USING POWERPOINT FOR
HIGHER ORDER LEARNING
Logan Caldwell
April 16, 2015
INTRODUCTION
ALL ABOUT ME
TIP :
Embedding a PPT into another PPT:
1. Create a Text Box with text
2. Click Insert
3. Click Action
4. Under Mouse Click, choose Hyperlink
to…
5. Find PPT file
6. And voilà!!
My Birth
0 June 20, 1981
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0 Memphis, TN
My Professional Career
0 Graduated from UNC-CH in 2003 in K-6 Elementary
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Education
Taught third grade in NC for 5 years
Completed my NBC in 2007 (Middle Childhood Generalist)
Hired at Campus School 6 years ago
Have taught 2nd, 3rd , and 4th grade at Campus
Graduated with a masters from U of M in IDT
Earned my School Library Information Specialist
Endorsement from U of M
Happy to be here 
My Favorites
0 Color-Yellow
0 Food-Pizza
0 Sport-Basketball
0 Subject-Math
0 Music- Bare Naked Ladies & Aerosmith
0 TV- The Mindy Project & New Girl,
0 Hobbies- Travel, relax, spend time with family &
friends
HIGHER ORDER LEARNING –
BLOOM’S
TIP :
Insert a picture from the
web instantly
http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/images/1/1e/Bloom_1.jpg
INSERT A PICTURE FROM
THE WEB INSTANTLY
1.
2.
CLICK or HIGHLIGHT the picture online
COPY
For a PC – Hit Ctrl + C OR go to the web menu and select
copy image OR right click and select “Copy Image”
For a Mac –Hit the command key + C OR hold down the
command key and click the mouse to select “Copy Image”)
3. GO to the correct PPT slide
4. PASTE
For a PC - Hit Ctrl + V, choose paste from the Home menu,
or right click and choose the picture icon under the paste
options.
For a Mac – Hit the command key + V or hold down the
command key and click the mouse to select choose the
picture icon under the paste options
HOTS VERBS
TIP:
Crop a picture
directly in your PPT
http://thinkonline.smarttutor.com/blooming-orange-blooms-taxonomy-helpful-verbs-poster/
HOTS VERBS
http://clickerquestions.pbworks.com/w/page/31115153/Writing-questions-based-on-Bloom's-taxonomy
CROP A PICTURE DIRECTLY
IN YOUR PPT
1. Insert Picture
2. Select picture by clicking on it
3. Choose Format (it will change “Drawing
Tools” to “Picture Tools” once you select the
picture)
4. Choose Crop in the far right of the toolbar
5. Adjust the black lines
6. Unselect the picture
7. And presto!
BLOOM’S DIGITAL
http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom%27s+Digital+Taxon
omy
SOME DIGITAL TOOLS
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tmFEd2P7LJk/UGkB-zOcyhI/AAAAAAAADBY/t9qntZbldQU/s1600/bloom+pyramid.jpg
SOME DIGITAL TOOLS
IPAD
APPS
BASIC POWERPOINT SKILLS
PRACTICE TIME!
Introduction to practice our
PPT skills
• Teacher Introduction to
PowerPoint
Requirements:
• 4 slides (one must be title
slide)
• Insert a picture from
online and crop it
• Save as your PPT and put
it in the documents folder
• Insert your PPT to the end
of this file
EASY POWERPOINT LESSONS
Higher Order Thinking
in PowerPoint Projects
Elementary classes integrating critical
thinking skills with multimedia presentations
Presented by Marilyn Mutchler and Mikie Kindsfather, Irving ISD
What is Critical Thinking?
“When students are asked to address a
purpose and come up with a solution, they
truly begin to identify, analyze, and solve
problems through critical thinking.”
(Schneider, 2002)
 Higher-Order Thinking
 Bloom’s Taxonomy
 The New Blooms
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How can Elementary Teachers
Encourage Critical Thinking?
Provide problems that do not have obvious
solutions
 Frequent brainstorming
 Compare and contrast every chance you
get
 Categorize everything
 Student-centered instruction
 Integrate problem solving in all curriculum
areas
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(Schneider, 2002)
PowerPoint Lessons that Integrate
Critical Thinking
 Measurement
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and Reasonableness
Exploring measurement in math and science.
Class discussion about ways to estimate inches, feet and
yards.
Students estimated and measured a bus, a teacher and
classroom objects. This lead to the idea of sharing the
results.
Each pair of students chose an object to include in a
PowerPoint presentation and then wrote a question
encouraging others to select the correct unit for
measuring the object.
Students inserted and formatted the pictures onto their
slides. Each pair recorded the question and answer using
the PowerPoint recording feature.
Two class periods in the computer lab and then students
completed their work on the classroom computers.
PowerPoint Lessons that Integrate
Critical Thinking
 Self-Portrait
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Comparisons
Students created a self-portrait using a paint
program on the computer.
The students then had to choose a famous
person they wanted to compare themselves to
(how they're alike and different) and record
their comparisons with their portrait.
The recordings and self-portraits were then
inserted into a PowerPoint presentation for a
complete class photo album.
PowerPoint Lessons that Integrate
Critical Thinking
 Build
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a Bug
To assess a unit on insects, students created
and named their own bug.
The requirements were to include all the major
characteristics of insects.
Students had tell what the animal ate and
explain the appropriate mouth adaptation for
the chosen diet.
The students drew their insect in Paint and
then inserted the image into a PowerPoint
presentation.
More Ideas for Integrating Higher
Order Thinking…
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Analysis:
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Synthesis:
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Compare/contrast the settings of two stories
Modify a story by changing the setting (How
would that affect the characters? The plot? The
outcome of the story?)
Evaluation:
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Rate the effectiveness of an author at achieving
the purpose of a story. (Identify the purpose,
evaluate the effectiveness, and provide evidence
from the story for your opinion)
Analyzing
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Verbs
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Distinguish
Question
Appraise
Experiment
Inspect
Examine
Probe
Separate
Inquire
Arrange
Investigate
Sift
Research
Calculate
Criticize
Discriminate
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Compare
Contrast
Survey
Detect
Group
Order
Sequence
Test
Debate
Analyze
Diagram
Relate
Dissect
Categorize
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Products
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Questionnaire
Database
Abstract
Report
Graph
Spreadsheet
Checklist
Chart
Outline
Comparison
Graphic organizer
(Tarlinton, 2003)
Analyzing
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Questions…
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Which events could not have happened?
If. ..happened, what might the ending have been?
How is...similar to...?
What do you see as other possible outcomes?
Why did...changes occur?
Can you explain what must have happened when...?
What are some or the problems of...?
Can you distinguish between...?
What were some of the motives behind..?
What was the turning point?
What was the problem with...?
(Pohl, Learning to Think, Thinking to Learn, p. 13)
Analyzing
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Project Ideas
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Use a Venn Diagram to show how two topics are the
same and different
Design a questionnaire to gather information and
analyze the results
Make a flow chart to show the critical stages of an event
or story plot
Classify the actions of the characters in the book
Construct a graph to illustrate selected information
Make a family tree showing relationships
Conduct an investigation to produce information to
support a point of view
Review a work of art in terms of form, color and texture
Create a Decision Making Matrix to help you decide
which breakfast cereal to purchase
(Tarlinton, 2003)
Evaluating
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Verbs
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Judge
Rate
Validate
Predict
Assess
Score
Revise
Infer
Determine
Prioritize
Tell why
Compare
Evaluate
Defend
Select
Measure
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Choose
Conclude
Deduce
Debate
Justify
Recommend
Discriminate
Appraise
Value
Probe
Argue
Decide
Criticize
Rank
Reject
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Products
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Debate
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Panel
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Report
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Evaluation
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Investigation
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Verdict
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Conclusion
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Persuasive
speech
(Tarlinton, 2003)
Evaluating
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Questions
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Is there a better solution to...?
Judge the value of... What do you think about...?
Can you defend your position about...?
Do you think...is a good or bad thing?
How would you have handled...?
What changes to.. would you recommend?
Do you believe...? How would you feel if. ..?
How effective are. ..?
What are the consequences..?
What influence will....have on our lives?
What are the pros and cons of....?
Why is ....of value?
What are the alternatives?
Who will gain & who will loose?
(Pohl, Learning to Think, Thinking to Learn, p. 14)
Evaluating
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Project Ideas
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Persuasive presentation for a new school
rule/suggesting changes needed
Prepare and conduct a debate
Prepare a list of criteria to judge
Presentation about five rules you see as
important and convinces others of their
importance
Write a half-yearly report evaluating personal
progress
Evaluate the character’s actions in the story
(Tarlinton, 2003)
Creating
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Verbs
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Compose
Assemble
Organize
Invent
Compile
Forecast
Devise
Propose
Construct
Plan
Prepare
Develop
Originate
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Formulate
Improve
Act
Predict
Produce
Blend
Set up
Devise
Concoct
Compile
Imagine
Generate
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Products
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Debate
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Panel
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Report
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Evaluation
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Investigation
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Verdict
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Conclusion
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Persuasive
speech
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Creating
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Questions
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Can you design a...to...?
Can you see a possible solution to...?
If you had access to all resources, how would
you deal with...?
Why don't you devise your own way to...?
What would happen if ...?
How many ways can you...?
Can you create new and unusual uses for...?
Can you develop a proposal which would...?
(Pohl, Learning to Think, Thinking to Learn, p. 14)
Creating
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Project Ideas
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Invent a machine to do a specific task
Design a robot to do your homework
Create a new product. Give it a name and plan a
marketing campaign.
Write about your feelings in relation to...
Write a TV show play, puppet show, role play, song or
pantomime about..
Design a new monetary system
Develop a menu for a new restaurant using a variety of
healthy foods
Design a record, book or magazine cover for...
Sell an idea
Devise a way to...
Make up a new language and use it in an example
Write a jingle to advertise a new product
(Tarlinton, 2003)
References
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Anderson, L. (2006, May). Revised Bloom's taxonomy. Paper presented at
North Carolina Career and Technical Education Curriculum Development
Training, Raleigh, NC. Retrieved Jan. 17, 2008, from
www.natefacs.org/JFCSE/v25no1/v25no1Pickard.pdf.
Pohl, Michael (2000). Learning to Think, Thinking to Learn: Models and
Strategies to Develop a Classroom Culture of Thinking. Cheltenham, Vic.:
Hawker Brownlow.
Schneider, Vera (2002). Critical Thinking in the Elementary Classroom:
Problems and Solutions. EPS Update. Retrieved Nov. 12, 2007, from
http://www.epsbooks.com/downloads/articles/Critical_ThinkingSchneider.pdf.
Schultz, Lynn (n.d.) Bloom’s Taxonomy. Retrieved Jan. 17, 2008, from
http://www.odu.edu/educ/llschult/blooms_taxonomy.htm.
Tarlinton, Denise (2003). Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy Presentation. Retrieved
Jan. 7, 2008, from
http://www.kurwongbss.qld.edu.au/thinking/Bloom/blooms.htm.
Wilson, Leslie O., Ed. D. (2006). Anderson and Krathwohl, Beyond Bloom.
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Retrieved November 20, 2006 from
http://www.uwsp.edu/education/lwilson/curric/newtaxonomy.htm.
Websites
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Variety of resources including Poster and Planning Framework
http://www.kurwongbss.qld.edu.au/thinking/Bloom/blooms.h
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Verb Wheel Based on Bloom’s
http://cstep.csumb.edu/Obj_tutorial/bloomwheel.html
Critical and Creative Thinking - Bloom's Taxonomy
http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic69.htm
Bloom’s Verbs, Questions, Activities and Products
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/researchskills/dalton.htm
Includes information on Teacher/Student Roles at different
Bloom’s Levels
http://nerds.unl.edu/pages/preser/sec/articles/blooms.html
Further explanation and additional resources
http://nerds.unl.edu/pages/preser/sec/articles/blooms.html
http://www.criticalthinking.org/
Revised Bloom’s
http://eprentice.sdsu.edu/J03OJ/miles/Bloomtaxonomy(revis
ed)1.htm
OTHER EXAMPLES FROM LOGAN
.ppt format
• Country Research
• Create Your Own Animal
.doc format, but could easily be made a .ppt
• Preamble Activity
• Easy way to make Vocabulary Words HOTS
• Caldwell’s Create Your Own Animal Project
• Examples of Students’ Digital
Work
– Third Grade
– Fourth Grade
Create Your Own Animal
Name:
Habitat of Your Animal
Location
Physical
Characteristics
Climate
• Where in the world is your region located?
• What does your region look like?
• What is the weather like over a long period of
time?
Vegetation
• What plants grow in your habitat?
Interesting
Facts
• Anything else that would help describe your
region.
More Information on Habitat
• Map and/or Picture of Habitat
Animal Adaptations
• What animals live here?
• What type of animal adaptations are needed
to survive here? Why?
My Animal
• Name
• Picture
Evidence
• Why and/or how will your animal survive in
your chosen habitat
Citations
Polar Jackfox
By: Miss Caldwell
April 18, 2013
Polar-Arctic Regions
Location
Physical
Characteristics
Climate
•Northernmost part of the Earth
•Arctic Ocean, parts of Canada, Russia, Denmark, Greenland, Norway, Alaska, Sweden,
Finland, Iceland
•During the winter, it is covered in ice.
•Glaciers
•Permafrost
•Long cold winters
• Short, cool summers
•During winter, the temperature easily reaches -60° C.
•Average July temperatures range from -10° C to 10° C
Vegetation
•Tundra
•In the warmer parts of the Arctic, shrubs, willow , moss, and birch can be found.
Interesting
Facts
•The word Arctic comes from a Greek word meaning “near the bear”
•The Arctic is home to many resources including oil and minerals.
More Information on Habitat
Animal Adaptations
 Polar Bears, Wolverines, Birds, Walrus, & Seals
 There is a low number of species that can survive here
because of the harsh coldness
 In order to survive, animals need insulating feathers
or fur, short legs, and are usually a larger size. All of
these adaptations help the animal stay warm.
Polar Jack Fox
Evidence
 The Polar Jackfox is able to survive in the Arctic
because of 3 important characteristics
 This species has a bushy tail that keeps it warm
 Its coat turns white in the winter to help camouflage
it from predators because it matches the ice/snow.
 It has Polar Bear feet, which means its back paws go
into the tracks of the front paws, letting it conserve
energy as it travels through deep snow.
Citations
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic
 http://www.geographicguide.com/arctic.htm
 http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/earth/arcti
c.html
 http://www.nps.gov/akso/parkwise/students/referenc
elibrary/bela/arcticadaptations.htm
 http://switchzoo.com/zoo.htm
MAKE AND TAKE TIME!
• Choose a lesson/activity that you
are interested in completing with
your class.
• Using PowerPoint, make a model
• For example, Logan’s Create An
Animal Project
THANK YOU FOR COMING!
• In case you haven’t heard it today…
http://robert.foo.my/2012/09/
thank-you-teachers.html