Introduction to PowerPoint

Educators prepare to create a presentation for a school open house. To start, they learn about presentation software and the tasks that it can perform. Afterwards, they open Microsoft PowerPoint, the program they will be using to create their presentation, and label the window.

Next, educators view a presentation to gain an understanding of the content of the slide show, as well as the program features available within PowerPoint. With educators inspired, they now use a planning sheet, provided with the instructional materials, to organize the information to include in their own presentation.

The focus of this session, is upon basic technology skills to create simple slides. PowerPoint lesson plans explain how to create a title slide and apply a design to improve the appearance. In addition, educators learn how to produce a slide that includes information that is organized into a customized text box with well-formatted text. These skills are applied to create a slide about school events that includes bulleted text and clip art.

Educators use the PowerPoint lessons, to learn how to use slide layouts that require advanced technology skills. To start, educators create a curriculum slide that organizes information in a table. Step by step instructions teach skills such as how to apply a style to a table, adjust cell size, merge and split cells, and align text.

Next, they produce a slide that contains a graphic organizer used to summarize extracurricular activities. PowerPoint skills are applied to create a slide that has contact information, as well as a hyperlink to the school website.

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