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PowerPointNovember 3rd 2008

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PowerPoint• How Not to Use PowerPoint

by Teachertube.com

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How did they make that slide?Used hyperlink located under “Insert”

Used Teachertube Video Downloader to download the video (mpeg seems to work best for PowerPoint. then used “insert”/”movies and sounds”/”movie from file”/then chose the correct file.

Inserted picture in the form of an animated clip art

Stone background templatedownloaded for free

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Student PowerPoints• Students will generally make one of

two types of presentations.• Oral Presentation – PowerPoint supports

the presentation given to audience/class

• Stand Alone Presentation – PowerPoint is the entire presentation

– Corollary – Individual slides may be created for the purpose of connecting them into a large poster

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Oral Presentation• Good oral PowerPoints presentations have:

• Limited text – important points only• Thought provoking and relevant images• Careful use of animations (not this one) and transitions• Logic flow/organization• Good use of backgrounds/themes/font color and

size/style (this font is 24 point)• Appropriate layout choices• Good grammar and spelling• Citations

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Stand Alone Presentation• Good Stand Alone presentations have:

• More text or narrations • Slide transitions but few, if any, custom animations

unless they are timed• Thought provoking and relevant images• Logical flow/organization• Good use of backgrounds/themes/font color and

size/style (this font is 24 point)• Appropriate layout choices• Good grammar and spelling• Citations

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Poster Slides

Individual slides are created with images and text and printed in color. The printed slides are posted together to make a large poster.

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PowerPointWhat makes a good PowerPoint1. Consider the audience

2. Eliminate distractions

3. Select powerful images

4. Distill words

5. Honor Criteria

Source: FNO.ORG

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PowerPoint• Rubrics

Hundreds of rubrics are available online. Just put “powerpoint rubric” into a search engine.

Student PowerPoint presentations should be assessed by their peers

You may wantto give them asimpler rubric to score theirpeers.

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PowerPoint

• Collaborative • Individual

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PowerPoint• What if students don’t have a

computer or PowerPoint software?• Every student has access to computers

and PowerPoint at every public librarypublic library and in the Curie Media CenterCurie Media Center

(7:30 am to 4:30 pm)

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PowerPoint

Who needs PowerPoint?

openoffice.org

Open Office has everything that Microsoft Office has and the files are

compatible with each other

Who needs PowerPoint?

openoffice.org

Open Office has everything that Microsoft Office has and the files are

compatible with each other

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PowerPointSeriously….

Who needs PowerPoint

Try GoogleDocs

It’s FREE

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PowerPoint

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Final Note

Any computer aided presentation should focus on the content rather than the technology!