PowerPoint 101

Brad Smrstick

Tampa Bay Technical High School

Not just Bells and Whistles

It is easy to get caught up in the glitz and panache of PowerPoint.

So lets look at what PowerPoint is not and then look at what it can be!!!!

PowerPoint is not…

PowerPoint does not replace good instruction…it only enhances it.

Resist the urge to make PowerPoint a glorified slide show…it should be much more.

PowerPoint is not entertainment…it must be instruction.

PowerPoint is way to capture the attention of your audience through…

Interactivity

Web Resources

Simulations

PowerPoint is way to capture the attention of your audience through…

Slide TimingsVideoSoundProblem Solving

This is the opportunity to involve the class in the flow of the lesson.

Accomplish this by building pausesquestionsquizzes

…into the lesson.

Interactivity

Web Resources

This is the opportunity to link to the World Wide Web during the lesson.

Accomplish this by building Web LinksWeb SitesApplets

…into the lesson.

Simulations

This is the opportunity to introduce active demonstrations during the lesson.

Accomplish this by building Web SimulationsCD SimulationsApplet Simulations

…into the lesson.

Slide Timings

This is the opportunity to control the flow the lesson.

Accomplish this by building Slide orderSlide transitionsSlide timings

…into the lesson.

Video

This is the opportunity to include Captured Video into the lesson.

Accomplish this by Capturing your own VideoDownloading VideoCreating Video

…and inserting them into the lesson.

Sound

This is the opportunity to include Sound Files in the lesson.

Accomplish this by building Capturing your own SoundDownloading SoundCreating Sound

…and inserting them into the lesson.

Problem Solving

This is the opportunity to involve the class in the outcome of the lesson.

Accomplish this by building ProblemsCritical Thinking QuestionsOpen Ended Questions

…into the lesson.

The Process…

Create the Content

Augment the Content

Manipulate the Content

Create the Content

Content includes the Goals and Objectives Outcomes and Evaluations of the lesson.

Augment the Content

Include sound, video, the WWW and others to Enrich Give value to Improve retention of …the content

Manipulate the Content

Actively interact with the sound, video, the WWW and others to Enrich Give value to Improve retention of …the content

What next?

After creating a PowerPoint Lesson Practice using it Make revisions Print it out? Decide how to save it? Decide how to transport it?

…Then use it!!!

Print it?There are four options to print Slides Handouts Note pages Outline… choose the right one for you.

Which one?Slides are just that, the “slides”.Handouts are scaleable, select how many per page and the layout.

Note pages are for students select how many per page and the layout.

Outline is just the “outline”.

What next?

Get your students using PowerPoint Projects? Labs? Assignments? Reviews? Extra Credit?…Then use them in class!!!

What next?

Evaluating a PowerPoint Create a Rubric Create a Check list Use class evaluations Etc?

…the sky is the limit.