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
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