This document provides instructions for creating interactive learning centers in PowerPoint by hyperlinking screenshots of websites to curriculum topics. Teachers can organize subjects into groups and take screenshots of relevant websites to include and hyperlink in PowerPoint slides. These slides can then be saved as a PowerPoint file for later editing and also as a PowerPoint show so that students can interactively access the linked web resources from the presentation in slideshow view.

1. How to create Interactive Learning CentresIn PowerPoint 2004 for Mac

2. Interactive Learning CentresA great way to direct students to the websites you want them to use, is to create hyperlinked interactive pages in PowerPoint or Keynote.These can be organised into Curriculum and or Group areas.Maths groups, Reading groups, Individualised activity pages or Subject specific!

3. PowerPointOpen PowerPointClick on theFormatting Palette.Click on the arrow to see more layouts.Click on theTitle only.Click on theChange Slidesbutton.Choose a coloured background.

4. Screen CaptureType in the name of your group/subject or Curriculum area

5. Go to the Website you want your students to link to

6. Take a screen capture of the screen by pressing downShift-Control-Command-4 buttons on keyboard

7. Your mouse will change into a cross, click and drag around the part of the page that will show what the game isall aboutScreen CaptureGo back to PowerPointand press Command – V

8. Resize the picture by clicking and dragging on a corner

9. Go back to the website, click on the Internet address

10. Copy the internet address by pressing Command - CHyperlinkingGo back to your PowerPoint

11. Click on the Picture so it is selected

12. Press Command – K or go to Insert – Hyperlink

13. Click in Link to

14. PressCommand– V

15. Click OKSaving The screen capture will now be hyperlinkedRepeat with more websites linksSave this PowerPoint twice!Save as a PowerPoint presentation file so that you can add to it later (Go to File- Save, name the file and save it to a folder).Save as a PowerPoint Show so that when the children click on the file it will open in full interactive Slideshow view. Go to File – Save As, click on PowerPoint Show