The power of PowerPoint

What’s the Point?

What is PowerPoint? PowerPoint is a presentation graphics package. It is used to produce professional- looking presentations. They can be viewed on a computer screen or through a data projector. The e-learning unit run staff training courses on using PowerPoint.

PowerPoint as a resource Using PowerPoint you can include pictures, video clips, sound, graphs, charts and links to other software and websites. These features can also be animated. We can exploit these features to create simple interactive teaching resources.

PowerPoint numeracy resources There are many examples available on the web. Ferl is a good source of basic skills resources on

Examples of numeracy resources Fractions, decimals and percentages jigsaw.Fractions, decimals and percentages jigsaw. Multiplication table Maths millionaire Pythagoras’ Theorem Although these presentations may take some experience of PowerPoint, you could produce something very similar with a little guidance. Pythagoras’ Theorem training.

But don’t overdo it…