1. May Inservice Drop-in Workshop Session 1: PowerPoint and other multimedia software

2. More than a teaching tool ● No single 'best' tool for integrating multimedia  PowerPoint presentations  Flash animation/interactivity  Other specialised software ● Many curriculum models  Presentations from teachers  Student projects ● Adaptability

3. What PowerPoint Can Do ● Quickly produce  outlines for presentations  simple flashcards  question/answer topics ● With effort  branching stories  kiosk applications

4. What PowerPoint Can't Do ● Teach without preparation ● Interact to specific input in different ways ● Track individual student progress

5. Project Ideas ● Landmarks of Kuwait ● History Quiz ● Eating out (in a foreign language) ● Geometrical shapes in modern architecture

6. Camtasia ● Quickly produce video walkthroughs  Website navigation  Software tutorials  PowerPoint presentations

7. Inspiration ● Create a variety of diagrams ● Excellent for brainstorming ● Can create memory maps/topic webs ● Will output in different ways  Image  Website skeleton  Word outline for PowerPoint

8. OpenOffice ● Is free (open source) ● Has a presentation module ● Also has a graphics module  Can output in different ways  PowerPoint file  PDF (for Adobe Acrobat reader)  Flash movie

9. Flash ● Three types of animation  Frame by frame  Tweening  Actionscript ● Interactivity  Quizzes that give individual feedback/marks