Powerpoint Guidlines

1.) USE PICTURES! Sometimes many presenter just use text as a mean to show their information. Text is good, but by adding some interesting pictures, many people will pay better attention to the information given.

2.)PICK YOUR FONTS WELL! Some fonts may be too hard to read, others may not fit the structure of your presentation, so pick the font that best suites the powerpoint presentation.

3.)PRESENT INFO IN SMALL SEGMENTS! A large quantity of information in one slide may be overwhelming for the audience, therefore separating the information into smaller section will be helpful for learning purposes.

4.)PICK BACKGROUNDS WELL! For a professional presentation, more subtle colors are appropriate while for a "fun"/less professional presentation any color would be suitable.

5.)POWERPOINT SHOULD BE USED TO SUMMARIZE INFORMATION! I hate when presenters read every single word off the slides in their presentations. I might as well just print out your presentation and read it in order to get the information. Powerpoints should be used to highlight the important stuff, the speaker should go off of what the main points are.

My Photoshop image

This combination of the cross, my bunny, and the alcatraz flower symbolize a spiritual unity among nature.

Chris Nolan

Chris Nolan, assistant university librarian at Trinity, presented to our class on different types of search engines, how to search topics effectively, and how to distinguish between credible web sources and the not so credible ones. As far as search engine statistics, between 72%-65% of Internet users prefer using the Google search engine as compared to other search engines. I learned about how Google ranks several pages according to web page hits, credibility, and the general search topic. I also learned about the vast amount of search options Google has to offer that range from language preference to search results from certain types of websites (com, gov, edu, etc). Something quite useful I learned and that I will definitely apply to future research assignments is the convenience of using a directory versus a typical search engine. All in all, Chris Nolan’s presentation was interesting and applicable on how to research topics at a college level.