Lesson Content Area: The lesson needs to be an original lesson (not one downloaded from the internet) and can be of the subject area of your choice as long as it is appropriate for students from grades K-12 Powerpoint Component Requirements: Your Powerpoint must include the following Cover Page and Objectives Page: The first page of your presentation MUST be a cover page that includes the lesson title, grade level, and your name. An image(s) would be nice but is not required. The 2nd page must include 2-4 specific lesson objectives (e.g., Identify the 3 branches of the government, Identify the members of the executive branch, etc.) Content Presentation Slides: You must include a minimum of 8 presentation slides, in addition to your cover page and objectives page. Do not include activities of these slides; they will be done in Nearpod Do not include hyperlinks or videos on these slides; they will be done in Nearpod PowerPoint Slide Development Guidelines All Slides Guidelines: PowerPoint or other program presentation slides are meant to have key points on them only. They are not meant to be a lesson script. Also, keep in mind that they need to be visible to students. To that end, please follow these general guidelines. Font Size: Font size should be a minimum of 18-24 point font Key Content Included: Because you are able to upload Nearpod as a homework assignment for students to view independently, be sure to include the key content of the lesson on the PowerPoint. Opportunities for active responses will be built into your lesson once you upload it to Nearpod. Key Content Line Length: As a rule of thumb, no not make bulleted key points more than 2 lines long. The exception would be if you have a quote that you want on a slide Do not use all Caps: Use caps only when you are supposed to such as at the beginning of sentences or proper nouns. Exceptions can be made for titles on slides, but only if the titles are short. Actually it is better not to use all caps at all. All caps are hard to read. Images: Include images when you can. Be sure that they are relevant and that they link to the content.
