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Creating Effective PowerPoint Presentation Skills in the Language Classroom 1995 2008 Peter Heath The 1st International Conference on Linguistic and Intercultural Education TAMK University Of Applied Sciences The slide design presented here is taught on engineering and science courses Can also be used in the foreign langauge classroom http://www.writing.engr.psu.edu/teaching_slide_design.html This presentation introduces an effective slide design for better foreign language communication Reasons for using the slide design The slide design consists of an assertion headline of no more than two lines Supporting points Assertion headline A description of the slide design Point 1 Two lines Point 2 Two lines Point 3 Two lines Supporting image Image Results of using the slide design This presentation introduces an effective slide design for better foreign language communication Reasons for using the slide design The slide design consists of an assertion headline of no more than two lines Supporting points Assertion headline A description of the slide design Point 1 Two lines Point 2 Two lines Point 3 Two lines Supporting image Image Results of using the slide design Foreign language teaching is less effective when taught in isolation from the degree programme Engineering Degree Programme Presentations Maths Physics Language Teaching Chemistry Professional subjects Future career Future career Too long between learning and using Teaching presentation skills without teaching slide design is a black hole in language teaching = Black Hole Results always poor no matter how good the language skills The default layouts offered by PowerPoint are not suitable for professional presentations Phrase heading Non-descriptive Bullet points Non-hierarchal Background Noisy Students must be taught how to design slides When creating presentation slides, four goals should be set Converting an analog signal to a digital signal requires a sampling of the signal Hardware converts analog signal to digital Accelerometer outputs an analog voltage The design should help the audience during the presentation The design should help the audience remember the presentation Computer samples a number of points The design should serve as notes after the presentation The design should help colleagues give the same presentation Data is exported to popular applications Excel Robertshaw, Harry, “Class Period 15: Signals and Systems,” classroom This presentation introduces an effective slide design for better foreign language communication Reasons for using the slide design The slide design consists of an assertion headline of no more than two lines Supporting points Assertion headline A description of the slide design Point 1 Two lines Point 2 Two lines Point 3 Two lines Supporting image Image Results of using the slide design The slide design arises from principles of rhetoric, cognitive psychology, and human factors science Sentence headline Assertion (point of slide) Images Important words (supports point) The slide design arises from principles of rhetoric, cognitive psychology, and human factors science Effective redundancy Repetition of the message in different ways Paivio’s dual coding theory Recall/recognition is enhanced by presenting information in both visual and verbal form. (http://tip.psychology.org/paivio.html) The slide design is non-language specific Allows knowledge learned on one course to be used on another (knowledge transfer) Vaihteen tehtävä on alentaa potkurin pyörimisnopeutta Kampiakselilta saatu teho tulee siirtää potkurin akselille Communicating across the curriculum Pyörimisnopeutta tulee alentaa suhteessa 2,43:1 potkurin lavankärkien nopeuden vuoksi (oltava alle äänennopeuden) Foreign language teaching is more effective when it is an integral part of the degree programme Engineering Degree Programme Presentations Maths Physics Presentations Chemistry Professional subjects Language Teaching Future career Future career Leads to graduates with better communication skills This presentation introduces an effective slide design for better foreign language communication Reasons for using the slide design The slide design consists of an assertion headline of no more than two lines Supporting points Assertion headline A description of the slide design Point 1 Two lines Point 2 Two lines Point 3 Two lines Supporting image Image Results of using the slide design The slide design has greatly improved the quality of the presentations given on English courses Students produce better presentations Before Black Hole After Students use the design in other subjects Faculty report an improvement in presentation skills on their courses Fiber technology products are divided into 5 main areas ”Since learning Peter’s methods, the communication Skills of our undergraduate engineers and the whole department have improved dramatically” Complete wood handling lines Chipping and screening Chip storage Bark storage Log handling Debarking Dr Ulla Haggblom-Ahnger Director of Paper, Textile and Chemical Engineering education,TAMK ”In engineering education too little empasisis is put on presentation skills. Thankfully, Peter Heath’s methods have helped our students become much better presenters. Because of the professional training students now receive, the quality of student presentations on our faculty courses has made a great difference to the overall quality of the learning environment. ” Vaihteen tehtävä on alentaa potkurin pyörimisnopeutta Kampiakselilta saatu teho tulee siirtää potkurin akselille Pyörimisnopeutta tulee alentaa suhteessa 2,43:1 potkurin lavankärkien nopeuden vuoksi (oltava alle äänennopeuden) Heikki Aalto Lentokonetekniikan yliopettaja Faculty report an improvement in presentation skills on their courses “I have noticed a clear improvement in the way computer science students present things. Project presentations and thesis seminars have improved greatly. When I asked students the reasons for this improvement, the answer was Peter. He has demanded that students put more effort into their presentations by showing and teaching how good a PowerPoint presentation can be. Kiitos Peter” Ari Rantala Head of Studies, Computer Science TAMK Hermoverkon yleisin malli on kolmikerroksinen niin kutsuttu Feedforward neural network Heräte Input layer eli herätekerros Neuroni Hidden layer eli piilokerros Synapsi Output layer eli ulostulokerros Vaste Hermo Verkot Teemu Karimerto TAMK 2008 In summary, the slide design can be an important tool in the language classroom It is more effective than PowerPoint defaults It is non-language specific It meets the goals of slide design Students graduate as better communicators This presentation introduced an effective slide design for better foreign language communication Reasons for using the slide design The slide design consists of an assertion headline of no more than two lines Supporting points Assertion headline A description of the slide design Point 1 Two lines Point 2 Two lines Point 3 Two lines Supporting image Image Results of using the slide design Questions? Although researchers give validation more attention, validation requires successful verification Validation Verification Is the PDE model appropriate? Do we solve the right equations? Are the numerical models correctly implemented? Do we solve the right equations? Hans Petter Langtangen and Ola Skaghaug, “A First Step Towards Automatic Verfication of PDE Code”