MeganW Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 My kids have never used PowerPoint, and have to do a presentation using it. We have two weeks, and plenty of time. I thought I'd use this time to teach them how to do it. Thoughts on how to do that? Is there an app? Game? Website? Anything more interesting and effective than me talking? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 I let mine just work with it and try out things on their own, when they were in 5th grade. Powerpoint is very intuitive. In my experience, the best way to learn to use any software is to just play around with it. Just tell them to save often, and show them how to use google to find out stuff they want to do. It's important that they feel confident that they are allowed to explore and experiment, and not afraid of "messing things up". 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Tick Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 I put together a brief slide show (about President Hoover, I think) and used it to show some of the possibilities, particularly with regard to transitions and animations. Then they went off and messed around a bit. Once they see some of the possibilities, just doing it is a nice way to really learn it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 I would probably just have them watch a quick tutorial and then play around with it. I use Powerpoint pretty much daily at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Kids are good at figuring PowerPoint out on their own :). All I did was taught my kids (K & 2nd at that time) how to do the bibliography for their science fair PowerPoint slides. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 DD had an assignment, a month or two ago, that specified PowerPoint. Her PC has WORD but we were not going to buy PowerPoint for that assignment. She downloaded and installed LibreOffice 4.4 which is free. She used the equivalent of PowerPoint. I did not hear any complaints from her. Apparently her Instructor was able to view her assignment, without any issues. If you just play around in the Application you will probably learn how to use the most important functions and they have Help available. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Mine picked up on it right away. Not much to teach. He probably could teach me at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDoe Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 Outlining, Edward Tufte, Barbara Minto, etc might be suggested to make good Powerpoint presentations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raptor_dad Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Outlining, Edward Tufte, Barbara Minto, etc might be suggested to make good Powerpoint presentations. Tufte is great for ideas on how to visually present information. I understand what you are saying and agree... I just find it ironic considering his widely stated view that PowerPoint is evil and is making our entire society stupider.[1] [1] http://archive.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/ppt2.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDoe Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 I just find it ironic considering his widely stated view that PowerPoint is evil and is making our entire society stupider. Hyperbole, but he does have a valid point in that the standard templates of Powerpoint are terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sneezyone Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 I'd explore something like Prezi over PowerPoint. It's more dynamic, illustrative, and forward thinking and puts the typical PowerPoint to shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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