Advice on using Microsoft PowerPoint in the classroom. Includes tips for using Microsoft PowerPoint to create slide shows, presentations, animated graphic stories, timelines, interactive maps, and more.
In a previous post, I reflected on the importance of teaching effective public speaking strategies. In preparation for presenting a slide show project, we need to coach students with guidelines and tips on how to give a presentation that will engage the audience. TechnoPresenter is a TechnoKids project that specifically focuses on teaching presentation skills. […]
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When students share a slide show presentation they have created with the class, prepare them for success with a discussion of effective public speaking strategies. A few basic guidelines can turn a presentation into an engaging, interesting, and compelling learning experience for both the speaker and the audience. Do Rehearse by yourself, to a friend,
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For reluctant writers and for creative writing enthusiasts, using technology to write a cartoon is a fun, highly motivating activity. Digital storytelling sparks students’ imaginations. Adding elements such as images, callouts, text boxes, starbursts, and word art inspires students even more. Then creating animation effects and transitions makes the writing activity exciting and challenging. How
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Starting a new school year with an All About Me project is a popular teaching strategy. There are many benefits to incorporating this unit into curriculum. Here are five: Build Self-Esteem: Use the All About Me activities to have students reflect upon what makes them special. By recognizing characteristics that make them unique, students develop
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Start the new school year with a unique approach to an “All About Me” unit of study. In the new TechnoKids project TechnoMe, students in grades 1 to 3 build technology skills as they create a slide show about what makes them special. They use a Google Slides or PowerPoint template to make a mini
Are you looking for a way to integrate Social Science curriculum with technology? Do your students need a fresh and unique project to inspire them and spark their interest? Is your school using Google Apps? TechnoTimeline can do the job! TechnoTimeline is the third project in the initial release of TechnoKids‘ series of technology projects
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TechnoMap is the second in the ‘just released’ introductory series of Google Apps for Education projects. Responding to the increasingly popular use of the free productivity tools provided by Google Apps, TechnoKids Inc. is piloting a series of projects for primary, junior, and middle school grades. These projects will use Google Docs, Google Slides, Google
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Are you looking for a quick language arts activity your students can do in one or two class periods in the computer lab? Why not have fun with fonts? Have your students create a picture using words. This activity is a great way to encourage your students to use descriptive language. It can be done
Too many curriculum objectives and too little time! What to do? A fun activity using technology not only achieved a number of curriculum goals but it raised my Grade 3 students’ level of enthusiasm to new heights! I was feeling a bit overwhelmed when I considered my ‘to do’ list. In Language Arts, our curriculum
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My Grade 6 students just completed their digital scrapbooks. They were made using Microsoft PowerPoint. I loved the activity so much that I am thinking about writing a TechnoKids technology project for the activity. Let me tell you more about it! It was the final computer class of the school year. We had just finished
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