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Powerpoint Pandemic! by Tim Newlin

by In Teachers.Net Gazette

Jun 14, 2011

All across the world students are nodding off in lecture halls, executives are yawning in boardrooms, military personnel are being anesthetized at briefings, and committees are being put to sleep in government offices by infected carriers that are unaware of their condition.

Most of us have been exposed many times and have woken up afterwards wondering where we were and what happened. Some of us may even be already infected! The PPA (Power Point Anonymous) gives us a list of 12 character symptoms to watch out for:

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Sue Davidson I have collected several videos about how NOT to make a powerpoint. I use these with my students when they start their powerpoint projects. I emphasize keeping the words simple and short on each slide. Often students want to write large paragraphs in tiny print! I suggest bullet points alot even though some of the videos say not to overdo it! The o...See More

Jun 30, 2011

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sci-saxet Thanks for providing that link. It will be very helpful.

In watching the powerpoint make-over (the 2nd video you had posted on the page) how did the speaker do the little imbedded video of himself and operate the powerpoint?

On 6/30/11, Sue Davidson wrote: > I have collected several videos about how NOT to make a > powerpoin...See More

Jun 30, 2011

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Sue Davidson He might be using Camtasia by Techsmith. I know it has that capability to record yourself and record your screenshot or powerpoint. I have used Camtasia but not that function yet. I have only used voice over. Sue Davidson

On 6/30/11, sci-saxet wrote: > Thanks for providing that link. It will be very helpful. > > In watching the p...See More

Jul 1, 2011

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sci-saxet to Sue I googled "camtasia" and came up with several hits. Some said "free trial", "download for free", and others said "buy" -- one was like $200.

What would you suggest?

On 7/01/11, Sue Davidson wrote: > He might be using Camtasia by Techsmith. I know it has that > capability to record yourself and record your screenshot or > ...See More

Jul 2, 2011

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bernoulli I've been using camtasia for many years. I got a licensed copy from a friend who got it with his digital camera along with editing software. Camtasia works great for screen capture. My problem was selecting the right settings for rate of screen capture and quality of audio so that the file sizes would stay small enough for reasonable downloading. M...See MoreI've been using camtasia for many years. I got a licensed copy from a friend who got it with his digital camera along with editing software. Camtasia works great for screen capture. My problem was selecting the right settings for rate of screen capture and quality of audio so that the file sizes would stay small enough for reasonable downloading. My sound problem was just that my computer didn't record sound well no matter what microphone I used. On my other computer the sound is fine. If I used the Techsmith codec for recording the file size goes way down. Then users have to install the codec (tscc.exe) on their computer...takes about one second to download.

What I ended up doing was putting all the camtasia files on a cd and a flash drive then letting students copy it to their hard drives. I will also copy it onto their flash drives.

I have not successfully embedded a camtasia clip into a powerpoint presentation...but I am sure it can be done.

Techsmith used to have a huge educational discount if you bought 3 or 5 copies or something like that. Not sure what they still offer.

On 7/02/11, sci-saxet to Sue wrote: > I googled "camtasia" and came up with several hits. Some said "free > trial", "download for free", and others said "buy" -- one was like $200. > > What would you suggest? > > On 7/01/11, Sue Davidson wrote: >> He might be using Camtasia by Techsmith. I know it has that >> capability to record yourself and record your screenshot or >> powerpoint. I have used Camtasia but not that function yet. I have >> only used voice over. >> Sue Davidson >> >> On 6/30/11, sci-saxet wrote: >>> Thanks for providing that link. It will be very helpful. >>> >>> In watching the powerpoint make-over (the 2nd video you had posted >>> on the page) how did the speaker do the little imbedded video of >>> himself and operate the powerpoint? >>> >>> >>> On 6/30/11, Sue Davidson wrote: >>>> I have collected several videos about how NOT to make a >>>> powerpoint. I use these with my students when they start their >>>> powerpoint projects. I emphasize keeping the words simple and >>>> short on each slide. Often students want to write large >>>> paragraphs in tiny print! I suggest bullet points alot even >>>> though some of the videos say not to overdo it! The other >>>> major point I make is READABILITY. Being sure the text doesn't >>>> get lost in the background. The text must POP! >>>> >>>> [link removed]:

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