By Sharon Bowman. Engage the Brain: 5 Ways to Create Interactive Slides. For slide creators, presenters, and trainers who want to make their content interactive and unforgettable.

1. Engage
the
Brain

3. FACT
or
FICTION

4. Decide if the statement below is
fact or fiction, then click to the
next slide to check the answer.
FACT
“Interactive” means
passively reading slides,
watching slides fly in and
or
out, or viewing a video
segment inserted in a
slide set.
FICTION

5. The statement below is FICTION
because viewers or learners are
not physically DOING anything
while passively reading or
watching the computer screen.
FICTION
FICTION: “Interactive”
means passively reading
slides, watching slides fly in
and out, or viewing a video
segment inserted in a slide set.

6. Here is one more Fact or Fiction.
Choose your answer then click to the
next slide.
“Interactive” means engaging
FACT
the viewer or learner in some
way so that he or she has to
DO something:
or
write, talk, choose, fill in, cross
out, collaborate, or move.
FICTION

7. Yes, the statement below is a
FACT. Well done.
FACT: “Interactive” means
FACT
engaging the viewer or learner
in some way so that he or she
has to DO something:
write, talk, choose, fill in, cross
out, collaborate, or move.

8. What do you already know about
writing learning objectives?
FACT FICTION
You had to CHOOSE an answer
which ENGAGED your brain.
Fact or Fiction was a Choose and Click interactive strategy.
You can use it in both classroom and online instruction.

9. 5 Ways to Create
Interactive Slides
1. Choose and Click

10. You now need
something to
write on and
something to
write with.

11. THINK AND WRITE
Think about one
way to make slides
more interactive
that you have used
or someone else
has used. Write it
down, then click to
continue …

12. Thinking and writing
reinforces content
better than just
passively reading.
.
A Think and Write is
another interactive
strategy to use with
both classroom and
virtual instruction.

13. 5 Ways to Create
Interactive Slides
1. Choose and Click
2. Think and Write

14. STAND
AND
SPEAK

15. Stand up (this
increases the oxygen
to your brain) and
pretend to tell
someone what you
have learned so far.
You increase the brain’s learning capacity and content retention when you stand and
summarize the learning. You can encourage viewers or learners to do the same when
you insert a Stand and Speak strategy into your slides.

16. 5 Ways to Create
Interactive Slides
1. Choose and Click
2. Think and Write
3. Stand and Speak

17. Which words would you cross out in the
sentence below to make the statement
correct? Decide, then click to the next
slide to check the answer.
The best way for slide viewers or learners to remember
content is to (read it; do something with it)
In a variety of ways.

18. Check your response against the answer below.
The best way for slide viewers or learners to remember
content is to (read it; do something with it)
In a variety of ways.

19. Do a Cross It Out one more time,
then click to check the answer.
Using a variety of interactive strategies, even in slide
format, (engages; distracts) the brain of the viewer or learner.

20. Check your response against the answer below.
Using a variety of interactive strategies, even in slide
format, (engages;distracts) the brain of the viewer or learner.

21. 5 Ways to Create
Interactive Slides
1. Choose and Click
2. Think and Write
3. Stand and Speak
4. Cross It Out

22. Now decide which one phrase
from the list below BEST
completes the sentence on
the left. You know the routine:
click to check your answer.
A. because the interactive
strategies keep viewers and
The most important reason learners from becoming bored.
for making your slide B. because the interactive
presentation interactive is strategies are fun.
_____________________
C. because the interactive
strategies increase long-term
retention of content.

23. Did you choose the best fill-in?
The most important reason for
making your slide presentation
interactive is because the
interactive strategies increase
long-term retention of content.

24. This time, choose the
phrase or phrases that
complete the sentence.
Click to check your answer.
A. make your slide
presentation different from
everyone else’s traditional
slide formats.
Of course, when you create
interactive slides, you also B. make your content easy
_____________________ to remember.
C. make your slides
entertaining, engaging,
and unforgettable!

25. Yes, all three fill-ins are correct:
Of course, when you create
interactive slides, you also make
your slide presentation different
from everyone else’s traditional slide
formats, you make your content easy
to remember, and you make your
slides entertaining, engaging, and
unforgettable!

26. 5 Ways to Create
Interactive Slides
1. Choose and Click
2. Think and Write
3. Stand and Speak
4. Cross It Out
5. Fill It In

27. Test Yourself

28. ACTION
PLAN
Write down one
change you plan to
make to your next
slide presentation.
Post your action
plan where you will
be able to see it.

29. If you enjoyed this
slide presentation, do a search
for the following Slide Share
titles:
“Different Trumps Same: Getting
the Brain to Pay Attention”
“Teaching Adults ANYTHING in
4 Easy Steps”
“Movement Trumps Sitting”

30. Sharon
Bowman
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31. Books by
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