PowerPoint:
InterActive Tools
index
http://www.mdc.edu/ctd/presentations/interactive.ppt
It all started long ago
Who was the
first person to
write about
Active Learning?
What is Active
Training/Teaching ?
It’s more
than just
pouring
information
into
someone’s
head
Click anywhere for
examples (five
times)
Hands-On
Projects
Involves
Senses
Small Group
Discussions &
Collaborative
Projects
Games
Questions
PowerPoint Woes
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Too many sliding bullets
Too much content on a slide
Teachers sometimes duplicate lectures
BORING
Too much – same old thing
PowerPoint Pros
interactive
PowerPoint can be __________
Multimedia effects such as
___________
sound and animation can be added
backgrounds and
Different ____________
templates can be used.
index
Click each sentence
What is Interaction?
Learner-instructor interaction
Learner-learner interaction
Learner to content interaction
With PowerPoint you can incorporate
different types of
Interaction thereby creating
Interactive Lectures.
Multiple choice review
Interactive training techniques using
PowerPoint include all but which choice below?
Multimedia
Launching Interactive Web sites
Feedback based on user response
Collecting user input and storing information
index
Linking to an Activity
Quia –
http://www.quia.com
600,000 activities
- hosted on Quia server
- requires Web connection
Hot Potatoes
http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/halfbaked/
index
Free for Educators
Download software
Create stand-along Web pages that you can
load to a server or run from a disk.
Multiplication review
Vocabulary Review.
Group Activity
Turn to your
Neighbor.
What techniques
would you use to
facilitate active
Learning.
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Real-Time Data and projects
Wall of Jerusalem
Stowaway adventure
WebCams
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Multimedia
Try again! Multimedia can be
effectively used to enhance
InterActive Training and
Teaching
Feedback based on user’s
response.
Think about it! You are seeing
an example of Interactive
training that responses to user
feedback right here.
Launching Programs and
Web Sites
Sorry - This is a great way to
add interactivity that goes way
beyond what PowerPoint can do
alone.
Collecting data and user
input
Right Answer – for this you
need more than a Presentation
package. You need an
authoring tool such as
Click2Learn’s Toolbook or
Macromedia’s Authorware.
Quia
Hot Potatoes
Demo
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Action Buttons on Master
Click to show
Hyperlinks (menus – other slides, URL)
Animation – path…
Path Animation: Let’s line the
animals according to their habitats
• Farm
• Ocean
• Pond
• Forest
The cat and the mouse play.
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