Powerpoint Presentation

Hey folks. I have to do a short, ten slide powerpoint presentation for english on something we love. I've chosen ball pythons. I haven't figured out exactly the layout of my presentation yet. However, I'd like to use some pictures to make it more interesting. I'd be more than happy to let everyone see the presentation and credit (on the picture) whoever's pictures I use.

Here's the basic idea that I have so far (the pictures that are set in stone are the first two slides).

Slide one: Basic information on BPs. Size, where they're from, life span, diet, etc. Picture of an adult normal on the floor/stretched out or perhaps one stretched out in a tab/tank.

Slide two: Talk about how popular the bp is and mention how many BPs are in captivity/owners. Picture of a recently hatched BP being held, preferably a morph that can't be confused with a normal, maybe an albino or pinstripe.

Slide three: Go "What was that snake on the previous slide?!" Start talking about different colors "morphs" and where they came from. Have another morph.

Slide four: From here start talking about breeding. How long it takes for eggs to hatch. Maybe a picture of hatching eggs?

That's all I have so far. I'm open to suggestions for the last six slides. If anyone posts pictures and wants to be credited, post what you want put on the images. I'd prefer large pictures so that I can resize/crop them to fit the slides.

Thanks everyone.

Maybe include a few statements of their general docile nature and show one or two pics of kids holding them...

I suggest including: title page, table of contents / introduction, conclusion, and reference slides. Good luck.

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Originally Posted by Vypyrz

Maybe include a few statements of their general docile nature and show one or two pics of kids holding them...

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I'm not really wanting images with people in them besides hands. I was going to include information about their calm nature.

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Originally Posted by Wh00h0069

I suggest including: title page, table of contents / introduction, conclusion, and reference slides. Good luck.

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That'd take up too many slides. We're only allowed ten and the teacher said that since we're not going to sell/make a profit off the powerpoint there's no need for works cited/reference slides.

Personally, I would start out with some interesting fact, like......(this is made up, but) "There are currently about 20 million snakes in captivity in the united states. The most common of these snakes is the Ball Python" When you start out with something that grabs attention, people are more likely to listen. You don't have to read that from the slide, but have a map of the states maybe?
Then I would also split up the husbandry information onto several slides and have pictures of their natural habitat, then what they need in captivity, their tank set up etc. Talk about how their natural habitat and the tank set up relate to one another.
Just some ideas! Sounds like you have a pretty good plan of how it is going to be. Maybe show us how it turns out after!
Good luck.

As far as work cited goes, it does not have to do with making a profit and she needs to seriously question his/her understanding of plagerism, although it is probably not a huge deal depending on what grade you are in.

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Originally Posted by mr. s

Personally, I would start out with some interesting fact, like......(this is made up, but) "There are currently about 20 million snakes in captivity in the united states. The most common of these snakes is the Ball Python" When you start out with something that grabs attention, people are more likely to listen. You don't have to read that from the slide, but have a map of the states maybe?
Then I would also split up the husbandry information onto several slides and have pictures of their natural habitat, then what they need in captivity, their tank set up etc. Talk about how their natural habitat and the tank set up relate to one another.
Just some ideas! Sounds like you have a pretty good plan of how it is going to be. Maybe show us how it turns out after!
Good luck.

As far as work cited goes, it does not have to do with making a profit and she needs to seriously question his/her understanding of plagerism, although it is probably not a huge deal depending on what grade you are in.

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I'm in college. This is a teacher that's been teaching for several decades.

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I'm in college. This is a teacher that's been teaching for several decades.

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a college professor told you it was unnecessary to cite references? :confused:

I'd stick your credits on each slide, in small font (10pt text even) on the bottom. JUST so you have them there.

Citing references and resources isn't just about making profit. its acknowledging that the information you're using didn't come from you -- it came from someone elses work.

As for the presentation itself... Most presentations include VERY few words, and more pictures. Have 9 slides worth of images and your title slide. Or maybe a bullet point or 3 on each one, plus an image or 2.

I can't help you out with any images really until you ask for something a bit more specific. I've got a few gigs of bp pictures that i can sort though.

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a college professor told you it was unnecessary to cite references? :confused:

I'd stick your credits on each slide, in small font (10pt text even) on the bottom. JUST so you have them there.

Citing references and resources isn't just about making profit. its acknowledging that the information you're using didn't come from you -- it came from someone elses work.

As for the presentation itself... Most presentations include VERY few words, and more pictures. Have 9 slides worth of images and your title slide. Or maybe a bullet point or 3 on each one, plus an image or 2.

I can't help you out with any images really until you ask for something a bit more specific. I've got a few gigs of bp pictures that i can sort though.

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Technically instructor. Professors have PHDs, according to her. She has us cite things on essays, but said for powerpoints it's not needed.

I've made powerpoints before. I had the displeasure of making a 60 slides one last semester. The picture descriptions I have up are pretty much what I want now. I need to decide what I want on the next slides.

What grade you are in, or how long the teacher has been teaching, or whether or not you'll be making a profit off of it, has nothing to do with whether or not using someone else's with without citing the references is plagiarism. It is. Period.

Personally, I'd go talk to the professor and/or someone above him (department head maybe?) and tell them that you are offended that you are being instructed to plagiarize, and concerned that the students are being taught that it is ok to do so.

As far as your presentation, it sounds like you are off to a good start. I'd caution you to remember that most likely, your professor and the other students know NOTHING about snakes, and make sure you start out at a low level. You happened to mention something about a pinstripe not being able to be confused with a normal. Sure, to us, it can't be. But to an average person, it is a brownish snake, and they are likely to think it is normal. Albinos and pieds (as long as they aren't very low white) and any of the various white snakes are pretty much the only ones you can be sure will catch the attention of the clueless that hey, there is something different here.

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What grade you are in, or how long the teacher has been teaching, or whether or not you'll be making a profit off of it, has nothing to do with whether or not using someone else's with without citing the references is plagiarism. It is. Period.

Personally, I'd go talk to the professor and/or someone above him (department head maybe?) and tell them that you are offended that you are being instructed to plagiarize, and concerned that the students are being taught that it is ok to do so.

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Freshman composition II and she's in her 60s, so several decades.

I think you should break up some of the things on that first slide a bit better. You could easily devote at least two slides to the natural history of the animals. You could also talk about the history of the ball python in the pet trade in the US, and how that picked up a lot after albino ball pythons were proven recessive in 1992 by Bob Clark. Then about the explosion of ball python mutations in the 2000's. You could easily get 10 slides out of this if you spread things out.

That sounds like a good idea. Although, my presentation won't go anywhere without pictures. If I can't get pictures by Sunday, thenI'll have to drop the ball python topic entirely and go with soemthing else.

Here is my iherp: http://www.iherp.com/Public/ShowUser...e-093ef12c9cc6

You are welcome to any pictures of mine :) Do you have a facebook? I might have more on there as well.

Awesome thanks.

Not telling you how to do your project but I think it would work well like this...

Slide 1: An introduction to what a ball python is, where it comes from, general information on size, and diet. (include picture of adult normal ball python)

Slide 2: A few words on its role as a pet. Note its docile nature, behavioral norms (such as ball pythons are not an active species and prefer dark enclosed spaces). Include a picture of a ball python being handled.

Slide 3: Care. Include basic care information (temps, enclosure size, substrate options, etc) Include a picture of a ball in a good set up.

Slide 4: Could be used to show what not to do as far as set up. Warn against certain types of substrate and too large of enclosures. Maybe include a picture of a snake having a bad shed.

Slide 5: Proper feeding information. Include the pros and cons of both live feeding and f/t feeding. Include a picture of a snake chowing down.

Slide 6: Color Mutations. Include information on how the ball python morph industry began and who hatched out the first captive bred morphs.

Slide 7: Color Mutations. Go more into the different kinds and how varied they can be. Include a picture of a few very different morphs all together.

Slide 8: Maybe include a little information on the reptiles you keep, their names, pictures of them and why you personally got into keeping reptiles.

Slide 9: Touch on the proposed snake/reptile bans that keep popping up and what kind of effect they could have on you as well as the whole industry.

Slide 10: Credits.

My only suggestion is to make sure you keep the text down to a minimum. The worst power-point presentations are ones where the presenter just reads the text off the slide. Give them something to visually keep them occupied while being able to hear something that is different then what they are looking at but has to do with what you are talking about.

I also agree that you can cover multiple topics in 2-3 slides. Color mutations in particular. There are so many cool ones to look at and you could easily talk about them for 2-3 slides.

I would personally bullet point your information as that assists in keeping it simple and to the point and if having to give your presentation......you can at that time elaborate.

Also I would highly suggest at the bottom of the picture in small print give credit for the pics.

You can use anything I have on photobucket (which would be on here or on my gallery). Just cut and paste. You might also want to talk to Deb Stewart on here....she sent me a pic of a hatchling with egg tooth still in tact. She also has a pic of twins as well.

You are welcome to any of these pictures if you need them. Just give me credit for them. They are not the best pictures by an means, but they are here if you want to use them.

http://s144.photobucket.com/home/Zim_Snake/index

I don't need suggestions how how to make a pwoerpoint, I've made them before. I just need help on the content. I've already offered to put the breeder's name on the picture. That's why I asked people to put what they want on the image if I use it.

I'm sitting at five slides right now. I need pictures of some more morphs. I'm thinkinking albinos, piebalds, axanthics, etc. Anything that can't be confused with a normal.

I figure that even with me hanging around the forums and seeing tons of different snakes. I have problems telling the difference between a normal, mojave, and a cinnamon. How on earth is someone who has no knowledge of bps going to tell the difference?

Well, I got the presentation done. Had to go to flickr and NERD for additional images since I didn't get enough here. With the powerpoint done, I can get to work on my other homework. For those curious about it, pm me with an e-mail and I'll e-mail it to you. Although, if you have a program older than Office 2007 I don't know how well it'll work.