Computers in the Classroom

Judy Arzt, Ph.D., Saint Joseph College, CT

Samples of PowerPoint Presentations

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In addition to the links provided below for viewing samples off the Internet, please note that if you are on campus, you can access PowerPoint samples from the college network. Open PowerPoint and look in the J drive for a folder called “PowerPoint Samples.” This folder contains about a dozen sample PowerPoint presentations. For your convenience, however, I have placed samples displays on the Internet. Check this page periodically for updates. Click on the links to view PowerPoint Presentations Passport to Algebra and Geometry, Trigonometry for Grade 8 This presentation makes outstanding use of PowerPoint features and shows trigonometry’s practical relevancy. History of Berlin See a presentation that makes use of scanned illustrations. This presentation on the history of Berlin, CT was used with elementary students who were studying the history of their hometown (Berlin). Roman Empire This presentation was created for a social studies secondary class and required students to use the Internet to study the Roman Empire. See this presentation for ideas about designing slides in an attractive visual way. The Renaissance See another presentation by the person who did the one on the Roman Empire. This presentation is intended for use also in secondary social studies class. Making Your Slide Presentation More Effective Using PowerPoint Get some tips on what PowerPoint is and does by viewing this attractive, humorous presentation. Using Effective Dialogue This presentation helps students with using effective techniques for incorporating dialogue into their creative stories. The presentation is excellent for the 6-12 grade language arts area. Our ABC Garden A useful presentation for seeing how to integrate science into the elementary school curriculum, this presentation is quite colorful. Check it out. Literature Circle A straightforward presentation is given about using literature circles in the elementary classroom. Pompeii This sample was created by a seventh-grade student in a pull-out special education resources room for use in his regular social studies class. Creating and showing the presentation in front of his peers helped his self-esteem, according to his teacher, Valeria Flynn. Pompeii Here is one created by a Latin teacher for use with her middle school students. The photographs and animation on this presentation are impressive, and the teacher’s sense of humor is an added bonus. We’re Off to the Moon See this presentation for an effective way to teach astronomy to elementary-school children. Teaching Third Graders Vocabulary This presentation incorporates photographs of students in the teacher’s third class as a motivational way to teach weekly vocabulary words. Once you go to the URL using the link above, scroll down the homepage looking for the link to the PowerPoint presentation. This link is the last link on the homepage and says, “PowerPoint Project.” http://ww2.sjc.edu/student_pages/rsullivan/ for direct link to website Edgar Allen Poe See this presentation on Poe if you are interested in ways for integrating PowerPoint into the language arts/ English curriculum. This presentation was created by an 8^th grade English teacher. Visit Ann’s site by clicking on the URL above, and then look for the link “Poe …PowerPoint Presentation,” found on the homepage. http://ww2.sjc.edu/student_pages/adonaghy for direct link to website Tornadoes This PowerPoint was used in an upper-elementary classroom in a weather unit on tornadoes. Open Sandra’s homepage and click on the link to the PowerPoint to see the presentation. http://www.sjc.edu/student_pages/sadams for direct link to website Spina Bifida This PowerPoint demonstrates teaching biological concepts to 8^th grade students. Visit Kerry’s site and look for the link on her homepage to her PowerPoint on Spina Bifida. http://ww2.sjc.edu/student_pages/kkirchhofer for direct link to website Links to additional presentations, such as the ones described above, will be added. Check this page for updates.

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@Judy Arzt

jarzt@sjc.edu