityBetter organized

This will also show our students that it’s okay to write ideas out before starting the project.

Consistency is always key to any projectOrganizationCleanliness

Keeps ideas flowing and keeps student’s minds from wanderingHaving a consistent background is great for

those students who: Have ADD/ADHD Have eye problems Have a behavioral problem

Students who have eye problems:May have issues seeing different fonts,

colors, and stylesToo many colors/pictures can irritate the

student’s eyes Students who have ADD/ADHD:

Too many colors/pictures can cause their brain to enter “the land of no coming back”

Students with behavioral problems:Fonts, colors, pictures can make the student

angry, excited, or rowdy.

Keep things simple for yourselfGiving one idea at a time can increase your

effectiveness on the idea being taughtGive you an easy way to organizeGive students a chance to soak in the

information

Graphics can be used to enhance a lesson and make ideas and text clearer for some students. If you have those students who are visual

Example:This is an owl.

Remember that you don’t always need a slide to present information.You can leave your previous slide up and

talk about new content. You don’t always need words on your

slides.Remember just a picture or just a graphic

can do wonders for you lesson Saves you time Big impact

You don’t always have to put every word or detail on the presentation

Sometimes it’s better to add extras on the student handoutsPutting additional information on the

student version will allow you to see who is/isn’t paying attention

As a teacher you can throw in some information that the student needs to know for the test

Most information was based upon my personal experiences in the classroom. The website(hyperlink) below was where I began.

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