Ten PowerPoint Tips and Strategies:
1. Keep the "66” Maximum" in mind:
six slides and six lines of text per line. Following this "rule"
may help prevent a presentation from becoming too long, have too much
text, and being rushed when delivered.
2. Consider providing the PPT text to the students
beforehand. If they're rushing to take notes before the next slide appears
on the screen they are not focused on what you or students are saying.
You can copy PPT text in NORMAL VIEW and paste
it into a document or e-mail.
3. Turn the bulb (on the projector) off periodically
during a PPT. Shift their complete attention to an important point you
are making. Or engage them in a discussion, or an activity. Turn
the bulb back on when you are ready to continue the PPT.
4. If you want to go quickly to a particular slide
in VIEW SHOW mode, right click (CTRL + click) when the show is running.
The show will stop and a menu bar will appear. Click on
GO --->SLIDE NAVIGATOR and select the slide
you want to view.
5. If you save your PPT as a .pps file it will
automatically open up in slide-show mode.
6. If you would like the kids to have access to
your PPT at any time consider sending it to a NNet Public Conference.
There may already be one set up for your course. You may also put the
PPT on your web site, but if the PPT contains copyrighted images you
may be in violation of copyright laws.
7. You don't need PowerPoint software to view
a PPT show. You can download the free PowerPoint Viewer from Microsoft.
It enables you to view, but not edit, a PPT show. Handy for kids who
don't have PPT on their home computers.
8. If you would like to create a transition effect
from slide to slide make it fairly unobtrusive. The less distraction
the better.
Go to SLIDE SHOW, then SLIDE TRANSITION. There
are many effects to choose from.
If you want to vary slide transition effects from
slide to slide go to SLIDE SORTER VIEW and select a slide transition
for each slide from the SLIDE SORTER TOOLBAR. Make sure the Slide Sorter
toolbar is enabled in the VIEW (TOOLBARS) menu.
9. If you would like to create animation effects
for text and objects in a slide go to SLIDE SHOW, then CUSTOM ANIMATIONS
in either the SLIDE LAYOUT VIEW or OUTLINE VIEW. You can choose from
various animation effects and control their order and timing in a slide.
10. You can insert sound and video clips (even
a Flash movie) into a PowerPoint 2000 slide show.
Audio and Video
A. PowerPoint easily embeds .wav and .midi music
and sounds. Download the appropriate clip to your computer first
and then go
INSERT ---> MOVIES and SOUNDS. Choose
either MOVIE from FILE or SOUNDS from FILE.
You will be asked if you want the sound
to play automatically. Select NO. This will allow you to turn
the music on and off for each slide.
B. Either download the music you need from the
CD or have the CD with you when you do the presentation. The advantage
to CD's is that you can select a track or whole CD to play throughout
the entire PowerPoint presentation. Go to
Insert--->Movies and Sounds----->Play CD
Audio Track. The next dialog window will
choose options like looping the CD or selecting
a series of tracks.
Microsoft offers animated clip art, sounds, and
video clips at its Design Gallery Live at http://dgl.microsoft.com/
Also, Altavista.com has a video and sound search
category.
Note: You will need a media player such as Windows
Media Player, RealPlayer, or Quicktime to view video clips. . (These
players are all free plug-ins. ) Be advised that not all video files
respond the same to the different media players. For instance, a .mov
file runs best in Quicktime. PowerPoint does best with .midi and .wav
clips.
PowerPoint Resources:
PowerPoint in the Classroom
http://www.actden.com/pp/
Free Skills: PowerPoint Tutorials
http://www.freeskills.com/
The PowerPoint FAQ: Answers to Frequently Asked
Questions About
PowerPoint
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/
“Scoring PowerPoints” by Jim McKenzie
http://optin.iserver.net/fromnow/sept00/powerpoints.html
Internet4teachers: Powerpoint
Inspiration Examples – Social Studies
Inspiration Classroom Examples: Social Studies
http://www.inspiration.com/productinfo/inspiration/
using_insp/index.cfm?fuseaction=socialstudies
Branches of the U.S. Government
http://www.gpschools.org/ci/images/gov.gif
Civil War Timeline
http://www.strategictransitions.com/images/
civilwar.gif
Elections
http://www.gpschools.org/ci/images/elections.gif
Can History be Known? Boston Massacre
http://lakelandschools.org/EDTECH/Inspiration/
massacreover.htm
Black History Month
http://lakelandschools.org/EDTECH/black.htm
Local Government
http://edservices.aea7.k12.ia.us/edtech/classroom/
visual/jesupmiddleschl%20folder/jesupmiddleschl/
index.html
Persuasive Essay
http://oswego.org/staff/mschneid/inspiration/
index.htm
Time’s Famous Faces: 20th Century
http://oswego.org/staff/bcolabel/inspiration/
inspiration.htm
Titanic Timeline
http://oswego.org/staff/jbranca2/inspiration/
project.htm
Citizen’s Rights in the Western Hemisphere
http://oswego.org/staff/jdehm/inspiration/
Compare the United States and Brazil
http://oswego.org/staff/jdehm/inspiration/
project.htm
Ancient Rome
http://oswego.org/staff/rmiddlet/inspiration/
project.htm
Checks and Balances
http://oswego.org/staff/dsimmons/inspiration/
index.htm
New Political Parties of the 19th Century
http://oswego.org/staff/msterio/inspiration/
inspiration.htm
Five Themes of Geography
http://oswego.org/staff/rproud/inspiration/index.htm
Separation of Powers
http://oswego.org/staff/dsimmons/inspiration/
inspiration.htm
Korea: Conflict and Cultural Diffusion
http://oswego.org/staff/bmercier/inspiration/
index.htm
Effects of World War I
http://rims.k12.ca.us/ctap/resources/inspiration/
graphics/Grade10History-SS.htm
7th Grade Geographic Development/Notable
Woman Projects
http://www.east-buc.k12.ia.us/Ins/02-03/02_
Intro.htm
Latin America Historical Timelines
http://www.east-buc.k12.ia.us/Ins/01-02/01_
Intro.htm
misc. MS projects
http://www.east-buc.k12.ia.us/Ins/00-01/00_
Intro.htm
