Using PowerPoint in the Classroom
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Description
"This book is easy to use and follow, and it has helped me successfully create PowerPoint presentations. It certainly is a good reference tool that will help the novice and will serve as a troubleshooting tool for anyone."
-Jim Hoogheem, Former Elementary School Principal
Engage students with PowerPoint-infused lessons!
Do you want to grab students' attention with dynamic lessons? Wish you could leverage technology to create a learning-rich environment? Now you can, with this updated user-friendly manual that walks you through every aspect of effectively creating and delivering PowerPoint presentations.
Key features of this second edition include:
- PC- and Mac-compatible instructions and screenshots updated for the latest versions
- New tips covering presentation, design elements, and delivery skills
- "Troubleshooting tips," screen shots, specific examples, and "Quick Review" sections
- Strategies for using graphics, graphs, sound effects, and animation
Whether you are new to PowerPoint or already use it in the classroom, this book provides step-by-step, proven steps for creating "Wow!" presentations and lessons.
Contents
Preface
- Acknowledgments
About the Authors
About the Authors
Introduction to Microsoft ® PowerPoint ®: Directions
- This Book Contains the Following Helpful Features
- What PowerPoint Version am I Using?
- Using the Mouse
- Launching PowerPoint
- Starting With a Blank Slide
- Understanding Menus, Icons (Buttons) and Keyboard Commands
- Toolbars
- Undoing Mistakes
- What Does This Button Do?
- Help is Only a Click Away
- Quick Review
2. Creating a New Slide Show
- Book Report Scenario
- Creating the Title Slide
- Creating the Second and Third Slide
- Creating the Fourth Slide
- Saving a Slide Show
- Applying a Design Template
- Viewing Slides in Slide Sorter View
- Modifying Text
- Quick Review
3. Adding Graphs and Graphics
- Adding a Slide With a Graph
- Adding Graphics
- The Drawing Toolbar
- Quick Review
4. Special Effects
- WIN XP
- WIN 00 and MAC
- All Versions
- Quick Review
5. Presentation Delivery
- Adding Speaker Notes
- Printing
- Final Preparation for Presenting
- Quick Review
6. Classroom Applications
- Develop a Custom School Template
- Adding a Gradient Background With School Colors
- Adding a School Logo (Importing a Picture)
- Saving a Customized Template for Future Use
- Creating a Class/Team Yearbook Slideshow
- Creating a Looping Slide Show
- Adding Student Narrations to Showcase Student Work
- Recommendations for PowerPoint in the Classroom
- Application Ideas for the Classroom Teacher
- Application Ideas for Students
- Quick Review
7. Presentation Pointers
- Presentation Design
- Text and Type
- Tips for Creating Overhead Transparencies
- Design devices
- Graphs
- Special Effects
- The Delivery
- Technology Tips
- Quick Review
References
References
Index
Index
Description
"This book is easy to use and follow, and it has helped me successfully create PowerPoint presentations. It certainly is a good reference tool that will help the novice and will serve as a troubleshooting tool for anyone."
-Jim Hoogheem, Former Elementary School Principal
Engage students with PowerPoint-infused lessons!
Do you want to grab students' attention with dynamic lessons? Wish you could leverage technology to create a learning-rich environment? Now you can, with this updated user-friendly manual that walks you through every aspect of effectively creating and delivering PowerPoint presentations.
Key features of this second edition include:
- PC- and Mac-compatible instructions and screenshots updated for the latest versions
- New tips covering presentation, design elements, and delivery skills
- "Troubleshooting tips," screen shots, specific examples, and "Quick Review" sections
- Strategies for using graphics, graphs, sound effects, and animation
Whether you are new to PowerPoint or already use it in the classroom, this book provides step-by-step, proven steps for creating "Wow!" presentations and lessons.
Contents
Preface
- Acknowledgments
About the Authors
About the Authors
Introduction to Microsoft ® PowerPoint ®: Directions
- This Book Contains the Following Helpful Features
- What PowerPoint Version am I Using?
- Using the Mouse
- Launching PowerPoint
- Starting With a Blank Slide
- Understanding Menus, Icons (Buttons) and Keyboard Commands
- Toolbars
- Undoing Mistakes
- What Does This Button Do?
- Help is Only a Click Away
- Quick Review
2. Creating a New Slide Show
- Book Report Scenario
- Creating the Title Slide
- Creating the Second and Third Slide
- Creating the Fourth Slide
- Saving a Slide Show
- Applying a Design Template
- Viewing Slides in Slide Sorter View
- Modifying Text
- Quick Review
3. Adding Graphs and Graphics
- Adding a Slide With a Graph
- Adding Graphics
- The Drawing Toolbar
- Quick Review
4. Special Effects
- WIN XP
- WIN 00 and MAC
- All Versions
- Quick Review
5. Presentation Delivery
- Adding Speaker Notes
- Printing
- Final Preparation for Presenting
- Quick Review
6. Classroom Applications
- Develop a Custom School Template
- Adding a Gradient Background With School Colors
- Adding a School Logo (Importing a Picture)
- Saving a Customized Template for Future Use
- Creating a Class/Team Yearbook Slideshow
- Creating a Looping Slide Show
- Adding Student Narrations to Showcase Student Work
- Recommendations for PowerPoint in the Classroom
- Application Ideas for the Classroom Teacher
- Application Ideas for Students
- Quick Review
7. Presentation Pointers
- Presentation Design
- Text and Type
- Tips for Creating Overhead Transparencies
- Design devices
- Graphs
- Special Effects
- The Delivery
- Technology Tips
- Quick Review
References
References
Index
Index
Reviews
Using PowerPoint in the Classroom
May 2006 | 128 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 27/02/2023 | 9781412927987 | $26.95 |
"This book is easy to use and follow, and it has helped me successfully create PowerPoint presentations. It certainly is a good reference tool that will help the novice and will serve as a troubleshooting tool for anyone."
-Jim Hoogheem, Former Elementary School Principal
Engage students with PowerPoint-infused lessons!
Do you want to grab students' attention with dynamic lessons? Wish you could leverage technology to create a learning-rich environment? Now you can, with this updated user-friendly manual that walks you through every aspect of effectively creating and delivering PowerPoint presentations.
Key features of this second edition include:
- PC- and Mac-compatible instructions and screenshots updated for the latest versions
- New tips covering presentation, design elements, and delivery skills
- "Troubleshooting tips," screen shots, specific examples, and "Quick Review" sections
- Strategies for using graphics, graphs, sound effects, and animation
Whether you are new to PowerPoint or already use it in the classroom, this book provides step-by-step, proven steps for creating "Wow!" presentations and lessons.
Table Of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
- Introduction to Microsoft ® PowerPoint ®: Directions
- This Book Contains the Following Helpful Features
- What PowerPoint Version am I Using?
- Using the Mouse
- Launching PowerPoint
- Starting With a Blank Slide
- Understanding Menus, Icons (Buttons) and Keyboard Commands
- Toolbars
- Undoing Mistakes
- What Does This Button Do?
- Help is Only a Click Away
- Quick Review
- 2. Creating a New Slide Show
- Book Report Scenario
- Creating the Title Slide
- Creating the Second and Third Slide
- Creating the Fourth Slide
- Saving a Slide Show
- Applying a Design Template
- Viewing Slides in Slide Sorter View
- Modifying Text
- Quick Review
- 3. Adding Graphs and Graphics
- Adding a Slide With a Graph
- Adding Graphics
- The Drawing Toolbar
- Quick Review
- 4. Special Effects
- WIN XP
- WIN 00 and MAC
- All Versions
- Quick Review
- 5. Presentation Delivery
- Adding Speaker Notes
- Printing
- Final Preparation for Presenting
- Quick Review
- 6. Classroom Applications
- Develop a Custom School Template
- Adding a Gradient Background With School Colors
- Adding a School Logo (Importing a Picture)
- Saving a Customized Template for Future Use
- Creating a Class/Team Yearbook Slideshow
- Creating a Looping Slide Show
- Adding Student Narrations to Showcase Student Work
- Recommendations for PowerPoint in the Classroom
- Application Ideas for the Classroom Teacher
- Application Ideas for Students
- Quick Review
- 7. Presentation Pointers
- Presentation Design
- Text and Type
- Tips for Creating Overhead Transparencies
- Design devices
- Graphs
- Special Effects
- The Delivery
- Technology Tips
- Quick Review
- References
- Index