Slide Design Elements

EQ - How can I change the design elements of a PowerPoint slide?

1. Activator - Collaborative Pairs:  Avoid Being PowerPointless
2. Introduction to Slide Design Elements
1. Slide Layout
2. Tables
3. Charts
4. SmartArt
5. Pictures From File
3. Your Turn
1. Choose Figure 1-104 or 1-105
2. Create the PPT using the Outline Pane
3. Make the PPT attractive using the slide design elements presented in class
4. TOD 
1. Which design element do you expect to use the most?
2. In what class(es) will you most likely use each design element? How will you use it?

Avoid Being PowerPointless

EQ - How can I avoid being PowerPointless?

1. Activator -  PowerPoint Standup
2. Worst PowerPoint EVER
3. Class Activity - How can we make this better?
4. Avoid Being PowerPointless - PPT
5.  Error Analysis
1. What areas in your Favorite Things ppt can you modify to avoid being PowerPointless?
2. Make adjustments to remedy these errors
6. Small group presentations

Favorite Things Project

EQ - How can I avoid being PowerPointless?

1. Activator - Homework Review
2. Create an Outline
3. Follow Along
1. Formatting Text
1. Font Group
2. Format Painter Tool
2. Formatting Placeholders
3. Inserting Objects
1. ClipArt
2. Images
3. SmartArt
   
4. Applying Content to Favorite Things
1. Review Project Requirements
2. Finalize Outline
5. Opening a PowerPoint
1. Project Work Time
6. TOD - Today I accomplished ______________ and _____________. Next class I will begin by ________________.

PowerPoint Logic

EQ - How can thinking logically about the Tabs of PowerPoint, help me use the features of the software? 

1. Activator - Worst Case Scenario: Bear Grylls
1. Video - HERE
2. Why does this escape plan make sense?
2. A closer look at Tabs, Groups, and Commands
1. Advanced Organizer
2. Together - Spotting Trends of the Home Tab
3. Collaborative Pairs
3. Class Discussion - Logic and Using PowerPoint
4. TOD - Answer the EQ

Introduction to PowerPoint

EQ - What components of PowerPoint do I need to know before I can create a successful PowerPoint project?

1. Activator:  Quick Recap with a partner
2. Review Communications Model
3. Communications Model Quiz
4. Activator: Chalk Talk - What do you know about PowerPoint?
5. Key Terminology
6. Screenshot Introduction
7. TOD - Today I learned about _________.  It includes ________, _______, and ________. 

 

Communication & PowerPoint

 EQ - How does the use of PowerPoint require an understanding of the communications model?

1. Activator - Draw and Explain the Communications Model
2. Identifying Noise
1. External
2. Internal
3. Semantic
3.  Public Speaking Opportunity #2
1. Identify a topic
2. Elevator speech
4. Self-Assessment
1. In what situations do you find yourself most distracted?
2. What are your worries/concerns (if any) when presenting to a group of people?
3. Do you think your second public speaking opportunity contained any noise?  Explain why or why not?
5. Know your Audience
1. Class discussion
2. Jot notes about your fellow classmates to keep in your notebook
6. TOD
1. Briefly summarize the communications model
2. How will understanding this model help us communicate more effectively? 
3. How can we use this understanding to deliver effective PowerPoint presentations? 

**Quiz next class (Tuesday, September 4)
- Communications Model
- Noise in communication
- Answer the EQ

Welcome to PowerPoint

 EQ - How does the use of PowerPoint require an understanding of the communications model?

1. Activator - Customized License Plate TPS
2. Syllabus Review, Classroom Procedures, Expectations
3. Class Brainstorm - What do you know about PowerPoint
4. Communications Model 
5. Identifying Noise
1. External
2. Internal
3. Symmantic
6. Self-Assessment
1. In what situations do you find yourself most distracted?
2. What are your worries/concerns (if any) when presenting to a group of people?
3. Do you think your License Plate presentation had any noise?  Explain why or why not?
7. Know your Audience
1. Class discussion
2. Jot notes about your fellow classmates to keep in your notebook
8. TOD
1. Briefly summarize the communications model
2. How will understanding this model help us communicate more effectively?

How can we use this understanding to deliver effective PowerPoint presentations?