In chapter 2 of They Snooze You Lose by Lynell Burmark (2011), the author discusses the role of slides, handouts, and the presenter. Burmark (2011) condemns the practice of using printouts of the slides as a handout, and that of the presenter reading the slides. She explains that the roles of each should not overlap, or make one another redundant (Burmark, 2011).
The handout is something that I have yet to master. I would like very much to find the best way to give my students a handout with all the information they need, without them feeling like they don’t need to pay attention to my presentation. I think the most effective way to do that is, as Burmark (2011) suggests, not to put the information I want my students to retain directly on the slide in text form. I can’t count how many times I have had to stop my presentation for one or two students to finish copying material off of the slides and into their notes. If I can master a handout, with just the right amount of blanks in it, students will need to pay attention to what I’m saying, will hopefully be interested in looking at the images on my slides, and will still get all the information they need.
References
Burmark, L. (2011). They Snooze, You Lose: The Educator's Guide to Successful Presentations. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
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