PowerPoint Resources

There are quite a few differences in the look of PowerPoint 2008 for Mac and PowerPoint 2007 for Window, but most of functionality is the same in both. Here are some sites that might help you as you learn how to use the new software:

  1. Mactopia – PowerPoint: Mac 2008
  2. Mactopia – PowerPoint Help and How-To
  3. Luther College – Mac PowerPoint 2008 (Handout)
  4. InfiniteSkills – PowerPoint 2008 Video Lessons (Understanding the Interface)

Integrating PowerPoint within your classroom can be tricky sometimes. It is easy to get into the groove of just using PowerPoint yourself to present things to your students, but there is a world of possibilities out there of ways you and your students can use it to enhance the learning process. Check out some of these sites for some ideas:

Internet4Classrooms (i4c)
  1. PowerPoint resources found on the web
  2. Using Google to Search for PowerPoint Shows

 Online Tutorials (will have to be slightly adapted for Mac)

  1. A Bit Better Corporation – PowerPoint Tips and Tricks
  2. ComputerTips.com – PowerPoint Tips
  3. Ellen Finkelstein.com – PowerPoint Tips

Resources for the Classroom:

  1. PowerPoint in the Classroom
  2. PowerPoint Features to Use in the Classroom
  3. PowerPoint Activities
  4. PowerPoint Ideas and Resources
  5. PowerPoint Presentations - By Ed Tech Students
  6. PowerPoint Ideas - TechTrekers
  7. Ideas for Using PowerPoint in the Classroom - Tuscaloosa School District
  8. PowerPoint in the Classroom - The Tech Connected Teachers

 Pre-made PowerPoint Presesentations to Download       

  1. Education Using PowerPoint – Science
  2. World of Teaching  – Great site!!  
  3. Vicki Blackwell’s PowerPoint Templates for Teachers

 

There are also places on the web where you can get background templates and other resources to use in PowerPoint.

PowerPoint Templates

  1. Brainy Betty - Free PowerPoint Templates
  2. Free PowerPoint Education Template
  3. Sonia Coleman’s Free Templates
  4. Presenters’ Resource
  5. Microsoft’s PowerPoint Templates
  6. Powerbacks
  7. TemplatesWise
  8. Indezine
  9. Template Ready

Here are a couple of sites you can go to if you would like to share your presentations with the world:

  1. SlideShare
  2. TeacherTube

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