Introductory Slide

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Introductory Slide
Death by PowerPoint doesnt have to happen.
PowerPoint can be used for more things than just
orals. It can be used to create an interactive
display to record a virtual excursion to a planet
or create a virtual zoo. You can also use it to
create games. The following slides show how to
hyperlink parts of a picture to other slides. The
slides just show the start of an interactive
virtual/real geology excursion. The last 2
slides contain others ideas on how to use
PowerPoint and a list of websites.
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Our Virtual Geology Excursion Around Australia
How to hyperlink part of a picture.
Step 1 Use the drawing tools and draw a circle
or square.
Step2 Right click on the shape and hyperlink to
the appropriate slide in this presentation. Click
here to find out how to hyperlink.
Step 3 Now lets make the box disappear! Right
click on the box and select format autoshape. Now
select No Fill and No Line. Click here to see the
box.
The slide should now look like this.
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Our Virtual Geology Excursion
Hyperlinks work when PowerPoint is in slide view
or try right clicking on the spot and click on
open hyperlink.
OTHER IDEAS SEE HERE!
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Weathering Around Us
Students would collect pictures from the Internet
or in books about geological features and create
a virtual excursion. You may even have students
include pictures from an actual excursion they
attended.
OTHER IDEAS
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Drawing Tool Bar
In autoshapes there are action buttons which you
can use to hyperlink to other slides etc. Click
on to run other programs or play a sound. This
one links back to the second slide.
Drawing Tools. Click on different tools and see
what you can do.
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How to Hyperlink.
Note that you can link to other files, web pages,
email addresses, etc.
Select place in this document.
Select which slide you want to link to and then
click OK.
Slide One
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How to format an autoshape.
To make the shape disappear change colour to No
Fill.
Also change the line colour to No Line.
Slide One
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Other Ideas

• Students can create a virtual zoo where the zoo
  map hyperlinks to various parts of the zoo. The
  different sections of the zoo may represent a
  different kingdom.
• In drama presentations or role-plays students use
  PowerPoint to create backgrounds. These
  backgrounds are then shown using a light pro.
  Some students may even create interactive
  backgrounds.
• Students can create a childrens story book about
  a science concept and present it using
  PowerPoint.
• The following website Parade of games has
  templates of games using PowerPoint e.g.
  jeopardy, who wants to be a millionaire, etc.
• http//facstaff.uww.edu/jonesd/games/index.html

USEFUL WEBSITES
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Useful Websites

• Creating Flashcards using PowerPoint
• http//www.create.cett.msstate.edu/create/howto/Po
  werPoint_Flashcards_Combined_2-6-02.pdf
• Basic PowerPoint directions
• http//www.create.cett.msstate.edu/create/classroo
  m/handouts/Hightower_CD1_Set1_PowerPoint_Direction
  s_Revised.doc
• (OK but see if there is better.)
• Ideas on using PowerPoint
• http//www.online.tusc.k12.al.us/tutorials/pptclas
  s/pptclass.htmideas
• PowerPoint tips
• http//powayusd.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/projects/ms/worksh
  ops/PowerPointTips_files/frame.htm
• PowerPoint quizzes
• http//www.issen.org.uk/news_powerpoint_ideas.htm
• Creating triggers making PowerPoint more
  interactive
• http//office.microsoft.com/en-au/assistance/HA010
  873001033.aspx
• Photo album in PowerPoint
• http//office.microsoft.com/en-au/assistance/HA010
  348161033.aspx
• Perils of using PowerPoint
• http//www.bgsu.edu/downloads/provost/file14109.pd
  f
• Microsoft PowerPoint how to, ideas and more
• http//www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line_powerpo
  int.htm