Color of Green, Part II

I had a lot of fun with putting together this presentation; for it being such an esoteric subject and narrow culture (Renaissance England), I was surprised at how much information I found before the book The Key of Green came in and I wasn't initially aware there was a time limit (my first read through was at 14 minutes). I am not a huge fan of Power Point presentations in the classroom—even if the presentation text is short, I notice students often don’t write down anything more than what is on the screen. On the other hand, chalk dust aggravates my allergies, whiteboard markers stink, and I can only write on the lower half of the boards any ways, so Power Point allows me to use text in easy to read fonts (no deciphering my handwriting) and I don’t have to worry as much about spelling (Spellcheck usually gets my big spelling goofs). Best of all, I can use pictures, and students have to come up with their own notes. However, I have been warned by other, more-experienced-than-me colleagues against using some of the flashier aspects of Power Point such as fancy backgrounds and fonts, and animation—keep it simple, they tell me. Hence the use of Ariel as my main font—although I used Britannic Bold for the slide titles (I chose that font just because of the name, but it worked well) and colored all the fonts a dark green. I saved the Old English Text just for a handful of slides. Also, apparently aspects like animation can trigger epileptic seizures. In hind sight, I could have tried a buff background, but I would have ditched that if some of my illustrations had white borders (they blend into a white background so well). So, if my presentation seemed a bit stark—that is why.