Creating Presentations
(with Keynote)

To make a presentation (slide show), we are going to use Keynote. This can be found in the iWork '08 folder in Applications. Drag the Keynote icon onto your dock and open Keynote.

The first thing Keynote will ask you to do is pick a theme. Go ahead and click on a theme that looks nice and then click Choose. (You will be able to change the theme of your slideshow or individual slides later, so don't worry too much about the theme you choose now.)

We are going to make a nine slide slideshow.

The first slide that Keynote has opened for you is a Title/Subtitle slide because Keynote assumes that this is the kind of slide you want to use for your cover or opening slide. You may change the layout of this slide or any later slides (if you like) by going to the Masters icon and choosing a different layout.

To add a new slide, click the + button.

To play the slideshow, highlight the slide you want to start with (in the lefthand column) and click the play button.

To alter how a slide appears during your presentation, you can add a transition using the Slide Inspector (see image to the left). Highlight the slide or slides you want to alter (in the left-hand column) and pick an effect. Keynote will then show you a preview of the slide transitioning. You can change the duration (amount of time it takes for the effect to finish), the direction of the effect, and whether the transition will occur when you click a keyboard key or whether it will appear at a certain time.

To alter how individual contents of a slide appear or disappear, you can add build ins and build outs using the Build Inspector (see image to the right).

For this slideshow, you will:

1. Create an opening slide with a title and subtitle that includes a title for your presentation and your name.
2. Create seven slides, one for each of the Seven Steps to Genius (provided below), each slide to include:
   1. The name of the Step
   2. A description of the step
   3. A description of how you have specifically engaged in that step or how you might specifically engage in that step
   4. An image that supports your written content
3. Create a slide of credits, on which you site the URLs of all web pages where you have gotten information or images (credits should read something like this: "The image of the describe the image on slide #number of the slide is from specific URL that does not include google or another search engine name in the URL"
4. Create a transition for each slide (they may all have the same transition or different ones)
5. Use Build Ins and/or Build Outs on at least two slides.

When you have finished the project, please submit to the Block7 Drop Box in Jim's Public Folder.

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From www.leonardoshorse.org, summarizing from How To Think Like Leonardo: Seven Steps to Genius written by Michael J. Gelb:

• Curiosità
  An insatiably curious approach to life and an unrelenting quest for continuous learning
• Dimostrazione
  A commitment to test knowledge through, experience, persistence, and a willingness to learn from mistakes
• Sensazione
  The continual refinement of the senses, especially sight, as the means to enliven experience
• Sfumato
  Literally meaning “Going up in Smoke”; A willingness to embrace ambiguity, paradox, and uncertainty
• Arte/Scienza
  The development of the balance between science and art, logic and imagination; also known as “Whole-brain” thinking
• Corporalita
  The cultivation of grace, ambidexterity, fitness, and poise
• Connessione
  A recognition of and appreciation for the interconnectedness of all things and phenomena; also known as systems thinking

 

"The person who seeks all their applause from outside
has their happiness in another's keeping."
- Dale Carnegie