Below, let’s explain the four major misunderstandings that teachers often fall into when making teaching courseware PPT.

Misunderstanding 1: Too much text information. From the original English meaning of PowerPoint (PPT), Point means "key point", and the meaning of PowerPoint can be understood as "to show the key points more effectively."

Some teachers simply think that they only need to copy the key points of the book content to the PPT. We call this "teaching material moving".

Such a page contains too much information for students, the focus is unclear, and it seems difficult to read.

Tips: Use both pictures and text to liberate students' eyes. The essence of PPT lies in visualization, which is to transform the original obscure abstract text into vivid scenes composed of charts, pictures, animations and sounds, so as to make it easy to understand.

Teachers need to change the practice of "copying" and "pasting" and try to summarize key words and key sentences in the lesson plans. You can refer to the following two principles: do not use tables if you can use pictures, and do not use words if you can use tables.

The pictures should be related to the teaching content of the class, and should not be placed for the sake of showing pictures; if there are no pictures or tables available, try to divide the text into items, preferably within 5 lines, and do not pile a large paragraph of text together.

Misunderstanding 2: Logic confusion Logic is the soul of PPT!

PPT without logic and hierarchy can only be regarded as a pile of pictures and text.

When some teachers make PPT, they are used to doing whatever they want, without good logical planning, which makes it difficult for students to understand.

Tip: Add navigation to enhance students’ memory. First, the teacher needs to clarify the logic of the teaching content of a class and draw up a PPT content outline.

When making PPT, you can add navigation to show the structure of the entire courseware, such as: Table of contents: A simple and clear table of contents can present the clear context of the courseware, allowing students to understand it at a glance and easily grasp the main content; Title bar: In addition to marking the entire courseware, each page

The title of the PPT, and more importantly, the title of this chapter and the topic of this page; page number: If possible, add it if it is convenient.

Misunderstanding 3: The page is too fancy. In order to attract students' attention, some teachers add some fancy elements that have nothing to do with teaching when making courseware.

Be careful, some irrelevant content in the courseware will distract students and disturb their thinking, which will actually weaken the effect of classroom teaching!

Tips: Neat layout and unified PPT style 1. The overall template and color tone should be unified.

If there is no special need, generally do not change the tone or style of the background settings.

If you want a sense of hierarchy, you can use different gradients of the same background color to maintain color coordination; 2. The fonts should be as unified as possible.

If more than three fonts appear on a page, it will look a bit messy. Try to limit it to 1-2 fonts; 3. The selected materials are related to the teaching content.

Nowadays, there are abundant online resources, and teachers can choose from a variety of materials when making courseware.

However, these materials must be related to the teaching theme, otherwise there will be two consequences: first, the courseware will look messy, and second, it will distract students; 4. Do not use very complex action settings and animation schemes.

When switching pages, you should be careful about using fancy movements and irrelevant sounds, especially when students are required to think about problems. The sudden appearance of switching sounds that have nothing to do with the teaching content can easily disrupt students' thinking and distract their attention.

You can add some effects when discussing lighter topics, but it should not exceed two.

Misunderstanding 4: Don’t test after completing the PPT. Some teachers feel that they are finished after completing the PPT. In fact, there is still the most important step-conducting on-site testing.

If you miss this step, all the previous hard work may be in vain~~ Tips: On-site testing to ensure classroom effects and check whether the version is compatible.

There are several versions of PPT software. After completing the production on your own computer, you need to go to the recording site to test it to know whether the version is compatible and ensure that it can be demonstrated normally; check the correctness of the hyperlinks and action effects in the PPT.

Some courseware has a large number of hyperlinks and action effects. If on-site testing is not conducted, various problems may be exposed when used in formal occasions, such as dead links or undue action effects. At that time, it will be too late to modify; Compare

Computer and big screen effect.

There are certain differences between the visual and auditory effects displayed on a computer and those displayed on a projector.

Especially when there are multiple colors that contrast, overlap, and intersect, it often looks good on the computer, but students cannot see clearly the contrast between text and color on the big screen.

At this time, on-site testing becomes particularly important.