They Snooze, You Loose Ch1

Chapter 1 Tweaking Presentations Discussion

EDTC 6340.60

Dr. Chavez

Submitted by Gladys Bargas

In Burmark’s chapter 1 of the book “You Snooze, You Loose,” has changed my ways of thinking about power point presentations. I have experienced taking courses where the instructor is reading off the slides and I tend to loose track of what has been presented and therefore end up not only distracted, but I end up forgetting important points made by the presenter.

            Important points from chapter 1 are as followed:

            - Visual anchors should be on the left of the slie

             - According Burmark color improve audience comprehension and retention

            - Yellow, or yellow dominating colors, are seen before others. As seen in Monet’s paintings, the blue objects appeared farther away and the yellow objects appeared closer in perception.

- A point made by John Medina, the average Powerpoint slide contains forty words.

- Typing words in all caps is difficult to read

- Varying the leading helps the reader process the information visually.

- The typeface should match the content you are presenting.

                        References

Burmark, Lynell. 2011. They Snooze, You Loose. Pp 3-24