A New Teaching Tool

Anyone heard of Power Point? I just came across this the other day. Seems like it could be used by students.... I'm a little nervous to try it out... anyone else have any experience using it with students?

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Permalink Reply by Sean Junkins on March 17, 2010 at 9:00am

Any suggestions?

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Permalink Reply by Katy Scott on March 17, 2010 at 9:37am

If you're looking for a presentation tool, Prezi is the best I've encountered. It allows students to easily create engaging presentations. But there are some other free presentation tools out there that work as good alternatives to PowerPoint, as well -- I recently wrote a blog post about it.

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Permalink Reply by Sean Junkins on March 17, 2010 at 2:26pm

Thanks I'll be sure to look into Prezi... right now, this new Power Point thing looks complex enough... I guess it must be so new that Im the only one on here that has ever heard of it.

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Permalink Reply by Brian Hoelscher on March 17, 2010 at 6:13pm

There is this new thing called the internet. It looks as if it may be useful as well. You may want to look into it :)

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Permalink Reply by Denise Stewart on March 17, 2010 at 7:35pm

Kids know more about creating powerpoints than many teachers do:) Turn to them for suggestions on what they like and how to create awesome ones.

You can also google POWERPOINTS in your subject area and find some already done. I think however that it is better to create your own since some of the already made ones sometimes have problem links.

Denise

www.ellteacherpros.com

www.teachingsuccesseswithells.blogspot.com

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Permalink Reply by Sean Junkins on March 17, 2010 at 7:53pm

Thanks Brian and Denise... what are these "internet" and "google" that you speak of.... they sound intriguing...

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Permalink Reply by Randy Rodgers on April 5, 2010 at 2:42pm

You are sooo stealing my schtick--well done, though.

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Permalink Reply by Denise Stewart on March 17, 2010 at 8:04pm

Go to the search engine GOOGLE (Yahoo is another and there are others). In the search bar, type POWERPOINTS FOR TEACHERS and you will get a zillion hits. You can narrow it down by subject and grade level also.

If I can help further, let me know:)

Denise

www.ellteacherpros.com

www.teachingsuccesseswithells.blogspot.com