Lesson 8: Making Presentations

•   The goals of presentations are to...
• Inform
• Educate
• Persuade
• Audiences learn in 3 ways:
• Seeing
• Hearing
• Doing
• 4 things that make up a presentation:
• Text
• Charts and Graphs
• Photos and Graphics
• Audio and Videos
• Rules for a good presentation:
• 7-7 rule
• Keep it simple and easy to read
• Add images to support points
• Use a friendly speaking style
• Don't just read the slides
• Practice
• Make eye contact
• Project your voice
• Use the right colors
• Contrast the background and text color
• Use a large font size to make slides easy to read
• Organize your presentation
• State your purpose
• Present info in multiple ways
• End with a summary
• Add supporting images
• Photos, graphics and charts
• Keep people interested
• Reinforce key messages
• Help visual learners understand
• Avoid cluttering your slides with images
• Never mix clip art with a photo
• Don't use too many colors
• Relax and be friendly
• Avoid:
• Reading slides word for word
• Talking too fast
• Make sure to:
• Add info and examples in your own words
• Allow time for note-taking
• Answer audience questions
• Practice your presentation.
• Best presentations have:
• Easy to read slides
• A clearly stated purpose
• Graphics, photos, etc
• Speaker who's relaxed and confident.

POIT Lesson 6 Peripherals

Peripherals are devices that provide the computer with input or output

• Mouse: Input
• Keyboard: Input
• Monitor: Output
• Printer: Output
• Flash Drive: Input
• Keyboard is an input device that sends information to your computer with keys or key combinations
• There are optical or laser mice, wireless mice, trackball mice, etc.
• There are 2 types of monitors, LCD (flat screen) and CRT (box in the back)
• Monitors can be input if they're touch screen
• A pixel  is a small colored dot that's displayed on a screen. More pixels means more detail. Standard: 1280 x 720 HD: 1920 x 1080
• A scanner is something that reads a printed image or document to create a digital product.
• Drives: They all include Floppy drives, CD-ROM drives, DVD Drives, and Blu-ray drives.
• External drives gives users more storage options, they're like flash drives. SSD's (Solid State Drives) are the new and upcoming thing.
• Tower cases  have expansion bays. They normally have at least one bay for an optical drive.
• My dream computer needs peripherals