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The use of PowerPoint presentations in schools takes advantage of education technology integration strategies and techniques. However, student learning is not improved when these presentations are merely a substitute for note taking bullets from older overhead projectors. To take advantage of the power of this technology, the elimination of boring slide shows must be replaced with interactive story telling that keeps students engaged.

A Collection of FREE Presentations in PowerPoint format for K-12 Teachers and Students.

Presentations and activites in PowerPoint format

Visual bee looks at the words and text on your slides and helps "soup up" your powerpoint presentation for you. There is a free plug in for PowerPoint. If you've gotta use it, perhaps some of the intelligence in here would be beneficial for you

The use of PowerPoint presentations in schools takes advantage of education technology integration strategies and techniques. However, student learning is not improved when these presentations are merely a substitute for note taking bullets from older overhead projectors. To take advantage of the power of this technology, the elimination of boring slide shows must be replaced with interactive story telling that keeps students engaged.

We all get overloaded from time to time, especially toward the end of a term when your todo list turns from being measured by points to metres. We all have our own capacity to deal with the issues at hand, and the ideas behind Cognitive Load Theory (CLT) attempt to maximise our bandwidth while streamlining the signals. The origins of the theory go back to the 1980s when a plethora of digital innovations changed how presentations were done in the business world. This trickled down in the following decades into how teachers presented ideas, moving away from blackboard and Over-Head Projectors to digitalised PowerPoint presentations. As with any new innovation, form overcame function, and for a period in the early noughties, I swear it must have been the law to cram as many animations and sound effects into every PowerPoint, and reading every word from the screen aloud was mandatory.

Google presentations is another alternative for presentations online. This can be collaborative (unlike some other options) and track changes, however, is a less beautiful version of Keynote/ Powerpoint. Google presentations has made dramatic improvements recently as evidenced by these templates that you can use and modify. If you're going to use Google presentations, I'd recommend starting with a template so the attractive features are already set for you.

Convert PowerPoint presentations to video files for online viewing.

Finally, a possible solution to the "how can I convert my Powerpoint to a video" question.

Designing better PowerPOint presentations. Has a Power Point presentation with do's and don't which is interactive and also an assessment tool which the authors shares with all educators.

presentations in powerpoint for science

How many times have you prepared an updated or new dynamic math or science PowerPoint or Keynote presentation for class and it would not open in school? Also, how many times has it happened to your students when it's time to give a class presentation? Now you need to postpone their presentation to another day, disrupting even the best planning.

presentation/powerpoint tips/handouts

Free presentation resources for students and teachers! Great stuff!!

Free slide backgrounds and PowerPoint templates from Educational Technology Clearinghouse at USF. Really nice work and good ones for technology presentations!

powerpoint for students and teachers elementary

This is a great presentation to view for two reasons: 1) This author shares why she wants ipad 2's in her classroom and the reasons are pretty unique. 2) She uses Author stream which boasts it can "do more with powerpoint" - is this an alternative to slideshare? Interesting tool.

Powerpoint makes us stupid!- General James N. Mattis

PPT style presentation service. Can make PPT presentaitons on the web.

A new web app for presentations that is receiving high reviews.

A new slide web app that is receiving very high reviews. It works inside your web browser and has a very PowerPoint-like interface. I'll be adding this to my list of presentation software that we cover in my 9th grade course.

Free Power Point Slide shows with instruction on using any version of LInux, created under a Creative Commons License. You can open them with POwerPoint or impress in Open Office.