Goal - be prepared to make professional presentations in your classes and beyond.  

1.  Do visual aids enhance a presentation?  View real samples below

2.  Great presentations - content, content, content

3.  When do visual and sound effects detract?

4.  Power Point basics

Information Ethics Goals:

1.  Understand the basic principles of copyright and academic fair use
2.  Know how to avoid plagiarism
3.  Be able to avoid discourtesy when communicating using the WWW

Guidelines for Good Visual Aids - is perhaps the most succinct discussion available on the WWW.  Make sure you follow the guidelines presented here when preparing your presentation

How to Make a Great Poster -  by Dina F. Mandoli, University of Washington, Department of Botany

Finding Images on the Web - by Ruth S. Thomas, Boston University Libraries

PowerPoint 2000 Basics Tutorial - by Cindy Hollingsworth

PowerPoint Tutorial - Created by Mark L. Merickel, Oregon State University

Information Ethics

  a.  Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It - courtesy of Indiana University, Bloomington
       Academic Plagiarism Defined - Professor Irving Hexham at the University of Calgary
  b.  The United States Copyright Office Homepage - at the Library of Congress. 
       Get an introduction to basic copyright law by reviewing Circular One. 
       Also review the Timeline: A History of Copyright in the U.S. - courtesy of the Association of Research Libraries
  c.  Fair Use by Schools, Students and Educators - allows students, educators, and others to make reasonable use of copyrighted
       material