Teaching CS to Every Student — Kira Shinn
Education Keynote · PowerPoint Design

Teaching CS
to Every Student

A 9-slide conference keynote built to demonstrate premium presentation design — warm, human, and story-driven from first slide to last.

PowerPoint 9 Slides Education Conference Warm Terracotta Palette Portfolio Piece
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A keynote built for
the right client.

This deck was created as a portfolio showcase piece demonstrating premium keynote design for education conferences — the kind of work a well-budgeted speaker or organization would commission for a 60-minute talk.

The brief: story-driven structure, clean minimal layout, strong visual hierarchy, and a warm human aesthetic that doesn't look corporate. Each slide earns its place in the narrative arc from problem to call-to-action.

The result is a deck that could go on stage tomorrow — just swap in the real speaker's photos and data.

Format
PowerPoint (.pptx), 16:9 widescreen
Slides
9 slides — title through closing
Palette
Terracotta · Sand · Sage · Dark Brown
Typography
Georgia (headers) · Trebuchet MS (body)
Built With
PptxGenJS · Node.js · Custom layout system
Audience
Education conference attendees, K–12 educators
Type
Portfolio piece · Spec work
Slide Breakdown
1
Title
Terracotta bg, decorative circles, speaker tag
2
The Problem
Three large-number stat cards — 57%, 24%, 3×
3
A Student's Story
Dark bg, pull quote, split color panel
4
Reframing CS
2×2 left-accent card grid
5
Barriers
Numbered circle list, 5 barriers
6
What Works
3×2 card grid on sage background
7
Teacher's Role
Dark bg, bold statement + bullet list
8
Call to Action
01–04 numbered action cards
9
Closing
Full terracotta, bold closing statement
Design Decisions
Color System
Warm Terracotta Palette
Four-color system built around terracotta as the dominant tone, with sand, sage, and dark brown as supporting and contrast roles. Every slide uses the same four colors — nothing introduced mid-deck.
Terra
Sand
Sage
Brown
Structure
Dark–Light Sandwich
Title and closing use the dark terracotta background for emotional weight. Story and teacher slides use dark brown for intimacy. Content slides use cream and sand for breathing room. The pacing is intentional — not just visual variety.
Typography
Georgia + Trebuchet MS
Georgia brings warmth and authority to headers — it reads human, not corporate. Trebuchet MS handles body text with clarity at small sizes. Both are system fonts: no install required, no rendering surprises across devices.
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