Fifty Quick and Easy PowerPoint Activities: Contains easy-to-follow instructions and a CD of project examples to assist you in using PowerPoint in ways you've never dreamed! Tired of the same old PowerPoint slide shows?
If so, this book is for you! Your students will become PowerPoint wizards. Through these 50 innovative activities, students will gain content, and they will develop creativity, critical thinking, and computer skills- all skills that help to prepare them for the 21st century workplace! Grades 3-12.
A "Cool Tips" section helps students learn new PowerPoint skills including:
▫Adding navigation buttons
▫Harvesting Text, graphics, and video from the Internet
▫Creating custom backgrounds
▫Adding hyperlinks and spectacular special event
▫Turning an Inspiration web into a PowerPoint presentation
Even traditional slide shows are enhanced! Students engage their creativity and higher-level thinking skills as they create:
▪ABC biographies
▪Current even reports
▪Electronic resumes
▪School surveys
▪Virtual college visits
▪Multimedia math, and many other presentations.
Each activity specifies:
* Grade Level
* Appropriate Software
* Materials/Equipment Need
* Web Resources
* Teacher's Role
* Student Instructions
