what your math slides dont need
Post on 14-Apr-2018
220 Views
Preview:
TRANSCRIPT
-
7/27/2019 What Your Math Slides Dont Need
1/22
What your math slidesdont need
-
7/27/2019 What Your Math Slides Dont Need
2/22
An outline.
-
7/27/2019 What Your Math Slides Dont Need
3/22
Introduction
Something I dont care about yet
You expect me to remember this in 15 minutes?
Short-term memory is limited
I dont even understand what this is
I wonder whats on Twitter right now
How long is this talk, anyway?
Conclusion and remarks
-
7/27/2019 What Your Math Slides Dont Need
4/22
Sentences.
-
7/27/2019 What Your Math Slides Dont Need
5/22
Theres a reason its called a talk. Reading is difficult. During the time you are reading these senten
impossible for you to also be understanding complex ideas being spoken at the same time. In fact,
the same words being read aloud, doing both modes simultaneously leads to less efficient learnin
doing either one alone.
The most common reason for lots of sentences on slides is a lack of confidence. Practice more. Us
notes if you want to. But dont read your slides!
What would you rather look at? These
sentences, or the picture? Brains are
inherently lazy and easily distracted.
-
7/27/2019 What Your Math Slides Dont Need
6/22
Grammar.
-
7/27/2019 What Your Math Slides Dont Need
7/22
Substituting = and using the formula for a geometric sum in , we can simplify this to obt
= =0
1 = 1
1 .
Geometric sum ( = ):
= =0
1 = 1
1
-
7/27/2019 What Your Math Slides Dont Need
8/22
Progress indicators.
-
7/27/2019 What Your Math Slides Dont Need
9/22
I can do
this.
Oh, man.
Shes going
overtime!?
-
7/27/2019 What Your Math Slides Dont Need
10/22
Equation numbers.
-
7/27/2019 What Your Math Slides Dont Need
11/22
Using (2) and substituting (4) for , we derive
=
=0
1 = 1
1 .
Um, right.
Pixels are cheap. Just show me!
= =0
1
= = 1
1
-
7/27/2019 What Your Math Slides Dont Need
12/22
Clutter.
-
7/27/2019 What Your Math Slides Dont Need
13/22
I know these shadows arent real.
Is this any le
Stuff used by nobody
Often used to remind you which conference youre
Presentations need titles.
Slides dont.
-
7/27/2019 What Your Math Slides Dont Need
14/22
Distractions.
-
7/27/2019 What Your Math Slides Dont Need
15/22
Dont use colored backgrounds.
They make graphics jarring.
Also avoid
-
7/27/2019 What Your Math Slides Dont Need
16/22
conspicuous transitions,
multiple fonts, and
Clip art! Except for one laugh, maybe.
-
7/27/2019 What Your Math Slides Dont Need
17/22
Low-res screen capture.
-
7/27/2019 What Your Math Slides Dont Need
18/22
Message: I don
-
7/27/2019 What Your Math Slides Dont Need
19/22
Bibliography.
-
7/27/2019 What Your Math Slides Dont Need
20/22
Yes, let me write this do
-
7/27/2019 What Your Math Slides Dont Need
21/22
Beamer.
1 5
-
7/27/2019 What Your Math Slides Dont Need
22/22
Count the ways!
1. Cluttered by default.
2. Encourages text.
3. Discourages layout.
4. Annotations? Ha!
You can put LaTeX formulas in
Powerpoint, Keynote, etc.
0 1 2 3 4-1.5
-1
-0.5
0
0.5
1
1.5
sin(x)
cos(x)
sin(x)+c
0 1 2 3 4-1.5
-1
-0.5
0
0.5
1
1.5
sin()
cos()
sin() + cos()
top related