SENIOR BOARDS VISUAL AIDS PURPOSE Your visual aid should help you communicate your project. Your visual aid should mostly rely on images, objects, diagrams, or other non-text ways of communicating. You want your audience to SEE not READ your visual. The less text, the better. If your audience has to read, they will devote less energy to listening to you, and they might miss some of the information you are presenting. OPTIONS You can choose any form of visual aid that helps you communicate your project: PowerPoint, Google Slides, Prezi, a poster board or tri-fold, objects you created or used in your project experience, etc. There are no specific requirements about of slides” or of objects.” “number “number You have to intentionally choose visuals that will meaningfully enhance your presentation. ADVICE Pictures and Images > Words or Text Every image on your visual should serve to communicate, not decorate. Avoid putting words on your visual. You’ll be saying words you don’t want to read them. – Reading words and trying to hear words at the same time is cognitively inefficient for an audience. If you do choose to use text/words on your visual, single words or short phrases are best. Bad (Don’t do this) Ok Better Best - Too much text + Short phrases + Short phrases + represents concept - Complete sentences + Parallel construction + Parallel construction + Minimal text - Image as decoration + Larger Text +Larger Text + Photo from job shadow - Small text - Image as decoration + Photo from job shadow + Audience’s attention is - Audience stops listening in - Image doesn’t give you gives you something to talk on the speaker, reading; order to read something to talk about about image’s concept + your words = audience understanding
SENIOR BOARDS VISUAL AIDS PURPOSE Your visual aid should help you communicate your project. Your visual aid should mostly rely on images, objects, diagrams, or other non-text ways of communicating. You want your audience to SEE not READ your visual. The less text, the better. If your audience has to read, they will devote less energy to listening to you, and they might miss some of the information you are presenting. OPTIONS You can choose any form of visual aid that helps you communicate your project: PowerPoint, Google Slides, Prezi, a poster board or tri-fold, objects you created or used in your project experience, etc. There are no specific requirements about “number of slides” or “number of objects.” You have to intentionally choose visuals that will meaningfully enhance your presentation. ADVICE Pictures and Images > Words or Text Every image on your visual should serve to communicate, not decorate. Avoid putting words on your visual. You’ll be saying words – you don’t want to read them. Reading words and trying to hear words at the same time is cognitively inefficient for an audience. If you do choose to use text/words on your visual, single words or short phrases are best. Bad (Don’t do this) Ok Better Best - Too much text - Complete sentences - Image as decoration - Small text - Audience stops listening in order to read + Short phrases + Parallel construction + Larger Text - Image as decoration - Image doesn’t give you something to talk about + Short phrases + Parallel construction +Larger Text + Photo from job shadow gives you something to talk about + represents concept + Minimal text + Photo from job shadow + Audience’s attention is on the speaker, reading; image’s concept + your words = audience understanding
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