• Changing Roles
  Technology & Education Reform

• Standards
  NETS
  Project Based Learning with Multimedia

Class Discussions: NETS and Academic Standards
http://academicbenchmarks.com/digital-resources
The Global Reach of the NETS
See: The NETS are being adapted for use around the world.

• Educational Reforms
  Create your first Presentation

• Graphics
  http://office.microsoft.com
  Proper use of graphics Click Here
  

• Copyright
  Curriculum Article
  The Educator's Guide to Copyright and Fair Use

• Memory Maker - Honored Veterans: Created as a culminating project by a class of sixth graders.
• Lesson Leader - The Great Depression: Created by a teacher, Tim Higgins, to introduce a history topic.
• Multimedia Montage — Dig It!: Created by a teacher to document a professional development expedition.
• Character Education — Violence and the Media: Created by students to present to their classmates for discussion.

1. Introduction to Non-Linear PowerPoints How Tos
   
   • Powerful Non Linear Powerpoint presentations
   • How to Make Non-Linear PowerPoint Presentations
   Some Examples:
   • Continents (Interactive Tutorial) — This PowerPoint was designed by students as a review and quiz for learning to identify the continents. Students get immediate feedback as they test their visual identification of the continents. Action buttons have been assigned to each of the continents and each answer on the quiz. Look at the settings.
   • Riddles (Interactive Games) — In this word game, students click on the riddle to see the correct answers.
   • Pyramids (Interactive Menu) — This is a one-slide PowerPoint presentation used as a center activity for the classroom. A Web site URL has been assigned to each category on the slide. This menu directs students to pre-selected and approved sites on the web. The view from the top of Khufu’s pyramid is a 360 degree QuickTimeVR tour. Use your mouse to spin around and look at the surrounding images.
2. Non-Linear PowerPoint Presentation How To from Microsoft

Unless you lock your slides, users can move in a linear fashion through your non-linear PowerPoint. Does this make sense? Let me explain…You want users to click on buttons; you do not want them to click elsewhere and move through the slide show in a linear fashion. If they mouse click anywhere on the slide, it will move to the next slide. They could go through your show and never know that you have buttons in it when your intent was to have them click buttons. Or this might give them an incorrect answer to their response. To prevent this from happening, go to SLIDE SHOW on the menu bar, then SLIDE TRANSITION, then to ADVANCE SLIDE. Be sure to UNCHECK “on mouse click” and UNCHECK on “automatically after”…..this will limit movement in your show to only the ACTION BUTTONS and SETTINGS you have established for slide progression.

1. Project Life Cycle: Click Here
2. Project Assessment Rubrics
   
   • Exemplary Projects Assessment
   • PowerPoint Rubric
   • Forestry Powerpoint : Multimedia Project

1. Filamentality
   TrackStar
2. Web Page: Technology Tools, Organizers & Templates
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