Avoid PowerPoint Poisoning
by Art Wolinsky
Introduction · rubric · conclusion · teacher's guide
Background · Human Presentation Skills · Mixed Presentation Skills · Presentation Resources · Tutorials · RubricsIntroduction · rubric · conclusion · teacher's guide
Background · Human Presentation Skills · Mixed Presentation Skills · Presentation Resources · Tutorials · RubricsIntroduction
In his July 2001 PBS column David Thornburg draws a parallel between online collaboration and jamming with the band. Drawing on the ideas put forth in the first half of his article, we will try to hold a jam session and orchestrate a way to get students (and teachers) to understand what it means to use PowerPoint as a curricular tool, rather than as the curriculum itself.
After you read or listen to David's article, spend some time examining the 'music' that we will use as themes in our jam session(s). Spend about 10-15 minutes browsing through as many of the sites as you can. Make note of one or two that you want to revisit. Then take another 5-10 minutes to examine those sites.
Internet Links
Background
- PowerPoint is Evil
- Talks about how PowerPoint when used wrong, turns mediocre speakers into terrible speakers.
- PowerPoint FAQ
- PowerPoint Help, PowerPoint Templates, PowerPoint Tips, PowerPoint Add-ins, How-Tos, Links and even a Mac specific section
- PowerPoint Answers.com
- Online PowerPoint community
Human Presentation Skills
- Speaking tips
- A collection of about 2 dozen articles from Presentations.com
Mixed Presentation Skills
- Creating Presentations
- Loads of articles on creating the visuals
- PowerPointers
- Large set of articles and resources from the Epson projection company
- Presenter's Point
- Loads of tips and resources from Computers@home
Presentation Resources
- PowerPoint 97 from Microsoft
- Whole series of Word based tutorial about various aspects of Powerpoint
- Microsoft's PowerPoint Page
- PowerPoint resources from Microsoft
- Creating Classroom Presentations
- Broad overview of PowerPoint in the classroom from Education World
- Presentation Resources
- ClipArt, Templates, Sounds, Links
- PowerPoint Art
- This is a commercial site, but if you join for a month, you can get resources for a lifetime.
Tutorials
- PowerPoint in the Classroom
- PowerPoint Basics Tutorial - Step by step
- References Powerpoint 2000, but is similar enough to PowerPoint 97 to serve as a good reference
- PowerPoint Basics Tutorial - Index based
- PowerPoint 97 Tutorial
Rubrics
- Presentation Only Rubric
- Evaluates student presentation, but not PowerPoint appearance.
- Rubistar - Customizable PowerPoint Appearance Rubric
- Rubistar is a fantastic tool for develoiping reubrics of all kinds. This like takes you to an extensive PowerPoint rubric that you can customize to fit your needs. Keep in mind, it is evaluation the 'appearance' of the probuct, not the presentation of the student. That is a separate rubric.
- Presentation and Content Rubric
- Take student presentation into account as well as PowerPoint Appearance
- Scoring PowerPoints
- Jamie McKenzie's article on making powerful presentations and avoiding Powerpointlessness
Conclusion
Now that you have examined the resources, reflect on the site or sites you visited more closely.
Why did you choose them? Were they resources for you, your students, or both? Was there one site that stood out over the rest as being a site you want to use with yours students? Which one was it and why?
We will begin our jam session shortly with a WebQuest located at .
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