Transcript PowerPoint 101 - University of South Florida

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 Timings
Video
Sound
Problem Solving
Interactivity
This is the opportunity to involve the
class in the flow of the lesson.
Accomplish this by building
pauses
questions
quizzes
…into the lesson.
Web Resources
This is the opportunity to link to the
World Wide Web during the lesson.
Accomplish this by building
Web Links
Web Sites
Applets
…into the lesson.
Simulations
This is the opportunity to introduce
active demonstrations during the
lesson.
Accomplish this by building
Web Simulations
CD Simulations
Applet Simulations
…into the lesson.
Slide Timings
This is the opportunity to control the
flow the lesson.
Accomplish this by building
Slide order
Slide transitions
Slide timings
…into the lesson.
Video
This is the opportunity to include
Captured Video into the lesson.
Accomplish this by
Capturing your own Video
Downloading Video
Creating 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 Sound
Downloading Sound
Creating 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
Problems
Critical Thinking Questions
Open Ended Questions
…into the lesson.
The Process…
Create the Content
Augment the Content
Manipulate the Content
Create the Content
Content includes the
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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
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Manipulate the Content
Actively interact with the sound, video,
the WWW and others to
Enrich
 Give value to
 Improve retention of
…the content
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What next?
After creating a PowerPoint Lesson
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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.
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Which one?
Slides are just that, the “slides”.
Handouts are scaleable,
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select how many per page and
the layout.
Note pages are for students
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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!!!
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What next?
Evaluating a PowerPoint
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Create a Rubric
Create a Check list
Use class evaluations
Etc?
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…the sky is the limit.
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