Visual Explanations Brian Mc Nurlen CITES UIUC Jim

Visual Explanations Brian Mc. Nurlen, CITES, UIUC Jim Witte, ATLAS, UIUC

Students frequently criticize Power. Point in evaluations. • “Power. Point lectures are boring. They just read one slide after another. ” -student

Students frequently criticize Power. Point in evaluations. • “The instructor didn’t even know the slides had mistakes & were wrong!” -student

Students frequently criticize Power. Point in evaluations. • “Slides have way too much stuff…can’t tell what’s important. ” –student

Students frequently criticize Power. Point in evaluations. • “Too fast! Too much!” -student

Students frequently criticize Power. Point in evaluations. • “Power. Point allows speakers to pretend they are giving a real talk. ” -Edward Tufte

Don’t let your slides become your presentation! Write outline Identify key points Make visuals

Students learn better when you use both text and visuals.

Decorative graphics impede learning.

Examples of Redesigned Slides New Original Slide in Beige New Slide in White Original slides have a beige background. Redesigned slides have white background, with New in upper right corner.

Innovation-Development Process … begins with recognition of a problem or need, which stimulates research and development activities designed to create an innovation to solve the problem or need. Rogers, 2003

Rogers identifies three major steps in the innovation-development process. Needs R&D New Innovation

Heart • Is a muscle • Circulates blood – into the heart through veins – Out of the heart through arteries

New The heart is the muscle that circulates blood through veins and arteries. Picture Credit: http: //www. telegraph. co. uk/connected/graphics/2006/11/28/echeart 28. jpg

Parts of the Heart • Left Atrium – Mitral Valve • Left Ventricle • Right Atrium – Tricuspid Valve • Right Ventricle – Pulmonary Valve

The heart is a muscle consisting of chambers and valves. New Picture Credit: http: //en. wikibooks. org/wiki/Wikijunior: Human_Body/Heart

Branches of US Government • Legislative – House of Representatives – Senate • Executive – President & Vice President • Judicial – Supreme Court

The US Constitution establishes three major branches of government. New US Constitution Executive President Vice President Legislative House of Representatives Senate Judicial Supreme Court

The US constitution establishes three major branches of government. New

Subfields of Linguistics • • • Phonetics/Phonology Morphology Syntax Semantics Pragmatics

Some subfields of linguistics are largely independent. New

Peer Observation Steps 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Planning & Prep Pre-conference Observation Reflection Post-conference

New Peer Observation has five (5) steps. Planning & Prep Preconference Postconference Observation Reflection

US Budget allocation US Budget Human Resources General Government Physical Resources Current Military Past Military

Over half of the US budget goes toward military-related expenditures. Past Military 20% Human Resources 32% Current Military 31% General Government 12% Graph Credit: http: //www. warresisters. org/pages/piechart. htm Physical Resources 5% New

Don’t let your slides become your presentation! Write outline Identify key points Make slides

TVs, Computers, and Test Scores http: //www. smh. com. au/ffxmedia/2005/07/06/kidstv. jpg

New Students who have TVs in their bedroom score lower on academic tests. http: //chartjunk. karmanaut. com/images/testpattern 2. gif

Using nominal dollars and omitting economic growth leads to a misleading chart. http: //perotcharts. com/challenges/

New US Govt spending as a percentage of GDP has declined since the 1980 s. 29% 27% 25% 23% 21% 19% 17% 15% 1968 1974 1980 1986 1992 1998 2004

New US Govt spending as a percentage of GDP has declined since the 1980 s. 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% 1968 1974 1980 1986 1992 1998 2004