1. Using Power Point Effectively
Nick Meyer
Staff Development Day
January 14, 2008

2. Goals and Agenda
Build awareness of practices that can facilitate effective use of Power Point
Teacher Presentations
Power Quests
Student Projects
Answer related questions
Provide time for teachers to incorporate Power Point into an existing unit

3. Teacher Presentations
Example – Shawn Brandt
General Suggestions
Selected Features
Tips for Classroom Use

4. General Suggestions Creating a Power Point Presentation
80/20 Rule
80% of your time on content research/development
20% of your time on designing the PowerPoint
6 x 6 Rule
No more than 6 bullets
No more than 6 words per bullet
10/20/30 Rule
10 sides maximum
20 minutes or less
30 pt. text size minimum
P.S. I broke almost all of these rules on this page!!! 

5. General Suggestions Creating a Power Point Presentation
“We have to bake the cake before we can frost it.”
Plan and outline the content first
Create a “black and white” version
Add “bells and whistles”
Contrast text and background
Cite sources…
Under images
After quotes
Works Cited on last slide for research
Keep it simple
Use subtle transitions
Animate only to enhance the message
Use no more that two fonts

6. Features Clip Art Pictures Charts Transitions Animations Hyperlinks
Video
Smart Art

7. Clip Art Click the Insert tab Choose Clip Art
type a keyword search… click Go
Click one of the image
It will be added to the current slide

8. Pictures Click the Insert tab Click the Picture button
Locate the picture you want to insert
Click the Insert button

9. Charts Click the Insert tab Click the Chart button
Locate the chart you want to insert
Click the OK button

10. Transitions Click on the Animations tab
Locate the transition that you want to use
Click on that transition
Click Apply To All to use this transition on all slides.

11. Animations Click on the Animations tab
Locate the transition that you want to use by clicking on the down arrow next to the Animate button.
Click on the animation that you want
Click on Custom Animation if you want to animate each slide differently.

12. Hyperlinks Type the website address… for example: www.np.k12.mn.us
After the address, press the Spacebar or Enter… the address will hyperlink TIP: You can also copy/paste an address from a website.
In some cases, the address may be too long
Highlight the text… right-click the highlighted area… choose Edit Hyperlink
At the top of the pop-up window, highlight and delete the Text to display box
Type the text you would like displayed on the slide… click the OK button

13. Video Highlight a word, phrase, or graphic.
Right click, and select Hyperlink
Use the down arrow on the Look In box to find the video that you want to hyperlink.
Select that file.
Create a separate folder for your presentation and all video clips.

14. “Smart Art” Click the Insert tab… click the SmartArt button
Choose a SmartArt graphic… click the OK button
On the right-side of the SmartArt frame… click the double arrow
Type information on the bulleted outline to complete the SmartArt graphic
Experiment with the Layouts and SmartArt Styles groups

15. Incorporating Active Learning
Provide a focus for the students
Stop to have students predict, summarize, visualize, make connections, evaluate, question, etc.
Assess student learning

16. Ways to Provide a Focus
Key Question(s)
Graphic Organizer
Outline

17. Sample Activities Post-it Human Continuum Human Graphic Organizer
Go to Your Post
Group Handshake
Simultaneous Scenes
Partner Babble
Written summaries
Illustrations

18. Assessing Student Learning
Observations / Questioning
Hand Signals
Clink, Clank, Clunk
Numbered Heads Together
Exit Card
Practice Quiz

19. Power Quests Create a student-centered learning station.
Use multimedia
Text
Websites
Video Clips
Audio
Differentiate Instruction
Learning Profile
Readiness
Interest
Build-in assessment of student learning
See Sample

20. Student Projects Media for student projects
Presentations
Product Assessments
“Make sure the juice is worth the squeeze”
Focus scoring criteria on mastery of learning objectives.
See Sample

21. Questions???

22. Work Time!!!