Assigning PowerPoint

NCCS Professional Development

Eric Curts

Introduction Why assign PowerPoint? Examples of student work Before the project Teaching the students to use PowerPoint While students are working on the project During the presentation Grading rubrics

Reasons to Assign PowerPoint Force students to

organize Force students to prepare Easy to share with many

people in different locations

Increase a useful skill

Easy to transfer Quick to make compared

to other mediums Motivating for students Outlet for creativity Easy to incorporate info

from the Internet

Reasons to Assign PowerPoint

Good for students that are not gifted in art

Portability for grading Encourages research Presentations can be

very professional and enjoyable

Examples of student work

Examples from last year

Before the project

Evaluate the tech level of your students (and you) Use the “Technology Level Survey” You should feel comfortable with PowerPoint, but do

not need to be an expert

Grouping students Match high tech skill students with lower tech skill

students

Before the project

Showing them examples Helps them see what is expected and possible

Making storyboards Help to save time in lab Use “PowerPoint Storyboards”

Teaching the students to use PowerPoint

More students are proficient in this from our computer apps classes.

Students can be done in the lab. You should set aside one class period for this.

Our “Using PowerPoint” quick guide can be given to them. Let me know if you need more copies.

While students are working on the project

Suggestions for a good presentation Small amount of text on each slide Large font size (32 pt.) Background, sounds, animations, images should not

distract from content

Where and when? Lab, library, classroom, home Only 1 or 2 days used from class time

While students are working on the project

What might go wrong Floppy disks get damaged easily. Should save

copy to hard drive or file server. Can be limited access to lab, scanners, digital

cameras, etc. Need to plan ahead. Presentation may not fit on one disk. Use “Pack

and Go” to split it up onto several disks.

While students are working on the project

Deadlines Set several due dates

during process to keep them on track.

During their presentations

Equipment to use Data projector, laptop, file server

Concerns Students may rely on PowerPoint too much and

may not talk enough or make eye contact.

Grading rubrics

We have many examples we have collected We are creating a district-wide rubric Each rubric will have different items to match

your project Rubric needs to emphasize content Don’t be wowed by PowerPoint