PowerPoint for Teachers: Dynamic Presentations and Interactive Classroom Projects (Grades K-12)
PowerPoint® For TeachersDynamic Presentations and Interactive Classroom ProjectsGrades K-12PowerPoint for Teachers is written especially for teachers like you, who want to use PowerPoint in the classroom to enhance your presentations, teach your students how to use the application, and create interactive educational projects.No matter what your level of expertise—just getting started or seasoned pro—PowerPoint for Teachers gives you the step-by-step information youneed to introduce PowerPoint into your classroom and offers a great selectionof creative projects for your students.PowerPoint for Teachers includes the dos and don'ts for best results and shows you how to use PowerPoint most effectively for classroom presentationsdemonstrates how to use PowerPoint to create interactive applications— including clickable maps, interactive quizzes, and games—all through simple steps, with no programming knowledge needed offers tips on how best to teach PowerPoint to your studentscontains suggestions for creating the most effective presentations and  projects for different age groups.In addition, this handy resource includes sample customizable presentations and interactive games and activities that are available for free from the companion website.PRAISE FOR POWERPOINT FOR TEACHERS"As the complexity and sophistication of educational technology increase exponentially, it is easy to overlook the simple but still powerful teaching tools available to us all. Finkelstein and Samsonov do us a service in reminding us of just how useful and flexible PowerPoint can be as a powerful, creative, and user-friendly interactive teaching tool. With this book, any teacher interested in bringing technology into their teaching can do so, and to their students' benefit."—Dr. Robert Slater, professor, Educational Administration and Human Resources,Texas A&M; University"This how-to guide on the use of PowerPoint helps educators move into more visually oriented, interactive levels of teaching, where students are more likely to remember and use what we have taught them. I'd recommend every teacher add these simple technologies to their repertoire of teaching strategies."—Christopher Jones, chairman, department of education, Maharishi University of Management