Computers In The Class

Create a PowerPoint presentation.

1. Pick an idea or topic.
   • This topic will be presented to the class so try to make it something at least slightly interest.
   • It should, of course, be in incredibly good taste.
2. Consider who your audience is.
   • What things interest them?
   • What colors do they like?
   • What sort of animated effects appeal to them?
3. Your presentation should have at least 10 slides.
4. Make liberal use of cool pictures.
   • The pictures should be copyright-free.
   • Several appropriate picture sites are listed at the bottom of this assignment.
5. If you're ambitious, add sound to one or more slides.
   • Make the sounds appropriate. They should suit the slide, be of an appropriate volume, and be in good taste.
   • They should also be copyright-free.
   • Check below for some sites that have copyright-free sound effects.
6. Each slide should have a colored background or template.
7. There should be at least one link from one slide to a web site.
8. You should have more than one element on most of your slides.
   • In other words, you should have some text in at least two boxes, and/or a picture.
9. You should have transitions/animations between your slides.
   • Don’t over do it. One or two flashy animations are fun. More than that and it gets annoying.
10. Each slide should have a minimum of text.
    • You should not have everything you say about the slide written out in full.
    • Use bullet points.
    • Expand on your bullet points when you present.
11. When you present your PowerPoint show,
    • Face the class.
    • Don’t read the screen behind you. This is boring to watch.
    • Look at the faces of the people you’re talking to. See how they’re reacting.

Resources

Pictures

1. Wikimedia Commons
2. Copyright Free and Public Domain Media
3. Morgue File
4. Library of Congress Photo Stream
5. Public Domain Paintings by Don Davis
6. From Old Books

Sounds

1. Sound Snap
2. Incompetech
3. Soungle
4. Wikimedia Commons
5. Historical Sounds and Speeches