PowerPoint2007

Powerpoint 2007
Powerpoint isn't just for creating a one-sided communication tool. You can use Power Point to make some interactive presentations to work with your students. Use Powerpoint to make a seating chart for your classroom or a Jeopardy style game. Use interesting designs and colors to add some "zing!" to your presentations.

Below is a video from TeacherTube that shows how to start using Powerpoint to make an interactive multiple-choice quiz.

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 * Training Module for June 16, 2008**

[|Introduction Video to Power Point 2007]


 * Digitizing Content vs. Rich Multimedia Experiences**

[|Food Example of Zen Use]
 * Book recommendation: [|Presentation Zen: Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery]** by Garr Reynolds


 * Key topics**: Interface, Ribbon, Live Preview, Command Tabs, Context Tabs, Quick Access Toolbar, Status Bar, Slide Concept, Adding Text, Layouts, New Slides, Adding Images, Adding Tables, Adding Charts, Inserting Media, Themes, Animations, Compatibility Issues

Microsoft Help - The blue question mark button on the top right of each Microsoft Office program [|Office Help Online] [|Office Podcasts] [|Atomic Learning] [|YouTube] - Search "Microsoft Powerpoint 2007 Tutorial" [|Google Search] - Search "Powerpoint 2007 Introduction"
 * Learning on your own:**

[|PDF document walk-thru]



[|Animoto] - [|Leonardo Project] [|Microsoft Photostory 3] [|SlideShare.net]- lets you upload presentations to share online [|Google Presenter] [|VoiceThread] [|Adobe Buzzword] [|Slide Story] [|Slide Rocket]
 * FREE Powerpoint Alternatives**

[|Microsoft links for Educators] [|Templates for Students] [|Grading Rubrics for Powerpoint] [|Free online templates]
 * In the Classroom:**


 * Classroom Uses for Microsoft Powerpoint:**


 * **Flash Cards** - Create Flashcard presentations for individual and group reinforcement. You can create a template and choose whether you or your students will insert the words or phrases. Topics may include: reinforcing math concepts; practicing parts of speech; practicing spelling; reinforcing story problems; and reinforcing numbers, letters, or colors.
 * **Field Trip Slide Shows** - Develop field trip slide shows to review and apply knowledge learned on a field trip. Students can work together to make a slide show that presents what they saw, as well as what they learned.
 * **Autobiographical Stories** - Students can create short autobiographical stories about themselves. Scanned photos can be inserted for interest. Once the slides are complete, you can put them together in a presentation to show an audience, such as an open house or parent night.
 * **Interactive Book Reports** - Have students create a PowerPoint presentation about books they read.
 * **Music Class Recitals** - For music teachers, PowerPoint is a useful tool for creating slide shows of student recitals. During a recital, take pictures of the students while they are performing and record a small portion of their music. On slides, include both each student's picture and music.
 * **Group Slide Shows** - Give your students a topic (such as zoo animals) and tell them to choose parts of the topic to focus on (such as specific zoo animals). Have students research their assigned portions of the topic and develop slides to serve as a part of a group presentation about the topic.
 * **Seating Chart** - Teachers can customize shapes to build a replica of their classrooms for sub folders or keeping track of where students sit.
 * **Poetry Readings** - Students can create slides exhibiting their personal poetry along with a voice recording.
 * **Science Presentations** - Use PowerPoint to teach processes and how things work. Teachers or students can add additional items to a diagram to illustrate how a process grows and changes. Science principles work well using this format.
 * **Student Portfolios** - PowerPoint can be used to create portfolios of student work.
 * **Class Yearbook-Type Presentations** - Collect photos; information about special events; examples of class and student projects, etc. throughout the year and create a year-in-review presentation.

[|Ancient Greece] [|Oh Brother Can You Spare a Dime?] [|Solving Algrebra Equations] [|Star Trek Next Generation Intro] [|Writing Tips] [|WHS Vietnam Memorial Project]
 * What these projects look like:**
 * Adjectives **
 * Stick Figure Tours**