CREATE MULTIMEDIA LESSON PLANS

When teachers are asked to use technology in the classroom,they have to go beyond just using plain,boring PowerPoint presentations. Some teachers even lift these from PPT libraries and do not bother to use the edit option to make it more interesting for their class.There are several ways that a teacher can retain the interest of her/his class using the internet tools. Even PowerPoint presentations can be made more creative using the options of narrating with your own voice,embedding a related youtube video,using transitions. Making your own little video with Windows Movie Maker can add sufficient interest if you use some class pictures as well. Depending on the subject taught,the teacher can choose her students from the class as subjects for the story being read,or create simple presentations to explain math concepts. Story Maps can be created with PowerPoint. Multiple choice quizzes can be created with PowerPoint. If the teacher allows the students time to create all of the above on their own,they will not only make the learning experience fun,but will also retain what they are learning for a long time.
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HOW TO MAKE ENGAGING PRESENTATIONS

PowerPoint presentations are commonly used today by teachers,students and businessmen.Making them more interesting than other presentations,is everybody's concern to keep the classroom or boardroom engaged.
One interesting site I came across is cooltext.
A FREE logomaker,buttonmaker,it also generates real COOL TEXT.Select the type of text,the font style,the size,and then how you want it to appear.There is the 3D version,animated glow,outline,to name a few.Choose colours,type in the text desired and your cooltext is generated in seconds.
You can download this to your computer,email it,or simply take the HTML code generated and use it on your website or blog,as a header,or in the sidebar.
I find that it retains the animated glow better when you insert it into a presentation on Google Docs.
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FREE PPT LIBRARY FOR TEACHERS

PowerPoint presentations are increasingly being used by every teacher to aid in classroom teaching.If you as an educator do not have time to prepare a ppt for a particular topic,you are free to alter readily available ppts on the said topic and use it.
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Free PPT Templates,Tutorials,Tips and Tricks are found at
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