Infusing Curriculum with Technology

Goals – To help facilitate the use of technology into classroom lessons.

PowerPoint

Keep it simple

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Please, please don’t read the slide word for word. – It kills the audience – PPT is a guide or stepping off tool NOT

Hyperlinks and action buttons In Microsoft PowerPoint, a hyperlink is a connection from a slide to another slide, a custom show, a Web page, or a file. The hyperlink itself can be text or an object such as a picture, graph, shape, or WordArt. An action button is a ready-made button that you can insert into your presentation and define hyperlinks for.

Use of sound effects Fun Keeps students engaged and alert Useful for emphasis

SMART Board Software You can use the SMART Board software even if you don’t have a SMART Board

Videos Informative A break from you Reaches the visual and auditory learners Fun short and sweet

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