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AOIT Web DesignLesson 2Looking at the World Wide WebStudent ResourcesResourceDescription Student Resource 2.1Reading: Creating PowerPoint PresentationsStudent Resource 2.2 Research Outline: Presentation Topics and SubtopicsStudent Resource 2.3Reference List: Relevant Websites for Research ProjectsStudent Resource 2.4Assignment Sheet: PowerPoint PresentationStudent Resource 2.5Guidelines: Cornell Note TakingStudent Resource 2.1Reading: Creating PowerPoint PresentationsThis presentation describes best practices for making effective digital presentations, whether you use Microsoft PowerPoint, Apple Keynote, Google Slides, OpenOffice Impress, or any other presentation building tool.You’ve seen quite a few digital presentations by now. Some might have been pretty boring, but were there any that were really good? What made them interesting and engaging to you? After you give these questions some thought, see if any of your ideas are included in this presentation.The purpose of most presentations is to teach something by conveying ideas and information. Your presentation will consist of a sequence of key points that you want your audience to remember. Your audience will only learn and remember what you present if you are able to capture their attention. Part of this is up to you: you have to be an interesting, engaging speaker. The other part is how you put together your presentation.Use the heading of the slides to state your main points. Each heading should lead to the next one in a way that will make sense to your audience. Presentations may be for imparting information, but they still have a narrative structure, with a beginning, a middle, and an end.The slide itself should contain an image, infographic, chart, or other visual to help the audience make connections. It is not where you put the bulk of your information, however. Most of what you need to say is in what you actually say! Use the notes section as a guide for your speaking points.Slides are a visual medium, designed to illustrate the information you are conveying as you talk to your audience. If you load your slide up with text, your audience will be busy reading the slide and not listening to you. This is partly because of the way our brains work: we can’t read and listen at the same time. Also, we read faster than we listen.If you just read what’s on the slide, your audience will not even try to listen to you, since they got it the first time. Researchers have also found that we remember ideas when they are presented as visuals instead of words. After three days, you will remember about 10% of what someone said to you but 65% of what you saw. Take advantage of this fact by providing interesting visuals!We tend to overuse bullet points. They are easy—they don’t require any creativity—and they look scholarly. A few bullet points are fine. But more than that and your slides are boring or overwhelming. Which means your presentation is too.When you saw all the text on this slide, did you even feel like trying to read it? Exactly.Some fonts are better for presentation slides than others. The fonts with curlicues, known as serif fonts, are good for books and printed materials but are distracting on a slide. Serif refers to the little lines that form the bottom of the capital A on this slide, or the bottom of the r and the i.Sans means “without” in French, so sans serif refers to a font that doesn’t have any little lines added to the basic letters. These fonts are clear and clean and very good for presentation slides.How much to play with the color of the background or the text depends on the purpose of the presentation. If you are creating a presentation on finance, your style should be more formal and serious than if you are creating one about marketing a new hotel. In either case, remember that dark text against a light background is easiest on the eyes. Only change the background and text color if you have a reason to do so—for example, if you want to make an example pop out or if you have a point that you want to stand out even more than other points.According to recent research, people can remember only about four chunks of new information at a time. Your presentation is likely to have more than four key points…so help your audience remember them with a synopsis, or brief summary, at the end. Restating key points will also help to pull everything together in the mind of the audience. A synopsis is a good way to end your narrative.Practice your presentation. You’ve heard that advice before, but it really helps. Now that you know your audience will read your slide first and listen to you second, you can remember to pause every time you change slides. Give your audience time to take in your slide. Then talk, using your notes in the notes section or else notes on note cards. Your slides give the audience a clue about what you will say; they should want to know more.Speak slowly, clearly, and with enthusiasm. Sound excited about the information you are providing! No matter how interesting your slides are, your presentation will be a dud if you speak so quickly that nobody can understand you, so quietly that nobody can hear you, or in such a monotone that you put your audience to sleep.To summarize: when creating a digital presentation, less is more. Make your main points in the slide headers, in a logical sequence, so that your narrative builds understanding. Use lots of images and use less text on the slide itself. Choose simple, clear fonts so that even the people in the back of the room can read the slide.When you change slides, pause so that your audience can take in the slide and be curious about what you’re going to say. Use the notes in the notes section or on note cards to convey the details and emphasize your main points. Speak slowly, clearly, loudly, and with animation. If you follow these guidelines, your presentation will hold your audience’s attention. Their notes will reflect what you want them to remember. And they will look forward to your next presentation!Student Resource 2.2Research Outline: Presentation Topics and SubtopicsDirections: This resource provides a list of subtopics for you to explore in your research for your PowerPoint presentation. Your presentation should cover the topics listed in the outline for your topic as a minimum. Use the list of relevant websites in Student Resource 2.3, Reference List: Relevant Websites for Research Projects, to research your topic. Feel free to add any information you find particularly useful or relevant. Topic 1: How the web works and how documents are transferred How information is shared on the InternetWebEmailFTPSocial media and other web communication channels such as Facebook and TwitterHow documents are connected to each other via hypertext links, creating a “web” of informationWebsitesWeb pagesHome pagesActual documents such as PDFs and formsHow data and documents are transferred using standardized methods called protocols HTTPHTTPSRole of World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in developing standardsTopic 2: The roles that computer servers and browsers play in how the web worksDefinitions of server and browserURLs Definition/purpose of URLParts of a URLPurpose of index/default filesURL aliasingHow browsers display pagesHow mobile browsers display pagesTopic 3: How web pages are madeHTMLCSS Site mapsNavigationFlashJavaScriptPHP, ASP, or Ruby on Rails Topic 4: How e-commerce worksTechnical transaction process including secure (HTTPS) transactions using a certificate (SSL)Advantages of e-commercePotential dangers of e-commerceTopic 5: How the web was developedShort history of the webThe dot-com crash (end of the Web 1.0 era) Web 2.0Current trends in web development (include mobile development)Topic 6: How social networks are developedWhat are social networks?History of social networks (before the Internet)What do people use them for?Possible impacts of social networksTopic 7: How mobile websites are developedWhat is a mobile website?What are the differences between a mobile website, a responsive website, and a mobile app?What are the pros and cons of a mobile website vs. a responsive website?What is different about designing for the mobile web?Issues with smaller screen sizes and imprecise finger tappingStudent Resource 2.3Reference List: Relevant Websites for Research Projects“A Little History of the World Wide Web,” World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). 1945 to 1995.“20 Things I Learned about Browsers and the Web,” Google Chrome Team. An introduction to web and browser terminology.“How Does the Internet Work?” WiseGeek.“How the Internet Really Works,” NetLingo. easy-to-understand article by Vinton Cerf that summarizes how the Internet works.“How Internet Infrastructure Works,” Jeff Tyson, HowStuffWorks.“The Causes of the Dot Com Crash,” Ryan P. Allis, .“Market Crashes: The Dotcom Crash,” Andrew Beattie, Investopedia.“What Is Web 2.0?” Tim O’Reilly, O’Reilly Media. first page provides examples of Web 1.0 vs. Web 2.0 characteristics. “Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship,” Danah M. Boyd and Nicole B. Ellison, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. “Guidelines for Mobile Web Development,” Smashing Magazine. “Separate Mobile Website vs. Responsive Website,” Brad Frost, Smashing Magazine. Student Resource 2.4Assignment Sheet: PowerPoint PresentationDirections: Use the guidelines below to create a three- to four-minute PowerPoint presentation about your web development topic. Then prepare as a group to present your presentation to the class. Review the assessment criteria before you begin your work.GuidelinesDivide up your outline among group members, and give each group member the responsibility to create slides for specific items in the outline.Make sure each slide contains a manageable chunk of information. Use as many slides as necessary to get the information across clearly. Include examples and illustrations.Use the Notes sections of the slide for background information that you want to tell the audience about.As a group, check each slide to make sure it is clear and concise and contains only the bullet points necessary. Check your presentation while you are working to ensure that you have included all the necessary elements in the presentation. Choose one or more members of your group to present to the class. Make sure your presentation meets or exceeds the following assessment criteria:Each slide has a meaningful title that enhances understanding of the topic.Each slide has clear, easy-to-read, and easy-to-understand content. The presentation provides essential and accurate information about the main points of the subject.The images and graphics are clear, relevant, and helpful. The presentation includes contributions from all group members. The presentation is engaging, and each slide is accompanied by relevant explanations rather than just a word-for-word reading of the slide.The presenter faces the audience and establishes eye contact.The presentation is neat, with no grammatical or spelling errors.Student Resource 2.5Guidelines: Cornell Note TakingDirections: Cornell Notes is an effective system that has been in use since the 1950s. Use this method or the one your teacher instructs you to while listening to your classmates’ presentations to get the essential information you need on paper. For Cornell Notes, divide your page into two columns. During the lecture, summarize what you hear in the right-hand column. After the lecture, pull out the important words, phrases, and definitions and write them in the left-hand column so that you can use them as prompts. Then follow steps two through five listed below to help you study.Left-Hand ColumnImportant words,phrases, anddefinitions.Right-Hand ColumnStep one, during the lecture or presentation: Record what you hear in short, summarizing sentences.Step two, immediately after the presentation: Write questions about what you’ve heard to help you remember the information and to help you study later.Step three, when you’re studying:Cover the right-hand column and recite what you remember by looking at the important words, phrases, and definitions.Step four, before tests and quizzes:Reflect on the notes and ask yourself questions about them like: What is important about this concept? How do these ideas fit with what I already know?Step five, every week:Review all your notes for at least 10 minutes.Bottom of the PageAfter class, summarize the notes you took at the bottom of each page. ................
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