A presentation software program included as part of the Microsoft package. It is available for use by the ID Weeks community from computers.

Presentation software that allows you to create slides, handouts, notes and outlines.

A Microsoft product for producing slide shows that can incorporate text graphics, video, animations, etc. LCD/ DLP projectors are known to many people as “Power Point projectors.”

Enhance the level of learning, enjoyment and excitement in the classroom.

Offers teachers a new way of presenting information to the students

Stimulates students

Gives an alternative to overheads, easels and blackboards

Allows teachers to incorporate multimedia in the classroom with ease

Allows the teacher to modify a lesson midstream with ease

Saves time, resources and money

Gives teachers the ability to present complex concepts in a concrete manner

Increases the number of manipulative available in the classroom

Adds a liveliness to the classroom learning environment

Flexible

Easy to modify

Slides can’t get lost

Can be used in a large auditorium

Can present complex computer graphics and animations

Powerpoint presentations can encounter technical difficulties. When that happens you are stuck.

Difficulties in finding the right visuals can be encountered, if the presentation goes in an unplanned direction.

Requires electricity

Requires a projector

Requires a darkened room

Only one visual at a time can be shown

Can present complex computer graphics and animation. As a result we can become focused on the technology used to make the presentation, instead of the point of the presentation. The best presentations use simple graphics that highlight, and focus attention on the key points of the presentation, not on the method of presentation.

MICROSOFT POWEPOINT 2003

MICROSOFT POWEPOINT 2007

THE MICROSOFT OFFICE BUTTON

THE QUICK ACCESS TOOLBAR

TITLE BAR

THE RIBBON

THE CLIPBOARD, SLIDERS,FONT, PARAGRAPH

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