Powerpoint+Training+5-26-10

Work in pairs to create the transparencies.
> > __Choose one of the following two wikipedia articles as inspirational source material:__ > You can choose either make transparencies that would be used during a unit on the Water Cycle or a unit on Ancient Egypt.
 * One of your transparencies should be notes, definitions, or other basic written information.
 * One of your transparencies should be a venn diagram, flow chart, short concept map, or tree chart.
 * One of your transparencies should be a **table** of information.
 * One of your transparencies should be a drawing (picture) with labels (maps can count for this!).

__**STEP ONE:** // You don't need to do anything or memorize anything - it's just a broad overview of where we're going today. //__ We are going to watch SOME of this video together. You don't need to click this link - I will show the video on the large screen. You can come back and watch it again later if you want by clicking here. We are also going to watch this video: []

__**STEP TWO:** // We will stop the video at each part, and do the activities together. //__ We are going to watch this video together about **getting started** with a presentation in PowerPoint. You will open Powerpoint on your computer, and I will play the video.

**STEP THREE:** //__ We will stop the video at each part, and do the activities together. __//

Here are other videos we will watch and use, depending on the transparencies you created: Venn Diagram: [] Adding a table: [] Adding a picture: [] Adding a background: []Add a slide transition: []

**STEP FOUR:** //__No video this time, so just watch what I do and we'll do it together.__//

I don't have a cool video for this one, but we are going to add one more slide and draw a mouse on it, just to practice drawing our own shapes. We will link shapes together, paying attention to making sure we understand what shapers are in front or behind, and that the shapes are grouped together so they move together. We will also change the color of the shapes. Your mouse will announce the end of your slide show, so we will have the mouse say something in a word bubble to end the show.

__ **STEP FIVE:** //I will come around and help you when you are ready.// __ You will save your slides, and you will know how to find the file you just saved. You will learn how to show the slide show. You will print out slide handouts so students can take notes. []

__ **STEP SIX:** //Individual exploration of the training materials.//__ On your own pace, to investigate further: []

**TIPS:**
 * If you highlight something with your mouse, you can //**copy it**// by holding down the **//CTRL key while hitting the letter C once.//**
 * To duplicate what you copied, you **paste** it by holding down the //**CTRL key while hitting the V key once.**//
 * The combination **CTRL A** highlights and selects everything on your screen at once. ( "Select all" which is why you hold down CTRL and A for all.)
 * Not everyone has Office 2007, many people still have Office 2003. When you save a file, if you don't know that the person who is going to use the file has Office 2007, make sure you save it as an Office 2003 file so they can open it on their computer. If you are just using it for yourself on the same computer you just made it on, then you don't need to worry about it. :)

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