Week 6 Using PowerPoint in the Classroom

PowerPoint’s designed as a presentation tool and great for e-learning.  I struggled to get past the PowerPoint look because I usually used the templates.  Essentially the tools create multimedia content regardless of how they’re designed.  The key is to understand what the tools can produce and then figure out different ways to use them.  This helped me get more value out of my applications.  For example, with an application like Quizmaker I focus on the quizzing because that’s what it’s designed to do.  But when I want to build “regular” e-learning, then I have to use something else. Browsing for more possibilities I found that I can do a lot more than quizzes like interactive branched-scenarios which is very interesting and new.  I tried to use PowerPoint to edit my graphics, create illustrations, videos, and Flash movies. With QuickWrite I can reduce the typing time several times and increase the writing accuracy.  The program predicts the word you are typing, using a predefined spelling vocabulary. QuickWrite will provide writing assistance in almost any application whenever you start typing - just a few compatible programs are messaging, web browsing, calendar, phone book, notes and many other. I need more practicing with all this. The key is to understand the tools and what you get.  The day-to-day users are the ones who will come up with the different ways to use the tools.  I made up a very nice Master Class in Cooking Ukrainian Dishes Slideshow Slideshow: TripAdvisor™ TripWow which I enjoy a lot! As to the Power Point- I have to change my Microsoft Office to 2007 or 2010 to create an interactive quiz in Powerpoint which uses some Visual Basic .