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When creating slideshows or presentations in college, this is one of the most valuable pieces of advice I have been given in order to have a successful presentation that keeps the audience's attention.
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In general, we should avoid any decorative font that is meant just to “dazzle” and which “calls attention to itself rather than to the text”
When wanting to teach young children, I always thought when making a "presentation" or welcome poster to be displayed on a screen, that I'd use a decorative font to make it appealing. However, after reading this it makes more sense to me to use something that can be read easier for the sake of their learning and literacy development.
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Because these materials often combine both visual and textual elements and often supplement an audio delivery such as a lecture, learners are asked to interact with both aural and visual information; therefore, some background on the cognitive processes that this experience entails can inform the design of materials.
This reminds me of my own personal learning style. I have always done better with instructional materials that create a meaningful, hands-on, experimental learning experience. I look forward to learning more about the implementation of this being on the other side of the lesson as the teacher and provider of said materials.
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