Entries in powerpoint (5)
Fresh ideas for using Powerpoint in your Classroom
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 at 9:55AM 
What is it: PowerPoint is probably one of the most versatile programs available to you as a teacher and can be used in so many ways to enhance teaching and learning. I bet that you have never seen it used like this before as quite a powerful artistic and animation resource.
I know we have all had death by PowerPoint Sessions where the presenter reads boring slides word for word but they are really giving this great program a bad rap. I use it all the time to create e-portfolios that are are media rich, quick and secure by embedding and inserting content from nearly everything we do in the classroom.
How can ypu use it in the Classroom: Powerpoint in the classroom is a great site to teach you some of the more advanced and cool tricks tucked away inside PowerPoint that we often overlook. with simple to follow visual tutorials that will catch you students attention and give them plenty of new tools and ideas to present and create their ideas.
What level of expertise is required: Very little this is for all audiences and I guarantee you will look at PowerPoint differently after giving this a run. The site is available here.
101 useful tips for Microsoft Office users
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 at 9:53AM 
Whether you use Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Publisher or any other application you will find a great collection of hints and tips for all office. apps Every tutorial is short and sweet and has images to help you make sense of it. This is a very simple and straightforward sight but highly effective. Check it out here
Teach your students how not to kill their audience with bad PowerPoints
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 at 9:41AM 
I have discussed this in the past in my article "Death by PowerPoint" as Microsoft's Presentation tool would have to be one of the most used and abused applications both in the classroom and the staff room for meetings and speaking and listening tasks.
I cant stand dodgy PowerPoints in which the presenter simply reads the same boring drivel that we can already see on the screen behind them. So I jumped at this lesson plan outlining how to get the most and avoid the worst from PowerPoint from the New York Times Learning Network.
In this lesson, students examine perspectives on effective and ineffective uses of PowerPoint, then develop a set of rules for effective use of this tool for their class projects and presentations. They then create PowerPoint slides and a prose narrative on the same subject and compare the impact of each on the intended audience.
There is something here for both teachers and students and I would recommend this for year 5 students upwards through high school. Check it outhere.
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