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 What
teacher couldn't use some help motivating students and keeping their
interest? This course will show you how to create captivating lessons
and attention-grabbing classroom presentations using Microsoft
PowerPoint 2007. You'll see how using PowerPoint helps you address
different learning styles, making it much easier to engage a variety of
learners.
First, we'll cover the basics of this MS Office
program including creating slides, using templates, inserting text,
changing background colors, creating WordArt titles, and adding slide
transitions. Then you'll develop advanced skills such as inserting
graphics, sound, video, custom animations, timed transitions, and
hyperlinks.
We'll walk step-by-step through several different
types of classroom presentations, including lectures and interactive
narrations for your students' independent use on computer stations. By
the end of the course, you'll be able to publish your presentation on a
school Web site or even take your PowerPoint shows on the road. Along
the way, we'll talk about how you can help your students develop their
own PowerPoint and presentation skills.
So get ready to discover why PowerPoint can be such a fun and motivational tool that adds appeal to any classroom subject!
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Syllabus:
All
courses run for six weeks, with a two-week grace period at the end. Two
lessons are released each week for the six-week duration of the course.
You do not have to be present when the lesson is released, but you must
complete each lesson within two weeks of its release.
A new
section of each course starts on the second or third Wednesday of each
month. If enrolling in a series of two or more courses, please be sure
to space the start date for each course at least two months apart.
| Week One |
| Wednesday - Lesson 01 |
Do
you have students in your classroom with different learning styles? In
our first lesson, we'll explore the ways that Microsoft PowerPoint 2007
can help you teach all kinds of students. We'll view two different
types of PowerPoint presentations that you can use in a classroom
setting, and we'll also look at some helpful PowerPoint templates and
slide layouts.
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| Friday - Lesson 02 |
In
this lesson, you'll learn about the Office Button, the Ribbon, Tabs,
and Task Groups in PowerPoint, and what all of them do. You'll have an
opportunity to explore different functions in the Task Groups using a
presentation template. We'll also work with the Clipboard, Font, and
Drawing groups. You'll create some basic slides and learn about
different slide views. In addition, we'll explore objects on slides and
how to move, resize, and delete them. This will give you a great
foundation for beginning your own presentations.
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| Week Two |
| Wednesday - Lesson 03 |
Today,
you'll learn about adding, formatting, and manipulating text in
PowerPoint. You'll insert text boxes; experiment with different colors,
fonts, and styles; and add bullets to important information. In
addition, we'll explore WordArt, which will help you add colors,
patterns, and fill effects to WordArt titles. To polish up our text,
we'll take a look at alignments, colors, and placements, and we'll
finish with a Spelling and Grammar Check.
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| Friday - Lesson 04 |
Have
you heard of JPEGs, GIFs, and BMPs, and wondered what these letters
mean? Well, wonder no more! In this lesson, you'll learn the origins
and purposes of different graphic formats. You'll look at the Picture
Tools and practice applying effects to pictures. Finally, we'll explore
sources of clip art, and you'll see how to use options on the Insert
tab to add images from scanners and digital cameras. By the end of this
lesson, you'll be able to add all kinds of images to your presentations!
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| Week Three |
| Wednesday - Lesson 05 |
Do
you enjoy drawing shapes and experimenting with fill colors? Can you
think of some ways you could use shapes in a PowerPoint presentation to
teach concepts in class? Today, we'll continue our exploration of the
Drawing group. We'll look at Shapes, Shape Fill, Outline, line and
arrow styles, SmartArt, and 3-D effects. You'll have fun rotating,
flipping, and distributing objects on your slides.
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| Friday - Lesson 06 |
You
might think of PowerPoint as a great way to make visual presentations
in your classroom, but you can do a lot with audio, too! Today, you'll
discover how to locate, save, and insert sound files from the Internet.
And wouldn't it be great to customize a presentation with your own
voice? You'll also learn how to record and add your own sounds and
narration to a PowerPoint presentation.
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| Week Four |
| Wednesday - Lesson 07 |
Would
you like to know how to play a video in a PowerPoint presentation? In
this lesson, we'll explore different video formats, as well as sources
of videos and motion clips. You'll learn how to set up a link to a
video to either play with a click or play automatically in a slide
show. You'll be surprised at how easy it is to add educational clips to
your presentations!
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| Friday - Lesson 08 |
Have
you noticed all the transitions that you hear or see every day on radio
and television? Transitions help us move seamlessly from one idea to
the next. In today's lesson, you'll learn how to make your slide show
more interesting and exciting by using the many visual and auditory
transitions available in PowerPoint.
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| Week Five |
| Wednesday - Lesson 09 |
Putting
objects in motion is one sure way to get your students' attention!
Today, you'll discover how animating text and graphics in your
PowerPoint shows can help you bring any show to life. You can animate
objects in a PowerPoint presentation with a wide variety of motions and
sounds. We'll practice animating objects and see which effects work
best in your show.
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| Friday - Lesson 10 |
Have
you ever wanted to create a self-paced presentation to show students at
a computer station? In today's lesson, you'll create an interactive
slide show that allows your students to explore information at their
own pace. You'll also learn how to design a home slide with hyperlinks
to as many individual slides as you need.
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| Week Six |
| Wednesday - Lesson 11 |
If
you've ever given a speech, you know how helpful speaking notes are.
Did you know that you can add notes to a PowerPoint presentation to
help you give a talk that goes with it? You'll learn how to do that
today, and you'll also create handouts to go with your slide show. In
addition, we'll practice using the Rehearse Timings option to set up a
show to automatically advance. You'll see how all these tools can make
presenting your shows a snap!
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| Friday - Lesson 12 |
Have
you ever wanted to give a presentation in another classroom or at a
conference, but you weren't sure how to get it to a different computer?
In our final lesson, you'll see how PowerPoint's Package for CD feature
allows you to take your slide show wherever you want! You'll also learn
how to e-mail a presentation, and how to save a slide show as a Web
page. Get ready to share your presentations just about anywhere!
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This
course includes a knowledgeable and caring instructor who will guide
you through your lessons, facilitate discussions, and answer your
questions. The instructor for this course will be Tracy Loffer.
 Tracy
Loffer holds a Master’s degree in Education in Curriculum and
Instruction. She has been involved in education for twenty years, as a
music educator and technology trainer of students and teachers. She has
also worked in the private sector as a trainer of domestic and
international technology franchisees as well as a writer and
developmental editor of educational technology materials using Office,
Publisher, and FrontPage.
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