tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070355695530434450.post6204264466437807663..comments2024-03-14T04:16:20.472-07:00Comments on In Socrates' Wake: Handout How-To?Michael Cholbihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02012523929044363216noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070355695530434450.post-78268811121732004762007-10-31T07:36:00.000-07:002007-10-31T07:36:00.000-07:00I suppose the (or a) rule of writing that requires...I suppose the (or <I>a</I>) rule of writing that requires that you put yourself in the perspective of your audience would guide a handout as well. <BR/><BR/>And they want to avoid the typical Bad Powerpoint Presentation problem, viz. the presenter just reading a bunch of text off a Powerpoint. Here's some perhaps <A HREF="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=gmail&q=how%20to%20do%20a%20good%20powerpoint%20presentation%20" REL="nofollow">interesting stuff on that</A>.Nathan Nobishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12287299803300142069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070355695530434450.post-63416037969902692592007-10-30T13:59:00.000-07:002007-10-30T13:59:00.000-07:00Rebecca, Having not thought about this question be...Rebecca, <BR/><BR/>Having not thought about this question before, I'm not sure what sorts of challenges your students are facing. Are they concerned about what content to put on a handout? How to organize it? Visual appeal? The one thing I would say is that a handout should function as a guide to the presentation and should be relatively short. I've been at professional talks where I've received a six-page handout, which is ridiculous.<BR/><BR/>An initial thought is that much of what's said about visual aids (Google the phrase "visual aid checklist") seems also to apply to handouts.Michael Cholbihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02012523929044363216noreply@blogger.com