MS PowerPoint
Microsoft PowerPoint is a slide presentation tool that can be integrated with Nearpod, used to create Choice Boards, and used with screencasting to record instruction.
First Steps
Getting Started:
Get PowerPoint for Free: With a free Office 365 account, educators and students can access Microsoft’s cloud based tools, including Teams, Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Online versions do not offer all of the features of paid software.
Tool Guide to Getting Started This is an excellent walk through of exactly what you’ll see and do the first time you use this tool.
User communities and sites:
Twitter: @Microsoft365
Instagram: @Microsoft 365
Facebook Group: Microsoft 365
#Microsoft365
Technical Specifications:
Office 365 is accessible on wifi enabled devices including laptops, tablets and chromebooks.
Technical requirements for Mac/PC or Mobile Device.
Instructional Design
General guides to classroom use:
20 interactive PowerPoint activities to add awesome to classes
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion considerations:
Instructional grouping
Students can work collaboratively or individually when logged into their Office 365 accounts.
Formative and summative assessment options:
Student Oral Presentation Rubric from ReadWriteThink
Elementary Lessons and Applications:
PowerPoint Lesson Plan for Elementary Students
PowerPoint can also be used to create a Choice Board. See the Choice Board Guide for more information.
Secondary Lessons and Applications:
The 4 Best PowerPoint Lesson Plans for Middle School: Teaches students the basics of creating their own presentations.
Management
Student management
Active Learning with Power Point: A quick outline of strategies to maximize engagement with a slide deck.
Student engagement
20 interactive PowerPoint activities to add awesome to classes
Student privacy and security
Differentiation and Adaptation
Adaptive and assistive features
MS PowerPoint now allows you to create live, real time captions as you present. You can change the captions to a different language to support ELL learners. You can use screencasting to create a video that shows the captions when student review your instructions asynchronously.
How to use real time captions or subtitles during presentations
Select Closed Captions in Your Presentation in Any Language