Oct 05, 2009 17:40
The first slide of my PowerPoint lectures just display the chapter and the chapter title; i.e. it may say "Chapter 5. Climate and Biodiversity"
Then on following slides, bulleted lists, animations, graphs, charts, and so forth. However, on these slides, instead of using font size 60, I reduce it to a reasonable font size of around 35 or so.
We started a new chapter today, and the first slide came up.
In SIZE 60 FONT.
Girl yells: "Oooh! I like it big!"
Without thinking, I say: "Don't get used to it. It's not always big, so just deal and pretend you like it."
In a classroom of seniors, there is a short pause, then hilarity ensues and nobody can breathe for a minute because we're all laughing so hard.
humor,
teaching