I used the slides below for a presentation I gave to an advanced writing course this past September. It was created in Keynote and I presented it using the Pointer app for the iPhone as the clicker.

It won’t make much sense to you by looking at the slides alone, because these slides were simply a visual enhancement to what I was saying as the presenter. This is an important concept to remember when designing your own presentations: the students should pay attention to you, the teacher, and should only refer to your slides when you want them to.

I am working on a stand-alone presentation for Slideshare that will introduce Brain Slides without the need for my explanations as you click through the slides. I will post it soon!

I recently came across this video by Chris while browsing Ethos3.com

While he isn’t the most exciting presenter, he does give a great summary of the most important points presentation design in an academic setting.

I was especially interested in the Q&A portion. One audience member said that if she were to just put up pictures and a few words she is afraid her students would think that it was a “Mickey Mouse course.”

Is Powerpoint evil? from Chris on Vimeo.

What do you think:

Is good slide design too juvenile for an academic setting?