1. 8 Tips to Power-Up Your
Classroom Presentations
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2. 1. Use as Many Slides as You
Need
Spending five minutes on five
slides will almost always be
more engaging to your
students than spending five
minutes on a single slide, even
when the information is exactly
the same.

3. 2. Minimize Verbosity
Your slides are there to support
what you are saying, not to say it
for you. Keep your word count
low, and only place one main
point on a slide, plus three to five
sub-points if absolutely needed.

4. 3. Maximize Visuals
Photos, figures and icons
work as visual memory
triggers. They help your
students remember what it
is you're saying.

5. 4. Reduce Noise
All these redundant
elements do is create
distractions from the
content of your slides.

6. 5. Go BIG
 Make text and visuals as
large as you can. Not only
does this make them easier
to see and read, but larger
images and text make a
greater impact to aid memory.

7. 6. Highlight What You Are
Talking About
 Use contrast or call-outs to clearly show the area of the
slide you are talking about.
 Reveal bullet points or table rows one at a time so that
the last one visible is the one you are talking about.
 Use arrows, circles or other pointers to show what you
are referencing in specific parts of an illustration, photo
or graph.
 Animate and reveal parts of illustrations and graphs
(where possible) to build your story rather than showing
everything at once.
 Use bold type or different colors to highlight the
keywords in any lengthy text.

8. 7. Transition Changes
 Most programs include transitions
that can be used between slides or
on elements in the slides
themselves.
 different transitions can help
illustrate points in your
presentation.

9. 8. Repeat Yourself
Redundantly
It’s OK to repeat the same
slide more than once --
especially when using
images -- if you are
reminding students of an
earlier point.

10. Bonus Tip: Make it Funny!
 There's little doubt that emotional responses
can aid memory. While it can be difficult to
apply this power in a classroom slide
presentation, humor is easy enough, and
adding a bit of levity to your presentations at
the right points can work to give students vital
memory hooks.

11. Last Word
Remember, the point of presentation slides is
not to replace you as the teacher, but to help
your students understand and remember what
you are teaching. Overwhelming them with too
much information can be just as harmful as
underwhelming them with too little.
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