powerpoint

=Microsoft PowerPoint=

Microsoft PowerPoint allows you to create attractive, professional looking presentations. You can use it to supplement a lecture, showing the main topics you will be discussing and illustrating items with charts, tables and images. Student can create many kinds of presentations to demonstrate their understanding of the subject matter, such as photo albums and ebooks. PowerPoint “slide shows” can be shown using a computer screen, a projector, or even as a webpage. You may also choose to offer the presentation in a printed version, including outlines, handouts, or speaker notes.

An Introduction
//Quick Reference Guides from CustomGuides:// Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 (XP)- Microsoft PowerPoint 2003- Microsoft PowerPoint 2007-

//Getting Started:// To open PowerPoint, click the **START** button, click the **ALL PROGRAMS** menu and select **MICROSOFT POWERPOINT** icon. NOTE: It is sometimes located on the Quick Start menu or in a //Microsoft Office// subfolder. View buttons can be used to quickly change the way your presentation is displayed:  //Inserting New Slides// As you begin adding slides to your presentation, remember to : If you go to the **FILE** menu and click **NEW**, you are starting a new presentation: If you intended to have 10 slides in a show and made this mistake, you will actually have 10 separate files that can’t be run as a single show! //HINT //: You can also insert a Duplicate Slide from the Insert menu or you can go to the Slide Sorter view to copy and paste mre than one additional slide. //Changing the Slide Layout// Each time you add a new slide, it will appear with a //default// (automatic) slide layout. To change the layout to suit your needs:
 * **Normal –** used to enter content on slides or in an outline format
 * **Slide Sorter –** used to rearrange, organize or make changes to multiple slides
 * **Slide Show –** used to preview a slide in presentation mode
 * 1) Go to the **INSERT** menu and click **NEW SLIDE** or
 * 2) Click the button on the formatting toolbar.
 * 1) Click on the **Format** menu
 * 2) Click the **Slide Layout** option
 * 3) Scroll down the list of available layouts in the //Task Pane//
 * 4) Click in the layout of your choice to make the update

//Enhancing your Presentation// Adding elements to your presentation is very similar to all the other Microsoft programs, including Word. Click on the slide to position the //Insertion Point// where you want your element to be placed and click the **INSERT** menu. You will be prompted to draw your object on the slide by clicking and dragging until it is the size and shape you want it to be. There you can select any of the following items:  **Animation Effects**  allow you to control the order, timing, speed, sound and other aspects of how and when elements appear on the screen. Remember to use animation carefully to enhance – not distract from – the message that your presentation needs to deliver. **Slide Transitions**  appear between two slides in a presentation to create a steady, smooth flow. You can choose to create slide transitions that you control or that advanced automatically at the timings you have determined. //Wrapping Up// Once completed, you can print your presentation in a variety of formats, in whole or in part. Under the **FILE** menu select the **PRINT** command to choose from the following types of items to print (under PRINT WHAT): When you are satisfied with your finished product, you can save it as a PowerPoint file or show, in older versions of PowerPoint, in outline format as a text document, as an image, or best of all – as a web page.
 * **Text Box**: Simply click and type to enter text. Clicking on the edge of the box also allows you to select everything inside the box or the box itself.
 * **Picture**: You can choose to search for **Clip Art** available in PowerPoint or you can browse to find an image **From File** you have stored in another location, like on a diskette, in My Pictures or even downloaded from the Internet.
 * **Movies and Sounds**: This feature works much like a picture in that you can search the Clip Organizer or use a file of your own. You can also choose to **Play CD Audio Track**, which allows you to play a specified track from a CD in the computer’s CD drive at a designated point in your presentation, or **Record Sound** using a microphone attached to your computer. There are additional options available under the //Custom Animation// task pane when inserting movies and sounds that affect the way it functions in your presentation.
 * **Hyperlinks:** Inserting a hyperlink creates a connection to another location. You can make hyperlinks to another slide in the same presentation, a slide in another presentation, a Web page, an email address or a document file. The hyperlink itself can be text or an object such as a picture , graph, shape, or even WordArt.
 * **Charts and Tables: ** You can create a tables, charts or graphs from scratch, or you can import them from other a software programs such as Microsoft Word, Access, Excel or Lotus 1-2-3, or even from a text file.
 * //Slides// prints each individual slide on a separate full-size page.
 * //Outline// prints the words that appear in text boxes formatted in the hierarchical levels on the slide.
 * //Speaker Notes// prints a single slide at the top of the page and any notes you have made to yourself about items for discussion, questions or additional information you wish to cover at the bottom.
 * //<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Audience Handouts //<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> conserve paper and speed up printing by placing 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 or 9 thumbnail images on each page.

//Design Tips:// [|The Do's and the Don't's] Just for Fun: [|How NOT to Use PowerPoint]
 * Every presentation should have a //Title Slide//
 * Maintain a //consistent// color scheme throughout the presentation
 * Keep the background //simple//, making sure the text can be seen clearly
 * Avoid long lines of text – Discuss only //one concept per slide// and include only main ideas, not all information to be presented
 * No more than //seven words per line// – No more than s//even lines per slide//
 * Avoid small text – No smaller than 18 points for transparencies and //24 points// for presentations
 * Use more than one, but less than five bullets on a slide – Avoid more than two levels of bullets
 * Use clipart that relates to the content and doesn’t distract from the message
 * K.I.S.S. it – Avoid cluttering the slide with too many different elements
 * Use simple animations and transitions – Be careful not to use sound that distracts the audience
 * <span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Provide a //Review// or //Summary Slide// at the end

Don't Forget About Copyright! http://asutim.wikispaces.com/copyright

//Assessing Multimedia Projects:// Don't forget to scaffold! Give very specific minimum requirements. Have students do their pre-planning at their desks or at home (on paper). Use a Storyboard (as simple as 3 blank slides printed as a handout) to have them write their facts and ideas about visual elements. Have students to enter all content before they are allowed to use the "bells and whistles." Do checkpoints along the way to make sure they stay on track and not get lost in the many choices and features available to them. You can create them at [|RubiStar] or [|rCampus]

Games and Activities
Photo Albums SAMPLE- [|Biomes of the World]

Talking eBooks SAMPLE- [|Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly]

Clickable Concept Maps SAMPLE-

Self-Running Quizzes SAMPLE-

Jeopardy and other TV Show Games SAMPLE- [|Computer Jeopardy] Mark Damon Game Templates: http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/PPT-games/

There are many exciting and complex ways to use PowerPoint. Here's an example of students using PowerPoint to create an animated movie:[|ReefScape] You can even make your PowerPoint presentations portable: [|PowerPoint to iPod Conversion]

Here are some great sites with PowerPoint presentations you can use:
 * [|www.pppst.com]
 * http://community.discoveryeducation.com/

NOTE: You can even find others through most search engines using the Advanced Search. Just enter you keyword and select Microsoft PowerPoint as the FILE TYPE!