Ten Tips for making and using Power Point:

1. Make your powerpoint as interactive as possible
2. Don't put too many words on each slide 
3. Make your slides colorful and appeasing to look at
4. Use pictures and animations that make your powerpoint interesting but not ones that are distracting
5. Don't read directly off the slides when giving presentations
6. Make bullet points to guide you through your lecture 
7. Only use five to six bullet points per slide and five to six words per bullet point
8. Make your powerpoints available to your students after your lecture 
9. Make sure the color of the text and the background are compatible and will easily be seen before you present it
10. Don't make your powerpoint too long and if it needs to be long present it in sections