Week+9+&+10

Objective: to examine the Microsoft PowerPoint program and apply it to a PowerPoint presentation to use in your classroom.

Why Use PowerPoint?
This Microsoft program provides the ability to make an interactive presentation using text, art, animation, and audio and video elements. This program can be adapted to work for students at any age level.

What Makes a PowerPoint Bad?
W hat are the ways these examples are improperly using power point? How could one improve their mistakes?

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What Makes a PowerPoint Good?
Make a list of what these power points are doing well and where improvements can be made.  The following are used in primary grades

[|Relative_Location_Words.ppt] [|TheKiteContractionsResource.ppt]  [|ShortVowelSoundsResource.ppt]  [|Comparing_and_Contrasting.ppt] 

 [|6+1 character traits.ppt] --Power Point for Professional Development Session

Building a Non- Linear PowerPoint
 These are some tutorials that will help answer any basic questions that you may stubble across.

2004 Tutorial



 * Building A PowerPoint Together**...today we are going to focus on all of these advanced skills:
 * <span style="color: #972b85; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Action buttons
 * <span style="color: #972b85; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Animating text
 * <span style="color: #972b85; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Inserting Sound
 * <span style="color: #972b85; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Putting animation in order
 * <span style="color: #972b85; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Adding slide transitions
 * <span style="color: #972b85; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Using interactive text box object

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Test your knowledge...
<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;"> [|powerjeopardyfinal.ppt] <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif;">(You may use this as a template if you want to create a jeopardy board with your students!)

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Your own PowerPoint
<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Now it is your turn! Create a non-linear Power Point presentation that you can use in your own reading classroom! Below is a rubric to help guide you along the way. With your Power Point please include a one to two paragraph rationale.

[|PowerPoint Scoring Tool.doc]

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Email your Power Point and rationale to Beth Ann by April 7th.

<span style="background-color: #f9e1f9; color: #1dff00; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">Have a good Spring Break!