Lesson+for+Creating+Good+PowerPoint+Slides


 * __Lessons for 5th Grade. PowerPoint Design__**

i.e. trying to prevent the following: too much clip art; wild and distracting backgrounds; unnecessary sounds; too much animation; crowding the edges etc.
 * __Objective__**: To make students aware of the elements of PowerPoint design.

Create a folder in the class folder called “Autobiographical PowerPoints”
 * __set up Before Lesson One:__**

Ask students to create one slide in PowerPoint. This should be an Autobiographical Slide. Use Word Art for their name. Use clip art and text boxes to describe themselves. Explain that the class will look at all the PowerPoints and that we will be looking for the best. At the end of class have each student save their PowerPoint in the Autobiographical PowerPoints folder. The file should have the same name as the student.
 * __Lesson One:__**


 * __Before Lesson Two__**: Ask the intern to create one PowerPoint that combines all the student PowerPoints.

Go through the PowerPoint called Presentation-tips. It is saved on the u-drive U:\ Elementary\Media Specialist CRT Manual\ 2 CRT\Software Applications\Microsoft Office\PowerPoint\Presentations-tips.ppt
 * __Lesson Two:__** Use the large screen to demonstrate all the slides in the show. Go through the show once and then go back to ones that are good. Have the students select which ones are good and describe why they are good.

If time look through more student PowerPoints and evaluate them.


 * __Before Lesson Three__**. Create a new folder in the class folder. Call this one “Biographical PowerPoints”

Save their work this time in the Biographical PowerPoints folder. Still use their own name as the file name.
 * __Lesson Three:__** This is a repeat of lesson one, except this time students are creating a slide about someone else. It can be a friend in the class, a famous person etc. etc. As they are working remind them of the things talked about in Lesson Two.


 * __Before Lesson Four:__** Ask the intern to create one PowerPoint that combines all the student PowerPoints.


 * __Lesson Four__**: Use the large screen to demonstrate all the slides in the show. Go through the show once and then go back to ones that are good. Have the students select which ones are good and describe why they are good. Review things from lesson 2 if necessary.


 * __Lesson Five:__** Have students create a new PowerPoint called “The Very Best PowerPoint Slides.” Subtitle: Collected by …….. Show them how to import slides from the previous weeks. (Remember to show them the “Save source formatting’ option.) Once the slides are imported allow them to tweak the slides to make them the very best.