Saturday, July 24, 2010

Interactive PowerPoint

Hello again,

I have just spent a reasonable amount of time trying to work out how to "File -> Send to -> Microsoft Office PowerPoint" as i have Office 2007, not 2003. I Googled it, and used the Help function in both Word and PowerPoint but still could not work it out, which was very disappointing as I can see how using the Outline view in Word would save a lot of time rather than fooling around with dot points in PowerPoint.

As I have been unable to send my outline to PowerPoint, I have now started to manually put the dot points etc. into my presentation.

(Later)

I have just finished my first interactive PowerPoint which was very easy to do, despite having instructions for using the 2003 Office program.

I would definitely use an interactive PowerPoint in the classroom as a way to break the monotony of delivering content in a secondary school class.

PowerPoint could be used innovatively to develop entire assessment preparation for a unit of work.

For example, the PowerPoint could include content, quizzes, hyperlinks to online media, images and I could even embed YouTube video's.

Details for a class assignment could be placed on the PowerPoint as well as tips and hints.

Examples of the Bibliography format required could be added.

PowerPoint would be a fantastic way to allow students to explore the content of a unit away from their desks.

If using a PowerPoint as a core resource, I feel it would be useful to provide student's wtih a 'take-home' copy, whether that be by uploading the PowerPoint to a class Website or allowing students to save it to personal storage devices.

1 comment:

  1. Mel, had the same problem myself with sending it from Word to Powerpoint. Most schools will probably have 2007. The only answer I could come up with was to save the document first and open it in Powerpoint instead of trying to send it through as the course instructions stated. I can see your point about it being an easier way to plan rather than using dot points in Powerpoint.

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