Activity – PowerPoint 6: What Is Going Wrong?

[This section should take you around 20 minutes to complete]

One way of learning what works is to be able to identify what does not work.

In this video we see a teacher introducing the topic of referencing and using a presentation to do so.

But does this teacher deliver an effective presentation? What might they be doing wrong? Are they doing anything that is effective?

Delivering a bad presentation – spot the mistakes
University of Bedfordshire

View this video, and in a table like that below, write down what you think were the ineffective and effective aspects of this teacher’s presentation.

Also consider some suggestions for improvement.

What might this presenter do to improve their presentations?

Go to the next page to read through some useful ideas to deliver an effective presentation using PowerPoint.

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