Here they are! My beauties, my pride and joy, the fruit of my labour, the effort and results of many, many hours! The presentations I created that I used to create my Theory-based lessons for […]
Hyperlinking in a PowerPoint presentation is especially useful if one is creating an interactive presentation which allows a user to navigate about the slides. The zoom feature is also a super-cool way to use hyperlinking […]
PowerPoint has come a LONG way in terms of editing images. Some of the tools it provides are simply fantastic, like the background removal tool for images. You can remove the background from an image, […]
A fantastic slide transition tool to use with PowerPoint is the morph transition. It takes the objects on a slide and then animates them automatically to their new positions/sizes on the next slide. It definitely […]
I made a short video showing you how you can use PowerPoint to do screen recordings and also how to record your PowerPoint slides to create a “flipped class” context where you can provide the […]
I was inspired by our Primary School music teacher who was looking for an easier way of using her interactive whiteboard to teach songs using music notation. The software that came along with the hardware […]
Here is a PowerPoint file I made using the OfficeMix add-in. The aim was to show my Grade 8 students some basic skills in MS Word that they will need. I created a video for […]
I will be attending the Microsoft E2 Hack The Classroom Educators Exchange Summit in Toronto, Canada, next week! It’s a massive event with over 300 educators from around the world all being exposed to new […]
I created a “memory game” in PowerPoint for my Grade 7’s. The objective is to use animations, animation triggers and the selection pane to create the game. […]
I have the opportunity of being able to teach Grade 7 Computer Applications Technology. As they have covered all the basics of the Microsoft Office suite already, I have decided to teach them slightly more […]
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