Office of Instructional Technology-Queens
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Unlock the Power of PowerPoint
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Mitch Barlas
mbarlas@schools.nyc.gov
The Office of Instructional Technology provides innovative solutions to transform
teaching, learning, and leading through customized support and services.
http://www.oit.nycenet.edu
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Agenda
I. Do NOW….
II. Introductions and KWL Chart
III. iTeach Resources
IV. Presentations for instruction and learning
V. Beginning Microsoft PowerPoint
VI. Using PowerPoint in the Classroom
VII. Independent work – Create a PowerPoint Presentation
VIII. Sharing PowerPoint Presentations
IX. Evaluations
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Do NOW…..
1. Go to: www.teachertube.com
2. Search: “How not to use PowerPoint.”
3. Watch video
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KWL
What do you know
About PowerPoint?
What do you want
to learn?
What did you
learn?
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Using PowerPoint in the Classroom:
-How to use PowerPoint Presentations for lesson
instruction.
-How students can use PowerPoint
Presentations for publication/presentation of
learning.
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Teaching Students to Use PowerPoint…
Thinking First, PowerPoint Second
Design your assignments so students do their research, thinking and organizing first, before any
contact with PowerPoint. You may go so far as to require notes and an outline be done by hand.
Clear Guidelines
Create a set of expectations or a rubric to provide a reference point for students. An
underappreciated danger with guidelines and rubrics is that students get stuck on the "law" of the
assignment rather than its "spirit". To prevent this, emphasize quality (e.g. "Your presentation
should skillfully integrate the various types of sources (text, image, audio) in order to
communicate your ideas forcefully") rather than emphasizing quantity (e.g. "Each slide needs one
picture, two bullet points and one hyperlink").
Here are a few essential guidelines to give your students when using PowerPoint:
1) The quality of your thinking, your conclusions and your research are the most important part of
the assignment. (just like an essay or lab)
2) Since your audience has a limited time to take in your entire presentation, limit text (whether
quoted or your own) to what is essential.
3) (If group work) Each student should share in the efforts of each stage of the assignment and
be able to demonstrate this in his notes.
Create a Best Practices Library
Collect exemplary presentations. Place these on a network folder where future students can
access them and show one to your class when you assign such a project.
Slide Design
Slide design can be a creative, worthwhile process. Determining the layout of each slide - making
original choices about background and spatial relationships, for example - can teach students that
how one visually presents material can profoundly affect how the material is (or is not) received.
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Presentations for Instruction
•Use PowerPoint presentations to enhance the effectiveness of classroom
instruction in many ways in every subject area.
•Main points can be emphasized and the presentation itself can be
enhanced by using graphics, animation, or sound.
•Add flair to presentations with slide and bullet transitions and animated
effects.
•Presentations can be used to make lessons more organized and flexible.
•Text on a PowerPoint presentation is much easier for students to read
than trying to read notes that are written on an overhead projector or
chalkboard.
•Student interest can be stimulated through the use of graphics and
cartoons.
•Variety is the key to keeping the attention of students.
•Many tools are available for use with PowerPoint, so experiment to see
what works best for you and your students.
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Creative Presentation Ideas…
Creative Presentation Ideas
Flash Cards - Create Flashcard presentations for individual and group
reinforcement. You can create a template and choose whether you or your
students will insert the words or phrases. Topics may include: reinforcing
math concepts; practicing parts of speech; practicing spelling; reinforcing
story problems; and reinforcing numbers, letters, or colors.
Field Trip Slide Shows - Develop field trip slide shows to review and
apply knowledge learned on a field trip. Students can work together to
make a slide show that presents what they saw, as well as what they
learned.
Autobiographical Stories - Students can create short autobiographical
stories about themselves. Scanned photos can be inserted for interest.
Once the slides are complete, you can put them together in a presentation
to show an audience, such as an open house or parent night.
Interactive Book Reports - Have students create a PowerPoint
presentation about books they read.
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More ideas….
Music Class Recitals - For music teachers, PowerPoint is a useful tool for creating
slide shows of student recitals. During a recital, take pictures of the students while
they are performing and record a small portion of their music. On slides, include
both each student's picture and music.
Group Slide Shows - Give your students a topic (such as zoo animals) and tell
them to choose parts of the topic to focus on (such as specific zoo animals). Have
students research their assigned portions of the topic and develop slides to serve as
a part of a group presentation about the topic.
Poetry Readings - Students can create slides exhibiting their personal poetry along
with a voice recording.
Science Presentations - Use PowerPoint to teach processes and how things work.
Teachers or students can add additional items to a diagram to illustrate how a
process grows and changes. Science principles work well using this format.
Student Portfolios - PowerPoint can be used to create portfolios of student work.
Class Yearbook-Type Presentations - Collect photos; information about special
events; examples of class and student projects, etc. throughout the year.
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PowerPoint Presentations
DO’s and DON’Ts…..
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Thanks for learning with us!
Evaluation:
Resources:
http://tinyurl.com/276us4
See second page of agenda…
Other PD opportunities: http://www.oit.nycenet.edu
mbarlas@schools.nyc.gov
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