PowerPoint Ideas for Math

What’s on for Today? Review “Math Facts Acquisition” by grade level Introduce PowerPoint as a tool in the math classroom. Go through actual examples. Review the basics of PowerPoint. Create a presentation for your classroom.

What’s the big deal? "If students aren't taught the language of sound and images, shouldn't they be considered as illiterate as if they left college without being able to read and write?" George Lucas, filmmaker

What’s the big deal? Students are immersed in multimedia content and rely on it to inform, communicate and entertain. PowerPoint is an example of how multimedia technology can also be used to educate. Most media is style over content, teachers can reverse this trend and make the technology work for the curriculum. Children eight years and older spend an average of 6 hours, 43 minutes using media everyday. Kaiser Family Foundation study, Kids & The New Millennium, November 1999 Playing games online is the favourite weekday activity for younger students. Eighty-nine per cent of Grade 4 students report playing games online. Young Canadians in a Wired World II, 2005

Examples of Math PowerPoints PowerPoint can be used to: –Support classroom instruction. Example 1Example 1, Example 2, Example 3Example 2Example 3 –Create games. Example 1Example 1, Example 2Example 2 –Create an online archive. Example 1

Getting Started Starting a new presentation The PowerPoint environment Adding designs, text, graphics and other media Animating and timing your presentation Saving and sharing.

Links to Resources Tutorials –PowerPoint courses with audioPowerPoint courses with audio –PowerPoint in the classroom with printables.PowerPoint in the classroom with printables –Tutorial that covers the morning basics.Tutorial that covers the morning basics Templates and Graphics –Game TemplatesGame Templates –Templates from Microsoft and graphicsTemplates from Microsoftgraphics Existing PowerPoint Collections –Jefferson County SchoolsJefferson County Schools

What’s Our Goal Today? Create a PowerPoint presentation that you can use in your math class in the next couple weeks. As you work towards this goal, you can seek support from Martha, Jill or Ryan. You can also use the tutorials, templates, and other resources available.