Resources for PowerPoint

 

Creating PowerPoint:

PowerPoint in the Classroom (Step-by-step instructions): http://www.actden.com/pp/

PowerPoint Tutorial (Department of Computer Science, University of Rhode Island):
http://einstein.cs.uri.edu/tutorials/csc101/powerpoint/ppt.html

Tips and Tricks for PowerPoint 2000:
http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/2000/TipsPowerPoint.aspx

Insert and Play Movies in PowerPoint 97/2000 Presentations:
http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/2000/pptmovies.aspx

Save a PowerPoint 2000 Presentation as a Web Page:
http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/2000/pptmovies.aspx

Deliver Your PowerPoint 2000 Presentation over the Web:
http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/2000/ppwebsav.aspx

Laptop PowerPoint Presentation Tips: http://roadtools.com/tips.html

Use of PowerPoint in the Second Language Classroom:

Using PowerPoint Presentations in Writing Classes (article by by Martha C. Sammons):
http://technologysource.org/article/using_powerpoint_presentations_in_writing_classes/

Using Presentation Software to Enhance Language Learning (article by Miriam Schcolnik and Sara Kol):
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/Techniques/Schcolnik-PresSoft.html

Examples of PowerPoint for Language Learning:

Example of a PowerPoint file to download from the Web:
http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Instruction/Language/Workshops/connections.ppt

PowerPoint Presentations for Building Writing Skills, by the Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/pp/index.html

Additional Resources:

Microsoft Clip Art and Media: http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx?lc=en-us

Book: Stoll, Clifford ((1999). The Plague of PowerPoint. In High Tech Heretic: Why Computers Don't Belong in the Classroom. NewYork: DoubleDay, 179-184.

Microsoft PowerPoint - Design Considerations: http://kb.wisc.edu/helpdesk/page.php?id=3743

Ten Ways to Kill a Presentation: http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/lss/intime/killshow/

Lincoln's Gettysburgh Address in PowerPoint: http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~russell/gettysburg/
http://www.pitt.edu/~cbsiskin/ling2148/ppt.html
Last revised: January 30, 2008