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Presentation Skills
for geography teachers
Simple design tips to improve learning
Version 2.0
Tuesday, 9 March 2010

Welcome to your target audience...

brand savvy consumer children...

brand savvy consumer children...
More than 50% of children’s christmas
wishes mention a speciﬁc brand name
Insight Quarterly news report: Issue 1

...who respond well
to good design

Think about it!

Bad design and
presentation never
killed anyone,
but it never inspired
anyone either!
Take a look at this guy!

So, our aim is to learn some
basics of good design and
keep things simple,
balanced and above all,
Beautiful!
Check out “Presentation Zen: Simple ideas on
Presentation Design and Delivery” by Garr Reynolds .

Garr
Garr’s book

Go Visual!

Go Visual!
Use less than
seven words in
each slide.Trust me!

Go Visual!
Empty space allows us to
appreciate what is not there,
& makes our visual
messages stronger.
Use less than
seven words in

Go Visual!
Empty space allows us to
appreciate what is not there,
& makes our visual
messages stronger.
Make your image ﬁll up
the whole slide. Yes,
right up to the edge!
Place your text inside it.
Use less than
seven words in

Let the image tell your story!

Use your image to draw out students
high order thinking skills.

We are hardwired to
understand images.
Going visual
improves
communication.

Good presentations target
students “left brain” &
“right brain”.
We are hardwired to
understand images.
Going visual
improves
communication.

Sample Slides
A good image allows students to think, wonder and reﬂect on an issue.
A great image can help tell the story in a way bullet points never can.

What will
this place
look like in
1000 years
time?

What will
this place
look like in
1000 years
time?
How would he
describe this
place in a phone
call to you,
right now?

Explain the events
of the last 24 hours.

You are in charge.
What needs to go on this plane?

The
art
of
using
“Builds”

A “build” is where we repeat
the image and add more text

Giving yourself and your
students time to digest
information.

What will they
need in the next
six days?...

What will they
need in the next
six days?...
...six
months?

What will they
need in the next
six days?...
...six
months?
...six years?

Hammer Time.

..and yes, you
can use humour
to get your
message across!

..children catch
simple messages
that are fun to
remember!

Vision
beats all our other
senses, so...

Absolutely
no bullet
points!

Absolutely
no bullet
points!
Students quickly tire of bullet points.
What other options do you have?

Absolutely
no bullet
points!
If you have to use
them, save them for
the last slide!
Students quickly tire of bullet points.
What other options do you have?

Make it easy on the eye!

Make it easy on the eye!
Think about the image you are
using. A good quality image
speaks a thousand words!

Flickr
Dreamstime
Morgueﬁle
i-Stock Photo
Sources

%
of boys
are affected by
colour blindness...

..one child in your class will have a
colour vision deﬁciency.

Take care to match
colours and backgrounds

Take care to match
Take care to match

Take care to match
Take care to match
Take care to match

Take care to match
Take care to match
Take care to match
If you can’t use colour wisely,
then avoid it entirely!

simple
Use
fonts

Helvetica

Helvetica
Gill Sans

Helvetica
Gill Sans
Impact

Helvetica
Gill Sans
Impact
The Holy Trinity!
These are all examples of
Sans Serif fonts, that give
any presentation a
professional look and feel.

Flickr
Dreamstime
Morgueﬁle
i-Stock Photo
Sources Helvetica

Flickr
Dreamstime
Morgueﬁle
i-Stock Photo
Sources Helvetica
Gill Sans MS

Comic Sans MS?

Comic Sans MS?
Professional designers do
not use this font, so why
should we?
I See
No
Evil?!!!

Practice before
presenting

Practice before
presenting
Don’t be tempted to read
the text straight from the slide!

Practice before
presenting
Don’t be tempted to read
the text straight from the slide!
But what about the
detail? Well, the slide
should lead to the
worksheet, or textbook, so
pupils can learn more.

Learn from
this guy!

Learn from
this guy!
Check out “The
Presentation
Secrets of Steve
Jobs”by Carmine Gallo
Some people even
dress like this guy!

Absolutely
no bullet
points!
Repeat the slides in your
presentation to re-enforce
the message

Absolutely
no bullet
points!
Repeat the slides in your
presentation to re-enforce
the message
Say what you have to say.
Say it simply.
Say it again!

• Go Visual
• Let the image tell your story
• Absolutely no bullet points (until the
end)
• Use simple fonts
• Practice before presenting

Presentation Skills
for geography teachers
Simple design tips to improve learning
Version 2.0
Simon Jones 2010

Learn something new every day.
Contact:
simon_jones_2@hotmail.com
http://geographyjones.posterous.com
Photo Credits:
Attak
flickr
iStockphoto
moffit.moffit
zipdesign

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