1) Keep the background design minimal and it shouldn't be too colourful
We always hear the quote "less is more" and it could be well applied in this case when we do our powerpoint slides. Good colour contrast on the background should be inserted like the example given by Madam Ng is that the background should be in a darker shade and whereas the text should be in a lighter shade to make it easier for the students to read.
Example :
This is one of the examples on how it should look on powerpoint slides :)
2) Importance in using proper type of fonts and font size.
Often at times when I choose fonts for powerpoint slides, I choose the ones that looks attractive to me, but then during the class last session I realized how important it is to choose fonts that could be read easily by students. The example Madam Ng suggested in class was Century Gothic and the size should range from 20 to 25 so that students could read them clearly even from far.
Often at times when I choose fonts for powerpoint slides, I choose the ones that looks attractive to me, but then during the class last session I realized how important it is to choose fonts that could be read easily by students. The example Madam Ng suggested in class was Century Gothic and the size should range from 20 to 25 so that students could read them clearly even from far.
3. Avoid cramming all the information in one slide.
It is important that we don't cram a lot of information in one slide in order to avoid students from getting bored or even lose focus of the subject being taught. Cramming too much information in one slide is never a wise thing to do, its okay if you have many slides as it could lead to better understanding and concentration.
Example of a bad powerpoint slide where they are overloaded information in one slide.
4. Avoid using cartoon pictures or clip arts.
I have always had the thought that cartoon and clip art could be something really attractive to be used in slides as it could make the slides more interesting. In the previous class, Madam Ng actually explained to us that it is always good using a real picture that is very much related to the lesson we would be teaching in class.
6. Use innovative way of beginning the teaching and learning session.
Often at times, teachers are prone to give notes to students from slides before starting off any lesson. What we fail to do is understand that we should come out of that norm and do something differenet for example like showing them a picture and asking them to guess whats the lesson of the day is going to be. By that way, students become more interactive in classroom rather than reading from the slides and causing them to get bored so easily. Different approaches would attract the students and enable better understanding and results.
7. Cover book examples
This point applies to teachers who would like to show student examples of the books that teachers would be using in class. Most of the times, teachers would take the whole cover of the book and show it to the students. Its not an efficient way of showing students because they might not grasp the important elements from the cover page of the book. A good cover page example should be properly cropped with all the proper elements and information in it so that the session would be effective and fruitful.
This are few of the many methods given out by Madam Ng in helping us produce a good power point slide. Thank you so much Madam Ng for all the guidelines you have taught, it would definitely be very useful for us all in the future for mock teaching and as well as when we have officially graduated as an educator. That's all from me for now. Thank you so much for reading my blog and hope it would be useful for everyone. :)
It is important that we don't cram a lot of information in one slide in order to avoid students from getting bored or even lose focus of the subject being taught. Cramming too much information in one slide is never a wise thing to do, its okay if you have many slides as it could lead to better understanding and concentration.
Example of a bad powerpoint slide where they are overloaded information in one slide.
4. Avoid using cartoon pictures or clip arts.
I have always had the thought that cartoon and clip art could be something really attractive to be used in slides as it could make the slides more interesting. In the previous class, Madam Ng actually explained to us that it is always good using a real picture that is very much related to the lesson we would be teaching in class.
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An example of an emoji(clip art) and a real picture. Instead of using emoji's in slides we could actually use real life pictures of people that would represent the thing we would want to talk about to make it more realistic.
5. Make the powerpoint slide lessons as local as possible.
What it means is simply by using Malaysian context examples in every points or even examples so that every student in the classroom would receive the message behind each lesson. Each student are brought up in different cultures and background so it is important that teachers find good examples to aid their teaching and learning. Students from urban and rural areas have different thoughts so its important teachers study each students before giving out their opinions on certain things so that they could relate it well to their own lives.
5. Make the powerpoint slide lessons as local as possible.
What it means is simply by using Malaysian context examples in every points or even examples so that every student in the classroom would receive the message behind each lesson. Each student are brought up in different cultures and background so it is important that teachers find good examples to aid their teaching and learning. Students from urban and rural areas have different thoughts so its important teachers study each students before giving out their opinions on certain things so that they could relate it well to their own lives.
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| "Malaysia truly Asia" - Be proud to be a Malaysian by using examples close to Malaysian students. :) |
Often at times, teachers are prone to give notes to students from slides before starting off any lesson. What we fail to do is understand that we should come out of that norm and do something differenet for example like showing them a picture and asking them to guess whats the lesson of the day is going to be. By that way, students become more interactive in classroom rather than reading from the slides and causing them to get bored so easily. Different approaches would attract the students and enable better understanding and results.
7. Cover book examples
This point applies to teachers who would like to show student examples of the books that teachers would be using in class. Most of the times, teachers would take the whole cover of the book and show it to the students. Its not an efficient way of showing students because they might not grasp the important elements from the cover page of the book. A good cover page example should be properly cropped with all the proper elements and information in it so that the session would be effective and fruitful.
This are few of the many methods given out by Madam Ng in helping us produce a good power point slide. Thank you so much Madam Ng for all the guidelines you have taught, it would definitely be very useful for us all in the future for mock teaching and as well as when we have officially graduated as an educator. That's all from me for now. Thank you so much for reading my blog and hope it would be useful for everyone. :)
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