PowerPoint in the ELA Classroom June 11, 2007 Bridget Schimara - Instructor

Expectations On the card you received please write what you expect out of this class. (examples listed below) Learn how to make games. Create products. Learn basics. Learn advanced skills. Write your own idea. Also write what skills you would like to learn or need reviewing. Inserting sound or video. Using and creating templates. Formatting text and graphics. Other - please state skills.

Uses for PPT Attention Grabber Notes List Daily Tasks Announcements/Due Dates Web Quests Visual w/ Video As a Warm-Up Review

Attention Grabber Digital Natives (your students) like and use technology. You show you can teach them the way THEY like and need to be taught by using PowerPoint. Digital Natives tend to get bored and have a need for the teacher to WOW them. Uses for PPT

Notes To catch the attention of the Digital Natives. Gives visual/verbal connection Satisfies many modification requirements Print out notes for mods To have available for absent students Uses for PPT

List Daily Tasks Keep a PowerPoint going at the beginning of class stating what’s on the agenda for today PowerPoint scrolls while students are doing their warm-up Uses for PPT

Announcements & Due Dates Announcements scroll during class telling students the important dates coming up Announce due dates, test dates, events, etc. Uses for PPT

Web Quests Place Web Quest in student folder and students can access to access additional resources for a particular unit which is “predefined” by YOU. As an exercise For vocabulary w/ links to notes, text, review, etc. Uses for PPT

Visual w/ Video You can show a demo of a project Video yourself giving directions Read to students Put visual to words Have students explain concepts in their own words. Uses for PPT

Warm-Up Have a PowerPoint ready with Warm-Up going to get students busy when they enter class Warm-Up Ideas: TAKS Questions SAT Vocabulary Spelling Grammar – sentences w/ incorrect grammar Punctuation – sentences w/ inaccurate punctuation.

Review Review concepts. Test their knowledge. Play a game. Post review questions. Uses for PPT

File Save as Web Page File Search Permission Package for CD Web Page Preview Page Setup Print Preview Print (gives options of what to print) Send to: Last opened PowerPoints

Edit Shows Office Clipboard Delete slide Find and replace What you have copied and can paste Delete slide Find and replace

Views Slides and Recorded Timings Normal Slide Sorter Slide Show Notes notes for presenter SLIDE MASTER Change all slides at once Grids and Guides How elements are aligned Notes Ex. On the notes page you will see that there is a place for notes. These might be used for instructor or students depending on if you print them with “Notes”

Tools

Slide Show

Formatting Slide Design Font Slide Layout Bullets and Numbering Alignment Line Spacing Change Case Replace Fonts Slide Design Slide Layout Background Place Holder An Object Drawing Toolbar