1. Paul H. Smith
See this presentation online at www.innovativelearning.com.au

2. Welcome to my adventure! We are
going to discover lots on our journey
together but look out for danger every
step of the way.

3. Ahhh, the lost temple! There is some
sort of puzzle on the door. Let’s check
it out.

4. There are three stone tablets here. I think in need to
press each one in order from lowest to highest.
1.62 1.062 1.621

5. Yes, we must be on the right track. Keep going!
1.62 1.062 1.621

6. Great! Only one more….
1.62 1.062 1.621

8. Yahoo! You did it. Now we can
both retire!

9. Types of Games
 Whole class teacher led games
 Millionaire
 Student created adventure games
 Gold Game

10. Benefits
 Student engagement
 Reviewing Topics
 Test knowledge of Topic
 Topic Introduction
 Topic Conclusion
 Teamwork
 ICT Skills
 Planning a project

11. The Food Chain
Small
Shark Seal Fish Shrimp
Plant

12. Student Games
 Students enjoy making their own PowerPoint games because
they have control of the outcomes (ownership)
 They enjoy using PowerPoints’ features such as sound,
animation and timing to create a truly interactive experience.
 Students are required to plan out a game before beginning to
create it (using storyboarding)
 Students gain key ICT Skills which can be transferred to other
projects. (E.G. Marine Life )
 They can demonstrate their in-depth knowledge of a topic by
incorporating it into a game. (Gold Games)

13. Teacher Led Games
 Students are engaged with the use of technology.
 Students enjoy working as a team.
 Games can be customised to suit topics being studied.
 Students like playing games and learning becomes fun.

14. How To..
 Hyperlink
 Duplicate Slides
 Animation
 Add Sound
 Sequence Events, custom animations
 Contact Me
 Web Resources

15. Hyperlinks
 Hyperlinks are what makes your game ‘Interactive’. It lets you
decide where to take the player when they click something on
your game
 In this example if the player clicks the right answer
 Or the wrong answer

16. Animation
 This is what makes things interesting by objects moving
on the screen
 Click the object or words you want to animate
 Go to menu ‘Animations’ then select ‘Custom Animations’
(PC) or for Mac Right-Click > Custom animation

17. Animation
 Select and Entrance effect and
even an Exit Effect
Entrance
Exit
 You can change preferences like
direction, speed and more!

18. Hyperlinks
 Right –Click the object you want
to make a button.
 Edit Hyperlink
 Choose >PLACE IN THIS
DOCUMENT then select the slide
you want to be transported to.

19. Duplicate Slides
 Duplicating slides can save you HEAPS of
time. You can use this to change a slide
slightly from the previous version.
 Design your slide
 Duplicate the slide as many times as you
need to by..
 Right-Click the slide in NORMAL VIEW
 Duplicate Slide

20. Add Sound
 For a musical background you will need to have your
own source of sound files
 Insert > Sound > Sound From a File...
 Locate your sound..
 Choose Automatically
 Adjust settings in the custom Animation area.

21. Sequencing Events
 Sequencing events makes things happen when you want
them to happen. E.G. You want a speech bubble to appear
when a character arrives on the screen.
 Go to Custom animation Window
 You can reorder by dragging items
 Change the way they start
 With previous – begins with the last animation
 After previous – starts after last animation
 On click – it waits until you click the screen

22. Contact Me
 Need some extra help?
 Contact me at phsmith@netconnect.com.au

23. Web Resources
 Google Images
 http://www.123ppt.com/newsletter/edition-006/presentation-
tutorial.asp -Make those back grounds transparent
 http://www.sounddogs.com/results.asp?Type=1&CategoryID=1021&S
ubcategoryID=98 Sound effects
 http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/ppt-games/ Lots of PowerPoint games
to play with your class.
 http://www.actden.com/pp/ How to use PowerPoint (basics, older
version)