1. March 3, 2011
PowerPoint Skill
Creating Mental Models
Checklist
Beginner:
 Background: layout,
Why use PowerPoint – research on effectiveness
-Consider possible use, application, UDL template, slide color
-Explain the PowerPoint behind the scenes using a Whiteboard scheme
 Text with different
Demo of Action Settings and Buttons,
colors and fonts
Student reports– Rainforest & On the Job
 Large font
Cause & Effect – Fireworks
 Clip art and drawings
Coloring Books – Hats & Captain Underpants with modifications –
Using animation- Learning Colors by Beth color, size, cropped
Creating a quick slide show from picture file – My cat  Word Art
Mental Models & Concepts – Zoo story, examples/not  View & arrange:
Interactive Story – Drakes Day of Decisions by Dana or Frog Using Slide Master
Self-checking quizzes – Getting dressed by Jennifer  Photo and image from
Adding Sounds – My House by Greg the web
Integration with movies - Add Effects (.mov vs. .mpg)  Slide Transitions
PowerPoin  Animations
 Sounds
t as Assistive Tech – talking story book pdf file Advanced:
 Movies
Saving PowerPoint and putting it on Slideshare, Google Docs
 Animation
Adding actual ppt to the wiki
 Charts
 Action Buttons
Resources:
 Hyperlinks
Game format for review – Jeopardy, Millionaire, Squares.
 Non-linear presentation
http://webtoolboxes.wikispaces.com/powerpoint
 Feedback and Linking
Inpics http://inpics.net
 Vox Proxy
NO GAMES FOR YOUR LESSON/Skill 6
 Pack & Go
Assignments Due - March 17
Work on Project Finish all assignments due to date, write lessons, include UDL
Create other lessons – remember you have three FREE choice tech lessons in your unit.
Review concepts in Teaching Every Student.
Skill 5: Lesson plan with Word processing Develop an activity following the example provided
in class, using a word processor. Develop the activity so that the students use features of the
word processor AND practice a skill related to your unit. The activity plan should include
follow the barebones lesson plan on opposites found at:
http://rollercoasterlessons.wikispaces.com/opposites
Skill 6: Create Powerpoint and Lesson plan – as a check up send me the whole lesson plan
Both will be labeled with your name and skill6 because they are different kinds of documents.
DO NOT DO SUBMIT A JEOPARDY OR OTHER GAME from a template.
Include approximately at least 10 pages in PowerPoint
Include some element of example, not examples for teaching – you can have two PowerPoints
Include non-linear elements: quiz with checking, coloring activity, cause/effect, interactive
story
a. background- with different schemes
b. word art, graphics, buttons, and text effects AND at least one sound
d. transition effects & build animations
e. a “hot-link” to an web site

2. f. action buttons for non-linear access
g. digital images