Area 3 Writing Project Blog » Tech Institute 2007 http://a3wp.edublogs.org Exploring writing in an electronic age Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:02:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Last Day of A3WP Tech Workshop http://a3wp.edublogs.org/2007/07/20/last-day-of-a3wp-tech-workshop/ http://a3wp.edublogs.org/2007/07/20/last-day-of-a3wp-tech-workshop/#comments Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:05:10 +0000 blogwalker http://a3wp.edublogs.org/2007/07/20/last-day-of-a3wp-tech-workshop/ The five days have flown by…and what an amazing week it has been. Please jump in and share your thoughts on Telling Stories in a Digital Age.

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Here are some of our thoughts:

  • Too much writing on a slide
  • Horrid color combinations
  • Background sounds
  • Spelling and grammar errors
  • Too many objects or words flying in

Don McMillan’s MySpace video does a great job of summing up bad PowerPoints –

Check out some excellent PowerPoint DOs and DON’Ts resources posted by Prairie Lands Writing Project’s Mark Henderson.  Check back soon for a link to Bee Foster’s handout of PowerPoint do’s and dont’s.

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