Microsoft PowerPoint

Basic Slide Show | Addition Slide Show | Advanced Tutorials | Office 2007 | Integration Ideas
Great powerPoint Sites on the Web | Search for PowerPoint shows on the web | Game Templates

Interactive: PowerPoint 2003 to PowerPoint 2007 command reference guide
PowerPoint Viewer - for those that do not have PPT

Anyone planning to use PowerPoint in their classroom should read Scoring PowerPoints by Jamie McKenzie.

Basic Slide Show - XP	Basic Slide Show - Office 97
Task assignment Beginning with a new slide Working with text: adding, moving, or re coloring Inserting an image into a slide Using different slide views Animating text Creating transitions between slides Slide show options Keyboard shortcuts to use with your slide show Ideas for Using PowerPoint in a Classroom	Task assignment Beginning with a new slide Working with text: adding, moving, or re coloring Inserting an image into a slide Using different slide views Animating text Creating transitions between slides Slide show options Ideas for Using PowerPoint in a Classroom

PowerPoint Toolbars

• Standard Toolbar with Quiz
• Standard Toolbar - Quiz only
• Formatting Toolbar with Quiz
• Formatting Toolbar - Quiz only
• Drawing Toolbar with Quiz
• Drawing Toolbar - Quiz only

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Handouts to be used to support teaching of Creating a short slide presentation - including all graphics, but none of the navigation links found on each page.	Handouts to be used to support teaching of Creating a short slide presentation - including very few graphics. Use this is your printing budget is limited.

Addition Slide Show
Instructions on how to set up a PowerPoint presentation teaching the skill of adding two one-digit numbers without regrouping . Inserting and editing a Text Box Drawing a rectangle and changing the Fill Color Inserting and resizing Clip Art	Copying and pasting Clip Art images Copying and pasting slides in the Slide Sorter view Grouping screen elements Animating screen elements
Handouts to be used to support teaching of teaching the skill of adding two one-digit numbers without regrouping

Advanced tutorials
Animating a Chart (Office 97) Changing the Slide Color Scheme of a template Re coloring Ungrouping Using the Line Tool to Produce a Step-by-Step Presentation Using action Buttons in a PowerPoint show Formatting action buttons to change their look or their action Using Invisible Action Buttons in a PowerPoint Show	Using MS Equation to Write Mathematical or Scientific Equations ( Note : These directions are specific to MS Word, but MS Equation works exactly the same in PowerPoint) Using Sound in a PowerPoint Show Using PowerPoint to animate an Excel Chart: Office 2003 , Office 2000 , Macintosh X Type On a Slide During a Presentation - create blanks for students to fill in during the slide show Inserting Images with a PowerPoint Album
Advanced uses of PowerPoint - download a slide show which demonstrates several advanced uses including re coloring, ungrouping, and using buttons

Office 2007 tutorials
Ungrouping with Office 2007 Using PowerPoint to animate an Excel Chart in Office 2007 Adding Transitions to a Slide Show Setting Run Time on a PowerPoint Show	Type On a Slide During a Presentation in Office 2007 - create blanks for students to fill in during the slide show Using action Buttons in a PowerPoint show Using Invisible Action Buttons in a PowerPoint Show

Integration Ideas using PowerPoint
Collect information about a state using the Internet, and produce a slide show about the state A PowerPoint presentation teaching the skill of adding two one-digit numbers without regrouping	Create a Word document and turn it into a PowerPoint Show Additional word documents to be used with the module above: TCAP Tips document with no styles selected TCAP Tips document with styles selected
Spelling Practice - download a power point show which shows a way to review spelling words
Pictures to use in PowerPoint Projects - links to subject related pictures to use in PowerPoint shows
Advanced uses of PowerPoint - download a slide show which demonstrates several advanced uses including re coloring, ungrouping, and using buttons

PowerPoint XP- Creating text on a blank slide and using a design template

PowerPoint resources found on the web




external links verified 10/16/2012

1. Pre-Algebra PowerPoint Presentations - many to select
2. Algebra 1 Online ! - from Henrico County Public Schools, Virginia
3. Chemistry 11 and Chemistry 12 - Powerpoints, study notes, labs, worksheets, and assignments created by Jeremy Schneider; All text references refer to Fundamentals of Chemistry, 3rd Edition, by Brady & Holum
4. Geology Jeopardy - play online
5. Indezine offers five free PowerPoint design templates
6. Jefferson County School District presents Educational PowerPoint Presentations [ many of these are zipped files ]
1. The Arts
2. Language Arts
3. Math
4. Science
5. Social Studies
7. Nebo school district in Spanish Fork, Utah has posted a large number of PowerPoint shows on a variety of topics.
8. Neuro-Jeopardy - PPT show on the nervous system
9. Office 2007 Tutorials [These expired links are available through the Wayback Machine Internet Archive. If the pages don't load quickly click on Impatient? at the bottom right of the page.]
   1. PowerPoint Presentations - creating slide shows and related teaching materials [ 28 pages ]
   2. PowerPoint: Beyond the Basics - Making interactive, non-linear slide shows and enhancing formatting [ 38 pages ]
   3. Office Drawing Tools - Office 2007 version, applicable to Excel and Word also [ 37 pages ]
10. Pete's PowerPoint Station - free PowerPoint slide shows for K-12
11. PowerPoint 2000 Tutorial - from Florida Gulf Coast University
12. PowerPoint Alchemy - Free tutorials, help, hints, tips & techniques which will transform your use of PowerPoint presentations. Templates
    
13. PowerPoint Heaven - PowerPoint games, artworks, showcases and tutorials on creating advanced animations for your PowerPoint presentations
14. PowerPoint Palooza - over 145 shows to download - high school social studies
15. Awesome Powerpoint Tutorials for free. They also offer a set of PowerPoint tips & hints and links to other PowerPoint tutorials found on the web.
16. PowerPoint shows for teachers of Biology Chemistry Math English History Physics Geography Spanish
17. PowerPoint Tutorials by Chris Clementi - easy to follow directions; kid friendly
18. Presentations Etc - (free presentation resources for students & teachers) - Presentations ETC is a part of the Educational Technology Clearinghouse and is funded by a grant from the Florida Department of Education, Office of Instructional Technology.
19. Presentation FX - free PowerPoint templates and backgrounds for students and teachers
20. Presenter's Resource - Free PowerPoint templates and information to help you make better presentations. Download free PowerPoint templates, get ideas for better communication and more. Find links to online reference and research tools. Take a look at their settings page for some cool PowerPoint keyboard shortcuts.
21. Sonia Coleman has provided 208 PowerPoint template kits for your personal use. These kits can be downloaded as sets or individually. Use these in your classroom only. She has asked that the templates not be displayed or offered on a web site. Thanks Sonia!
22. Vicki Blackwell's Powerpoint Teacher Templates - Many ideas for quick lessons with Powerpoint.
23. World of Teaching PowerPoint Shows to download
    1. Astronomy PowerPoint Shows
    2. Biology PowerPoint Shows
    3. Chemistry PowerPoint Shows
    4. Physics PowerPoint Shows
    5. Math PowerPoint Shows
    6. English & Classical PowerPoint Shows
    7. History PowerPoint Shows
    8. Geography and Geology PowerPoint Shows
    9. French PowerPoint Shows
    10. Spanish PowerPoint Shows
    11. Religion PowerPoint Shows
    12. German PowerPoint Shows
    13. World of Teaching index
24. !!!Read the warning before clicking!!! - Spanish I Class PowerPoint Presentations from a high school Spanish teacher in Massachusetts ( Spanish 2 also available ). Warning: You will be asked if you want to install and run the comet cursor plus. Choose No! Always choose No! This is an insidious application that is difficult to remove from your computer.

Game Templates

1. Who wants to be a millionaire
1. Who wants to be a Millionaire Template - created by Terri Street
2. Who wants to be a Millionaire? - from Fayette County Public School
3. Who wants to be a Millionaire Template -
4. Games
   1. Old Man and the Sea Millionaire game
2. Jeopardy PowerPoint
   1. Easy Jeopardy Template - Elaine Fitzgerald's template. Easy to adapt
   2. Jeopardy Template - 141 slides
   3. Jeopardy Template - this template uses Alex's photo
   4. Jeopardy Template - created by Patrick Dierschke in 2001
   5. Jeopardy Games created by teachers
3. Battleship
   1. Battle Graph - teach your students about graphing on a coordinate plane. A PowerPoint show designed by Sarah Grabowski, University of Georgia, July 9, 2003 with the title “BattleGraph”
4. Baseball
   1. Baseball Challenge – an extremely creative 5th Grade Social Studies Test Practice written by Mrs. Leigh Daley
5. Happy Game
   1. Famous African-Americans - some of the hyperlinks don't work right, but this is a very cute game.
6. Sunken Millions
   1. People in our Past - divers vs surfers
   2. The Way West - divers vs surfers
7. Other Games
   1. Templates for Homemade PowerPoint Games - It's better because it's homemade!
   2. PowerPoint Activities - The following links include templates and examples of Jeopardy , Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, and Hollywood Squares games and other lesson ideas that were created using PowerPoint. Posted by Fayette County Public Schools in Lexington , Kentucky
   3. From a New Nation to a Divided Nation by Sherry Woods, Caywood Elementary School Lexington, TN – interesting technique used in this show to eliminate wrong answers

Search for PowerPoint shows on the web

In the advanced area of three search engines, you can configure your search to display only PowerPoint slide shows on the results page. See a quick tutorial on using Google to search for PowerPoint shows .

• Google advanced search
• Soople - souped-up Google
• Yahoo advanced search

The PowerPoint FAQ - Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about PowerPoint
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