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__PowerPoint Presentations__
Throughout high school and college one of the most common, and at the same time most difficult, things done in classes is a presentation. When one does a presentation for the class, the most challenging thing to do is keep the audiences attention. Often, when given the option, many students will choose to simply read a speech off a couple of note cards while possibly including a few illustrations. While the speech may be informative and well-researched, it does not succeed in keeping the audiences' attention.

PowerPoint presentations can succeed in keeping the audiences' attention when they are done right. Not only can PowerPoint presentations be informative, they can also catch the reader's attention through the use of illustrations and other items. I chose to talk about this topic because I have done numerous PowerPoint presentations in the past for my college classes and some of them were so well done that my instructors asked for copies of my presentations so that they can use them for future classes.

I wish to apply the steps for instructional design to this topic because I believe it is important for students to learn how to make a creative presentation for their classes. Not only can this improve their presentations in high school and college, but also in the real world when they do presentations for clients of their business, or perhaps when they teach their own classes.

Which do you think would better catch your audiences' attention, reading a speech, or showing them some well-written slides such as: