Active Learning with PowerPoint

Short Video Workshop

Active Lecturing

Active Learning Strategies

Formative Assessment

Games in PowerPoint

Effective Handouts

Resources

PowerPoint Resources: Selected Bibliography

Design Principles for Creating Educational Slide Show

• Christie, Alice. "Using PowerPoint in the Classroom."
• Condron, Frances. "Using PowerPoint in Teaching." Online tutorial for creating presentations.
• "Evaluating Student PowerPoint Presentations." A series of online guides and rubrics compiled by the Claremont McKenna College Teaching Resource Center. http://www.cgu.edu/pages/762.asp
• Howell, Dusti and Deanne Howell. Using PowerPoint in the Classroom. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin P, 2002. Introductory guide for creating slide shows for classroom use; geared mainly for K-12 educators.
• Russell, Michael and Walter Shriner. "Creating Effective PowerPoint Presentations." Discusses best practices for using color, text, and multimedia.
• Sommer, Robert. "Projector Blues." The Technology Source November/December 2003. http://technologysource.org/article/projector_blues/
• Strategies and design tips on using PowerPoint interactively from the Monitor on Psychology.
• "Teaching and Learning With PowerPoint." The Connecticut College Center for Teaching and Learning. http://ctl.conncoll.edu/pp/
• WebAIM PowerPoint Accessibility Techniques tutorial. http://www.webaim.org/techniques/powerpoint/

Pedagogy and PowerPoint – Using Presentation Technology in the Classroom

• Bartsch, Robert and Kristi Cobern. "Effectiveness of PowerPoint Presentations in Lecture." The Guide to Computing Literature 41.1 (June 2003): 77-86.
• Brown, David. "Faculty Practice: Judicious PowerPoint." Syllabus (March 2001), 27.
• Brown, David. "PowerPoint Induced Sleep." Syllabus (Jan. 2001), 17.
• Byrne, David. "Learning to Love PowerPoint." Wired (Sept. 2003), 12-15.
• Carello, Christy. "Hi-Tech Presentations: Are they Powerful or Pointless." Teaching with Technology Today 9.3 (Nov. 27, 2002). http://www.uwsa.edu/ttt/articles/carello.htm
• Creed, Tom. "PowerPoint, No! Cyberspace, Yes." The National Teaching and Learning Forum 6:4 (1997), 5-7. http://www.ntlf.com/html/pi/9705/creed_1.htm
• Daniels, Lisa. "Introducing Technology in the Classroom: PowerPoint as a First Step." Journal of Computing in Higher Education 10:2 (Spring 1999), 42-56.
• Rankin, Elizabeth L. and David J. Hoaas. "The Use of PowerPoint and Student Performance." Atlantic Economic Journal 29:1 (March 2001), 113. Authors found no significant effect in terms of student performance.
• Gallagher, Eugene and Michael Reder, "PowerPoint: Possibilities and Problems." Essays on Teaching Excellence: Toward the Best in the Academy. Published by the POD Network 16.3 (2004-2005).
• Jones, Dianne et al. "A Parade of Games in PowerPoint." http://facstaff.uww.edu/jonesd/games/ A collection of game examples and downloadable PowerPoint templates.
• Keller, Julia. "Is PowerPoint the Devil?" Chicago Tribune Wed. Jan. 22, 2003. http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/5004120.htm
• Kelley, Rebecca. "Getting Everybody Involved: Cooperative PowerPoint Creations Benefit Inclusion Students." Learning and Leading With Technology 27:1 (Sept. 1999), 10-14.
• Mantei, Erwin. "Using Internet Class Notes and PowerPoint in the Physical Geology Lecture." Journal of College Science Teaching 29:5 (Mar-Apr 2000), 301-5. Author found PowerPoint and online notes improved students' test scores.
• Mason, Ralph and Denis Hlynka. "'PowerPoint In The Classroom: What Is The Point?" Educational Technology 38:5 (Sept/Oct 1998), 45-8. http://www.umanitoba.ca/centres/ukrainian_canadian/hlynka/papers/ppt_point.html
• Mason, Ralph and Denis Hlynka. "Powerpoint In The Classroom: Where Is The Power?" Educational Technology 38:5 (Sept/Oct 1998), 42-5. http://www.umanitoba.ca/centres/ukrainian_canadian/hlynka/papers/ppt_power.html
• Murray, Bridget. "Tech Enrichment or Overkill?" Monitor on Psychology 33:4 (April 2002). http://www.apa.org/monitor/apr02/tech.html
• Parker, Ian. "Absolute PowerPoint." New Yorker 28 May 2001: 76 - 87.
• Pence, Harry. "PowerPoint and Cooperative Learning: An Ideal Instructional Combination." The Technology Source July 1997. http://technologysource.org/article/powerpoint_and_cooperative_learning/
• Rocklin, T. (1999). "PowerPoint is Not Evil." The National Teaching and Learning Forum. http://www.ntlf.com/html/sf/notevil.htm
• Rozaitis, William and Paul Baepler. "Active Learning with PowerPoint."
• Shwom, Barbara L., and Karl P. Keller. "The Great Man Has Spoken. Now What Do I Do?': A Response to Edward R. Tufte's The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint." Communication Insight 1.1 (October 2003): 1-16.
• Szabo, Attila and Nigel Hastings. "Using IT In The Undergraduate Classroom: Should We Replace The Blackboard With Powerpoint?" Computers and Education 35.3 (Nov. 2000): 175-87. Empirical study of PowerPoint vs. lecture; found that PowerPoint itself made no difference in student learning.
• Tomei, Lawrence and Margaret Balmert. " Creating An Interactive Powerpoint Lesson For The Classroom." THE Journal 28:1 (Aug 2000), 69-71. http://www.thejournal.com/magazine/vault/A2964.cfm
• Tufte, Edward R. The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint. Cheshire, CT: Graphics Press LLC. 2003.
• Tufte, Edward R. "Power Corrupts. PowerPoint Corrupts Absolutely." Wired (Sept. 2003), 118-119. An excerpted version of Tufte's monograph, The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint.