If You Were At the NELMS Conference in Providence and Want More Information About PowerPoints, You've Found the Right Page
I'm a big PowerPoint nerd.
There, I've said it.
I know, I know - as interests go, PowerPoint Enthusiasm is slightly less interesting than proof-reading telephone directories, but hey, I am who I am.
Anyway, if you've attended one of my presentations on PowerPoint at NELMS or the Christa McAuliff Conference and wanted more information, I'm posting it here.
If you wanted to take another look at the video clip I started my presentation with, here it is:
Click here to download a "How To" packet on producing various effects in PowerPoint.
Click here to download an example of a non-linear PowerPoint - a study guide for a New England Geography quiz.
Click here to link to all the blog posts I've written on various PowerPoint Tricks, or see below for specific blog posts:
Specific Blog Posts
Click here to learn about using the "Notes" section of PowerPoint to declutter your slides.
Click here to learn how to animate lines and shapes. (Very useful for having rivers on maps draw themselves.)
Click here for more about using remote controls in the classroom.
Click here to learn about the "Insert Photo Album" command that allows you to automatically download large numbers of photos into a new PowerPoint slideshow.
Click here to learn a fast and easy trick to automatically center any textbox or picture in a slide.
Click here for more information on the coolest PowerPoint presentation EVER! It is a template for a review game for your classroom based on the gameshow Jeopardy. (Not mine - way too brilliant.)
Click here for a step-by-step lesson on creating a non-linear PowerPoint.
Click here for a very quick, slap-your-forehead lesson in how to time your slides to change automatically when you want them to.
Click here for step-by-step instructions on using PowerPoint to creat worksheets much, MUCH more easily than in Microsoft Word.
Here is a really good, nuts-and-bolts instructional video from Dean Shareski on putting together a good PowerPoint presentation:
Here is the video visualization from Perdue University that we watched showing a second-by-second recreation of World Trade Center being hit by one of the planes on 9-11:
Here is the video clip that we watched at the end of the session with 40 Inspirational Speeches in Two Minutes:
Finally, here is comedian Tim Lee doing a stand-up comedy act almost entirely with PowerPoint:
Feel free to contact me with any questions.
Email - johnfladd@hotmail.com
School Email - jfladd@sau53.org
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