Sep 23 2008


Microsoft PowerPoint 2008 Mac

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There are quite a few differences in the look of PowerPoint 2008 for Mac and PowerPoint 2007 for Windows, but most of functionality is the same in both. Here are some sites that might help you as you learn how to use the new software:

  1. Mactopia – PowerPoint: Mac 2008
  2. Mactopia – PowerPoint Help and How-To
  3. Luther College – Mac PowerPoint 2008 (Handout)
  4. InfiniteSkills – PowerPoint 2008 Video Lessons (Understanding the Interface)
Integrating PowerPoint within your classroom can be tricky sometimes. It is easy to get into the groove of just using PowerPoint yourself to present things to your students, but there is a world of possibilities out there of ways you and your students can use it to enhance the learning process. Check out some of these sites for some ideas:
 
Internet4Classrooms (i4c)
  1. PowerPoint resources found on the web
  2. Using Google to Search for PowerPoint Shows
Online Tutorials (will have to by slightly adapted for Mac)
  1. A Bit Better Corporation – PowerPoint Tips and Tricks
  2. ComputerTips.com – PowerPoint Tips
  3. Ellen Finkelstein.com – PowerPoint Tips
Resources for the Classroom:
  1. PowerPoint in the Classroom
  2. PowerPoint Features to Use in the Classroom
  3. PowerPoint Activities
  4. PowerPoint Ideas and Resources
  5. PowerPoint Presentations - By Ed Tech Students
  6. PowerPoint Ideas - TechTrekers
  7. Ideas for Using PowerPoint in the Classroom - Tuscaloosa School District
  8. PowerPoint in the Classroom - The Tech Connected Teachers
 Pre-made PowerPoint Presesentations to Download       

  1. Education Using PowerPoint – Science
  2. World of Teaching  – Great site!!  
  3. Vicki Blackwell’s PowerPoint Templates for Teachers

 

There are also places on the web where you can get background templates and other resources to use in PowerPoint:

PowerPoint Templates

  1. Brainy Betty - Free PowerPoint Templates
  2. Free PowerPoint Education Template
  3. Sonia Coleman’s Free Templates
  4. Presenters’ Resource
  5. Microsoft’s PowerPoint Templates
  6. Powerbacks

  7. TemplatesWise

  8. Indezine

  9. Template Ready


 

Here are a couple of sites you can go to if you would like to share your presentations with the world:

  1. SlideShare
  2. TeacherTube

 

Have Fun!!

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Aug 25 2008


It Begins!!

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Welcome to CSM Central!

Come back throughout the year to find out more about various way of integrating technology into the curriculum.

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Aug 25 2008


Graphic Organizers

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What is a graphic organizer??

 

Well, it is an instructional tool used to help students illustration information about a given topic. There are quite a few reasons why you might want to use graphic organizers with your students:

 

  1. Helps students organize their thoughts 
  2. Encourages students to think about information in different ways
  3. Allows students to see connections between pieces of information
  4. Provides an alternative method for students to demonstrate understanding
  5. Helps students see the big picture
  6. Gives students a concrete/visual tool

 

The most common one used in education for many years is the KWL chart that displays what student KNOW, WANT to learn, and HOW they can learn more. The North Central Regional Education Laboratory explains what they are and gives some example of how they can be used in the classroom.

 

Graphics organizers have become so much more! Here are a few websites that have some examples of graphics organizers you and your students can download and complete:

  1. Houghton Mifflin’s Graphic Organizers
  2. TeacherVision Graphic Organizers
  3. edHelper Graphic Organizers
  4. Education Oasis Graphic Organizers
  5. teAchnology – Graphic Organizer Makers – create your own online
  6. Thinkature: Real-time Collaboration for the Web – Great online collaboration tool!!
Some the websites above have interactive graphic organizers such as this Sequence Chain from TeacherVision.

Your textbook may have come with some graphic organizers as well. These days, many of them come on a CDROM so that you can download and customize them for you classroom. Microsoft Office also comes with some great tools for creating graphic organizers.

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