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ten tips for powerpoint

1. You can control when students read information, to prevent anyone from working ahead.
2. You can present the same lesson over and over without ever thinking.
3. You turn the lights off, so students can catch up on their sleep.
4. By reading the slides, you can prove to the students that you know how to read.
5. If you record a voiceover, you should definitely remember to periodically shout "Hey, wake up back there."  The students will think you're magic.
6. Consider scanning in the textbook, and showing one page per slide.
7. Just because powerpoint can display graphics doesn't mean you have to use graphics that mean something.  Try showing a slide of your kitten.
8. If you print out the slide show, and then show the slide show, while reading along with the slide show, that means you have three times as much concern for your students' engagement as the average teacher.
9. Nothing says "I'm creative" like using a yellow font on a yellow background.
10. You can put a musical soundtrack on the slideshow.  Consider using the theme song to donkey kong.  The students will think you're retro.

A word about PowerPoint. PowerPoint was released by Microsoft in 1990 as a way to euthanize cattle using a method less cruel than hitting them over the head with iron mallets. After PETA successfully argued in court that PowerPoint actually was more cruel than iron mallets, the program was adopted by corporations for slide show presentations.