PowerPoint is on every computer in this college and every college I have worked with. Students, faculty, and staff use and abuse it every day. Those of you who know me know that I am not particularly an advocate of commercial technology but it is a tool that is being used for teaching and learning. When I am wearing my instructional designer’s cap, I have to think about the best uses of any tool. Here is a presentation I gave on PowerPoint:
Edward Tufte is a personal hero of mine. I think his critiques of PowerPoint are valid. But PowerPoint is just a tool. Tools don’t make bad presentations; people with tools do. Here are some more resources from today’s presentation:
PowerPoint Resources for Beginners
- Microsoft’s Create a Basic Presentation in PowerPoint 2007
- Microsoft’s Overview of PowerPoint 2007
- Microsoft’s Create a Basic Presentation in PowerPoint 2010
- Microsoft’s Basic Tasks in PowerPoint 2010
- Slideshare
- Slideboom (includes wider audio option)
- Google Drive (stores online and has embed code)
- Presentation Zen – Lots of common sense and examples on creating presentations
- Great PowerPoint Presentation Samples– Written by Meryl K Evans and edited by Michele McDonough