This PowerPoint is entitled,

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• This PowerPoint is entitled, Presentations That
  Pop!. It is designed for high schools students
  to help them improve their presentations and
  communication skills. The overall goal is to
  have them learn to see things visually and then
  to express themselves visually.
• The PowerPoint is on the notes pages for you to
  see what I would be saying during the
  presentation. I hope you enjoy it.

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Presentations That Pop!!
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Visual Literacy
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Precision?
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Telling a story
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Ask yourself

• What am I looking at?
• What does this image mean to me?
• Relationship between image text?
• HOW CAN I VISUALLY DEPICT THIS MESSAGE?

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Design Elements

• Sometimes its not just what you say, but how
  you say it.

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Storyboarding
1. Opening Slide 2. Pics of Anne 3. Telling a story/ WW2
4. Precise words dog 5. Emotions pic 6. Story is prompt
7. Guides
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Type is visual too

• Dog walking ad Good Dog Cool
• Social invitation Invitation
• School dance poster Scribble
• Barbeque Saloon
• Bible Study Old English
• Business Card Lucida Sans

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Which lawyer would you trust?

• Tom Sawyer
• Attorney at Law
• Medical Malpractice
• 540 Baker Street Boston MA 45566 446.778.5432

• Tom Sawyer
• Attorney at Law
• Medical Malpractice
• 540 Baker Street Boston MA
  456.778.5432

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24 point for a minimum size 72 maximum 72
maximum

• BOLD SCREAMS
• ITALICS WHISPER

• WHICH IS EASIER TO READ?
• Which is easier to read?

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Feet or no feet?

• Serif fancy little feet on the letters
• Engravers MT
• Sans Serif no little feet, easier on the eyes
• LUCIDA SANS

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Match made in heaven

• Annual Budget Report
• Heroes of the Old Testament
• Games for Energizing Workshops

Impact
Verdana
Arial Black
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• IUMRING TQ GQNGIUSIQNS

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Text Guidelines

• This?
• Visual literacy can help someone interpret,
  understand the meaning of messages communicate
  more effectively by applying the basic principles
  and concepts of visual design produce visual
  messages using technologies and use visual
  thinking to conceptualize solutions to problems.

• Or this?
• Visual literacy helps
• Understand meaning
• Communicate effectively
• Produce with technology
• Conceptualize solutions

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Dodging the bullet

• Choose what serves your message best.
• Will it distract or attract?
• It is okay to not use bullets!

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What colors mean
Color Symbolizes
Red Passion, danger, attention
Yellow Happiness, joy, deceit, cowardice
Green Life, nature, renewal, jealousy
Blue Calming, responsibility, lack of violent emotion
Brown Wholesomeness, steadfastness, dependability
Purple Reassurance, mystery, excitement
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Okay vs. Best
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Resources

• Burmark, L. (2002) Visual literacy learn to see,
  see to learn. Alexandria, VA Association for
  Supervision and Curriculum Development.
• Life Image Archives (2010). Retrieved from
• http//images.google.com/hosted/life
• Riesland, E. Visual Literacy and the Classroom.
  (2005). Retrieved from http//www.newhorizons.org
  /visualliteracy