biting the bullet: changing the way we use powerpoint

Rediscovering POWERPOINT

biting the BULLET

ACADEMICS USE

a l l t h e t i m ePOWER POINT

word on the street…

WALL St.

AND

fromEXPERTS

is that

3THINGS

USING IMAGES IN

TEACHING CANDO

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ANDquickly

CONVEYmeaning

context

effectively

AND

a picture’s worth…

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embedDEEPLEARNINGt h r o u g h

EMPATHY

CONNECTION

c a re f u l l y - c h o s e n

IMAGES

can communicate COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS

like opaque social relations behind

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

some images NEED NO WORDS to make complex political and social points

images can prompt CURIOSITY

andmake

viewers want

to know

WHAT HAPPENS

NEXT

3

IMAGES

stimulate

retention

attentionENGAGEMENT

an

d

information recalled

after verbal

delivery10%

65%

information recalled after verbal AND image delivery

recent THINKING suggests IMAGES

can TRANSFORM the LITERAL to the FIGURATIVE

can conveysocial

concepts like

HEGEMONY

or REALISM

or the human impact

of ABSTRACT CONCEPTS

like ‘rule

of Law’

images connect learners

TO OTHER

WORLDS

IMAGES CAN ENGAGE AUDIENCES there’s a human STORY here….

and they can connect

students to powerful

emotions that AID MEMORY

imagescan

humanize the

‘Other’ and

encourage EMPATHY

and BALANCE

Africa map copyright bought by David Roberts

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2 GIRLS DR

Camcorder rear view DR

Amputees DR

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Guantanamo Bay CC 2.0

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Mad Scientist: A scene from KUNG FU JOE, a film by Glen Berry. Picture courtesy Indican Pictures. All rights reserved

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