1. Let’s Create Power Point Stories and Books

2. Credit CVI Curriculum/Accessible Benchmarks Teaching Content Access
Why? GITWL!
Credit
CVI
Curriculum/Accessible Benchmarks
Teaching Content
Access

3. Research has shown that CVI students respond better to images that have the following elements:
Backlit
Black background
Simple detail pictures
Movement
Preferred colors
Familiar images
Reduced complexity of array

4. Why Powerpoint? Sound clips/simple images Platform Universality
Compatibility
Smart Board
Laptop
iPad with Powerpoint Viewer or Keynote

5. Common Core State Standards
Reading? R.WS make progress in automatically recognizing the 220 Dolch basic sight words and 95 common nouns for mastery in third grade.
Math? G.GS Identify, describe, and compare familiar two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes, such as triangles, rectangles, squares, circles, semi-circles, spheres, and rectangular prisms
Older students – Science? MS-LS1-6 Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.

6. Sample Book

7. Open Powerpoint and select:
Design tab at the top of the page

8. Once on the design tab, select “background styles” to the far right of the screen.

9. Once in “background styles,” Choose the black color in the top right.
All of your slides will now have a black background.

10. Create text in a solid, bright color like yellow or red.
Hello

11. Hint – you will need to click in slide before selecting color
Select text color
Hint – you will need to click in slide before selecting color

12. How do I make a new slide?

13. Trial and error with images to provide best contrast.
Choose images from clip art, photo galleries or acceptable online images.
Trial and error with images to provide best contrast.

15. Save picture to device Select insert picture Choose location
OR…a Real Picture!
Save picture to device
Select insert picture
Choose location

16. You can add movement to the text by clicking the animation tab and selecting and element. Tip: hover over the element to see a preview of what it does.

17. Add animation to your images from the same animation you used for text.

18. Add even more animations to each image or text.

19. Organize each slide in the animation pane so that movement and audio effects all occur separately but require only one click.

20. Maneuver through animation pane by clicking on each animation

21. From animation pic, select effect or timing to get more options
From animation pic, select effect or timing to get more options. Increase length of animation or…

22. Number of times the animation repeats

23. Add audio under the Insert tab. Click on audio drop down box
Add audio under the Insert tab. Click on audio drop down box. You can find it or create it!

25. How to advance slides on their own

27. How to loop

29. Some tips for good results:
Simple pictures w/limited background
Add movement to pictures or words to maintain visual attention
Limit words based on students ability
Consistency/Routine
High Contrast
Yellow and red for entry level books
Dim overhead lights
Place in elevated position against background to limit background distraction

30. 2016 Power point changes