PowerPoint

**WHY POWERPOINT?**
Students today are engaged, motivated, and often more focused when working on computer projects or when watching a computer presentation. At first glance it may appear that you do not have the time needed or even available in the school labs for student based PowerPoint project, but throughout the night be thinking about how the creation of a PowerPoint could be created over multiple visits to the lab, and in as little time as 2 or 3 visits to the school lab. Also, be thinking about the ways PowerPoint could help you to teach new curriculum or review already taught curriculum.

**POWERPOINT PHOTO ALBUM**
PowerPoint Photo Album is a feature built into Microsoft Office making it very easy to create a photo presentation in PowerPoint. It is also an easy starting point for creating PowerPoint presentations. Through this process we will learn about the menus, how to edit and format text, how to add slides and change the format of those slides; basically we will learn the building blocks of all PowerPoint presentations through this process.

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 * 1) Choose a math topic. (Think geometry, or counting, or......anything!)
 * 2) Brainstorm ways in which you could demonstrate that concept visually. (Shapes in nature, or pictures of items in a group.....or anything!)
 * 3) Create a storyboard so your internet searching time is not wasted. What text do you need to include in the presentation? The better planned you are (and your students are) the easier this next process will be for everyone involved.
 * 4) Look online for photos which demonstrate your topic. Create a folder on your desktop to hold all of the photos you find (right click desktop and choose 'new folder' to create a folder.) Name the folder yourname_mathphotos This way they hopefully won't be deleted.
 * [|Pics4Learning]
 * [|FreeFoto]
 * [|Stock Photo Exchange]
 * [|Google Image Search]
 * [|YotoPhoto]
 * [|Deviantart]
 * [|Barry's Free Photos]
 * [|Openphoto]
 * [|Phillip Martin Clipart]
 * (If you find another free photo site - let us know so we can add it.)
 * 1) Open PowerPoint and we will begin creating our [|PowerPoint Photo Albums]!

**WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT COULD BE CREATED WITH POWERPOINT? (Think Math)**

**PRE-MADE POWERPOINT TEMPLATES**
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 * http://www.jc-schools.net/PPTs-math.html
 * http://pppst.com/
 * [|http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/powerpoint.htm#Pre Made Presentations]
 * http://www.nebo.edu/misc/learning_resources/ppt/#elementary

**GAME TEMPLATES**
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 * [|http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/powerpoint.htm#PowerPoint Games]
 * http://www.hardin.k12.ky.us/res_techn/countyjeopardygames.htm
 * http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/PPT-games/
 * http://www.hardin.k12.ky.us/res_techn/countyjeopardygames.htm

Microsoft Office 2007
The district has purchased Microsoft Office 2007 (or Office 2008 for Macs) for every computer in the district. You may upgrade whenever you are ready. All district machines are actually being upgraded near the beginning of October. You may ask your STS to help or you may follow the instructions below to upgrade your classroom computer(s) yourself.
 * Find the Zen Application Folder on your desktop. Locate the installer file named “ MS Office 07 Ent GSD – Install”.
 * The installation will take about 30 minutes to complete. Once you start the install, let it finish completely. Your machine will reboot when it is finished. If you interrupt the install, your computer may have problems.
 * The old Microsoft Office 2003 icons pinned to the start menus (or put on the desktop won't work anymore). Right click and choose delete or remove to get rid of them from your desktop and start menu.
 * Once the new Microsoft Office is installed, you will notice the new Word 2007, Excel 2007, PowerPoint 2007, & Outlook 2007 icons on the desktop with red arrows.
 * Home use is NOT included with the District Enterprise license. Users need to buy their own copy for home use and can be purchased for about $62.00. Print out the following form and follow the instructions. [[file:GSD flyer pdf 1108.pdf]]

PowerPoint 2007 Links
What's New in PowerPoint 2007? http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/HA100742261033.aspx 2007 Office - First Steps http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/FX102704851033.aspx  PowerPoint 2007 Handouts (Davis School District) http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/district/etc/paul/powerpoint2007.html PowerPoint 2007 Demo - Up to speed with PowerPoint 2007 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=721E2011-5611-457E-9377-4CBAAD44EC09&displaylang=en PowerPoint 2007 Demo - Add colors, fonts, and effects with themes http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3dd2c45f-e294-4215-8d7c-fd9923d287e1&DisplayLang=en PowerPoint 2007 Demo - Add a background to your presentation http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3dd2c45f-e294-4215-8d7c-fd9923d287e1&DisplayLang=en PowerPoint 2007 Demo - Add slide transitions to your presentation http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=A7946FD1-B270-4EEB-B5DD-187E6B5EDDB4&displaylang=en PowerPoint 2007 Demo - Add animation and sound to text and objects http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=548C2533-40CF-495B-994F-3AC201C07144&displaylang=en