Kinder Can Do PowerPoints, Too!- TCEA 2009

Title:      Kinder Can Do PowerPoints, Too!
Presenter:     Mrs. Lea Anne Daughrity
Description:     Learn to create amazing interactive activities easily for your students to use incorporating reading, science, math, and more in programs like PowerPoint, Word, and Publisher.

Presenter’s Blog- Templates for PowerPoint available there

1. Intro with the IWB as a whole group setting
   1. slides are visible in the left column. Show how to navigate between slides
   2. on left side there is a microphone that gives audio directions  (pre-recorded by teachers) on what to do
2. As a class you go through how to enter your name
3. Slide example:
   1. Video
   2. Images
      1. Bring in clipart, biubble maps,Venn diagrams from Kidspiration or SmartBoard notebook software
   3. Activity to look  for understanding(2-4 activities enough for age group)
      1. Multiple choice
      2. drag and drop
      3. sequencing
   4. Multiple Choice with clipart to show understanding.
4. Adding subtitles with videos
   1. Choose Close Caption when downloading on United Streaming.
5. Skills addressed:
   1. Drag and drop
   2. Highlighting
   3. Deleting & entering text
   4. Extracting information in different media (audio/video/images)
   5. Printing (Handout view of their manipulated slide)

Introduction is not how to make a powerpoint but showing how to manipulate a powerpoint. After a few times, they are tready to create ones creating it.

Building a PowerPoint

1. Choose a topic
2. Create a file
   1. in order to embed audio and video
3. Embedding Discovery United Streaming (using segment clips) or YouTube (convert  and download first via Zamzar.com)