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 * Working with PowerPoint in the Classroom **

· Consider the purpose of your presentation · Think about the audience and the message that you want to get across · Do you need to assess some PowerPoint skills? Think about: · The background – a consistent background doesn’t detract from your message · The layout – a consistent layout lets your images and text tell their own story · The fonts – make sure that your fonts are clear and easy to read · Photographs and pictures – a picture is worth a thousand words · Animations, transitions and timings – these are the last things to consider Start off by setting up your whole slideshow – format your background, making sure that the background is appropriate to the slides, and will add to your message. Use the storyboard to set up your slideshow. Once you have created your slideshow, look at each slide with the following in mind – · Grammar, punctuation and spelling · Look at the fonts – are the style, colour and size appropriate? · Do the pictures and text ‘match’? Look at animation schemes and slide transitions. These should enhance a presentation rather than distract from the message. Do you want your effects to happen on mouse click or automatically after a certain period of time. Any sounds, music or movies that are added should be appropriate to the slideshow.
 * Firstly – is PowerPoint the best way to present your ideas? **
 * Identify your assessment criteria - **
 * Create your assessment rubric - ** make sure that the students know what they are being assessed on – do they need to participate in developing the rubric? Is the presentation going to be self, peer, parent or teacher assessed? Make sure that the assessors understand the criteria.
 * Plan ** your presentation before you go near the computer.
 * Storyboard ** each slide.
 * Teaching **
 * Identify which skills you need to model
 * Show the students the specific skills they need to be successful
 * Work out who are your class experts
 * Make sure that everyone knows what the assessment criteria are – display your rubric where everyone can see it
 * At the Computer **
 * Then **