Professional Development

 

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Hello colleagues! The files below are the ones that I presented to illustrate different methods of using PowerPoint in a classroom setting. Just click on the links below to download any of my original PowerPoints and, of course, feel free to use and/or share them.

(You might want to play them for yourself before presenting them to your class. There are a few that are over ten years old, so some may have older links that need to be updated.)

I HAVE ALSO INCLUDED LINKS TO WAV FILES

AND GIFs AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE

 

 If you have any questions or need any help, please feel free to email me at:

 

BrentEdCentral@gmail.com

 

I.  Basic notes (with bells & whistles) One picture is worth a thousand words. If you throw in sounds, movies and animation, maybe 10,000!

Pictures – Google images

Sounds – WAV files

Movies - YouTube

Animation – PowerPoint  and online GIF files

II. In class assignment using only pictures.

            Scan a picture book - Tom Feeling “The Middle Passage”

 

III. Running Quiz

            Have students give written answers to questions for each slide. A good way to encourage higher                     order thinking.

 

IV. Quiz or other assessment at the end.

Just what it says - Give an informative PowerPoint and have the last slides have questions that cover the entire presentation.

 

V. A Power “Play” or PowerPoint Comic Book.

            Reenact or create a situation of conflict and have students read aloud.

 

VI. Interactive PowerPoint - ELECTION, JEOPARDY, SWING STATES

            Use “links” to move around to different slides depending on a student’s choice.

 

VII. PowerPoint as a “magnifying glass”

Create or insert a DBQ, then through animation draw attention to various words or parts of an image that students might not otherwise see.

 

VIII.  Contrast and Compare

Split the screen between to different entities or ideas and have students either take one side or the other or create a “T-chart” that incorporates both.

 

IX. Reading Comprehension

Insert reading material, have students read aloud then answer a multiple choice question about each reading.

 

X.  Anticipatory Exercise

Using only pictures show a presentation that indicates what a coming unit will be addressing and have students try to predict what material this will contain.

 

WAV files: http://www.wavsource.com/

GIF files: http://gifgifs.com/

Also use the below site to save YouTube videos:

http://en.savefrom.net/