Power Point for the Classroom

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Power Point for the Classroom

• For Delivering Instruction
• For Student Presentations

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Getting Ready

• Power Point is a series of slides or screens
  that advance as you press the space bar.
• It is useful for presenting information point by
  point using multiple modalities.

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Getting Ready

• A Power Point presentation can be very simple or
  very elaborate. The designer can add
• Sound
• Pictures
• Movies
• Links to the Internet or other files

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Getting Ready

• When you have a topic that you want to present
  with a Power Point, start by making a list of
  items to address or by making an outline.
• When you have your ideas in mind or down on
  paper, you are ready to get started.

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Getting Started

• When you open Power Point you will be asked
  whether to open an new presentation or an
  existing one. Choose blank this time, and
  click OK.

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Getting Started

• Next, you will be asked to select a format. If
  it is not already visible, click on the
  Presentation Designs tab.

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Getting Started

• Select an appropriate backgound and click OK.

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Getting Started

• Next you will be asked to choose a slide format.

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Getting Started

• Choose the slide appropriate for your use. Click
  OK.

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Getting Started

• After you have typed in your title, you will need
  a new slide. Click on the new slide icon and
  select the appropriate format. You may continue
  in this manner until the end.

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Getting Started

• When you have completed your presentation, go
  back to the first slide.
• Click on the Slide Show icon.
• Press the space bar to advance the presentation.

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Getting Started

• In most ways, Power Point behaves like a word
  processor.
• The user can cut and paste from Word documents
  and web pages.
• The user inserts pictures in the same way.

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Getting Started

• Now, take a few minutes to think of a topic--a
  hobby, something you care a lot about, a book you
  have read.
• Jot down five or six things you would like to say
  about the topic.
• Think of a title.
• Type your title into the Power Point you already
  have started or begin a new one.

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Getting Started

• Repeat this process until you have all your
  information entered.
• If at any time you want to see what your
  presentation looks like, choose Slide Show

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Getting Started

• If at any time you want to see what your
  presentation looks like, select View Show from
  the Slide Show pull down menu or

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Getting Started

• choose the slide show icon at the bottom of the
  screen.

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Making Changes

• Copying a slide to use again
• Moving a slide
• Deleting a slide

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Adding Interest

• Inserting a picture from clip art
• Inserting a picture from a file
• Adding sound
• Adding movies

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Animating your text

• You can program your text to appear one line at a
  time
• From Slide Show choose Custom Animation

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Animating your text

• With the Timing tab visible, select the section
  to animate.

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Animating your text

• Next, select the Effects tab. Arrow down from
  No effect to select the animation you want.
  Click on Preview if you want to see it before you
  click OK.

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Animating your text

• If you have more than one area of text, or if you
  have a graphic, be sure to look at the animation
  order window.

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Putting it into Practice

• Select a topic that you will be addressing in the
  next few weeks.
• Make an outline of what you would like to present
  to your class.
• Create a presentation with 8 - 10 slides.

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Putting it into Practice

• Save your presentation to your Web Sharing
  folder. (review)
• Be prepared to share your presentation with the
  group by 115.
• HAVE FUN!