POWER POINT The Good The Bad The Ugly

POWER POINT The Good. The Bad. The Ugly.

Good Power Points. . . • Match. • Use quick, non-distracting transitions and animation. • Do NOT have a lot of words. • DO have a lot of picture. • Are easy to read. • Only have relevant music and sounds. • Use consistent font, color, and font size.

Amelia Earhart • Born on July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas • Had a tumultuous childhood • Saw her first airplane in 1908 – at the Iowa State Fair • Nurse in WW 1 • Took her first ride in an airplane in 1920

Bad Power Points… • Don’t use enough contrast between the background and the font color. • Have sentences that are too wordy and take too long to read. Or even worse the presenter just reads from the slide instead of elaborating on the details on the slide. • Have blurry pictures- REMEMEBER! You’re presenting on a BIG screen! • Are too small to read.

AMELIA EARHART • Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas. Her grandparents raised her during her early childhood. From the age of ten, she lived with her mother and father. • She was a tomboy - climbing trees, sledding in the snow, and hunting She saw her first airplane in 1908, at the Iowa State Fair, but her interest in aviation lay dormant for another ten years. She served as a nurse in World War One, and took her first ride in an airplane in 1920.

Ugly Power Points… • • • Are boring- colors, fonts, pictures. Don’t fit on the slide. Have clashing colors. Have too many colors. Have irrelevant sounds, pics, and text. Have obnoxious, slow animation and transitions.

My power point on Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas. Her grandparents raised her during her early childhood. From the age of ten, she lived with her mother and father. Like Pappy Boyington, her early family circumstances were unsettled, marked by moves and alcoholism in the family. She was a tomboy - climbing trees, sledding in the snow, and hunting She saw her first airplane in 1908, at the Iowa State Fair, but her interest in aviation lay dormant for another ten years. She served as a nurse in World War One, and took her first ride in an airplane in 1920. After her flight with barnstormer Frank Hawks, she said "As soon as we left the ground, I knew I myself had to fly. " Indeed, within a few days, she took her first flying lesson, in a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny. Six months later, she bought her own airplane, a yellow Kinner Airster, that she dubbed "The Canary. " Like Gabby Gabreski, she was not a naturally gifted pilot, but she persevered, built up her flying time, and even broke the woman's altitude record in 1922.

SOURCES Amelia Earhart. 30 October 2007. http: //www. acepilots. com/earhart. html Aviation History. 30 October 2007. http: //www. aviation-history. com/airmen/agg 1 -2 a. jpg