Electronic Village Online 2008

Teaching with Technology: PowerPoint in the Classroom

WEEK 4: 4-10 February

Objectives

· Venture beyond the basics

· Work with images/graphics, understand the relevance of image file size, and be able to deal with it effectively

· Discern effective uses of animation timings

· Continue working on the PowerPoint lesson/project

Discussion Topic

Look through one of the listed reading resources, and find some information that you think could be useful to you.  How could you use that information in a classroom PPT?

In the Teaching with PowerPoint YahooGroup, click Messages > Post to write your comments and share them with the group.

Reading Materials

1.  Managing Graphics to Reduce Size

2.  Combine Animation Techniques to Create Stunning PowerPoint Slides (How to combine motion paths with scaling and rotation to give the appearance of an object coming closer or turning. From Presentations)

Additional Readings

Tasks

Task 1: Continuing Development of Your PowerPoint Presentation/Project

For the additions to your project this week, try to include text boxes, autoshapes, a table and hyperlinks as needed to enhance the lesson/project.

• Use your PPT from last week and build on/expand it. 
• Modify and improve your previous work, reflecting new insights gained. 
• View the model PPT presentation in our YahooGroup > FILES > Model PowerPoint Presentations > Week 4, to see how the features for this week are incorporated.
• Click on the link to the PowerPoint 2002 Intermediate tutorial and walk through the tasks on pages 4-10.  Build these tasks into your PowerPoint lesson/project.

Changing the Background of a Slide (p. 4/5); Using the Drawing Toolbar (p. 5), Grouping Objects, p. 5/6) Adding a Text Box (p. 6); Adding AutoShapes (p. 6/7); Working with Tables (p. 8); Working with Diagrams (p. 8); Creating Hyperlinks (p. 9)--Creating a Hyperlink to a Web Address, Using the Hyperlink, Changing Hyperlink colors, Removing the Hyperlinks, Linking to a Slide in a Slideshow (p. 9)

Task 2: Managing Picture Size in PPT Files

Integrating images into a PowerPoint presentation can make the file size huge.  Click on the video tutorial Optimizing Pictures in PowerPoint to see you how to optimize your images to keep your presentations sizes under control.

Task 3: Setting Slide Animation Timings
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Click on the link for instructions on Slide Animation Timings and build some timed animations into your PPT lesson/project.

Task 4: Watching a Model Slide Show with Animation Timings
View the slide show Effective Presentations in Play mode and check out the animation timings in Edit mode.

Task 5: Checking and Uploading Your Revised PPT

a) Use the Checklist, Elements of Effective PowerPoints--Week 4 to make sure you have included the necessary components.

b) Upload your lesson/project to the Teaching with PowerPoint YG > Files > Week 4 Participant PowerPoints.  Request feedback from the group.

Checklist of Tasks

I have...

1.  Read an article on a chosen topic and posted a brief reaction to it in the Yahoo!Group;

2.  Added text boxes, AutoShapes, hyperlinks, and tables as needed to enhance the PPT lesson/project;

3. Viewed a tutorial on optimizing images to keep file size under control;

4.  Viewed a model presentation with animation timings;

5.  Included effective timed animations to enhance the PPT lesson/project.

6.  Uploaded my revised PPT presentation to the Yahoo!Group Teaching with PowerPoint YG > Files > Week 4 Participant PowerPoints.

© EVO PowerPoint team: Christine Bauer-Ramazani, Sandy Wagner, Paula Emmert, Roger Drury, Jessica Noyes, Kent Matsueda, Susan Burg, Jennie Brown
Created November 2, 2006; last updated January 20, 2008