During the midst of the pandemic Christina Schael, an English teacher in Delaware, she is desperate for ways to make students pursue her presentations. As a solution, she began to add beauty to her slide presentations, including the themed cactus slides with cactus, font and arrows. “Any emotion of the cactus I could find was placed somewhere on these slides, and I really thought it was a way to bring a little joy to the classroom,” said Schel.
Students enjoyed the novelty, but later, when Chief asked them to recall information from the presentation, a student said something that made her rethink the way she made all her presentations ahead. “One of my disciples looked at me and said,” Everything I remember from the last lesson is the cacti of the slides, “she recalled.
Designing visually attractive materials, such as slides and worksheets, is easier than ever. However, Shaffel noted that too much decoration could scattering from learningS She invited teachers to consider Universal Learning Design Principle of presentation This asks teachers to present information in the way that makes it accessible to all studentsS Scheffel has provided useful tips for maintaining materials in the classroom clear, affordable and focused on the goals of training in International Technology Society in Education 2024 ConferenceS
Choose a design that works for students
Scheffel emphasized the importance of reducing cognitive load, the amount of information that students can process at some point. When the slides have too many distractions such as GIF or non -elevated images, “we ask students to take this extra processing step and therefore increase their cognitive workload,” Safer said. For this reason, teachers may want to be particularly tuned to format slides with important information. Jeff Kilner, a specialist in the integration of technology for the Indian River in Delaware, said he had taken advantage of the most important information in the foreground of the slides so that students had a clear idea of what to prioritize.
Scheffel also suggested that the design selection to ensure that they support the training. Teachers can make sure that the style and size of the font are easily readable for all students in the room. In addition, teachers can check that the color combinations in their materials are easy to read by using a A contrast check guideS
Limit the text of slides
Slides full of information can flood students. “The language center of the brain does not work this way. Creating related information can ensure that students are not asked to do or study too much at once. This approach, also called fucking, facilitates students Move new information to their long -term memoryS
