The document provides 16 ideas for using PowerPoint in educational settings, such as for morning warm-ups, collaborating on presentations, making posters, business cards, brochures, calendars, sharing presentations, creating infographics, adding interactive textboxes during presentations, inserting live web pages, using it as a graphics program, making custom shapes, animated digital stories, photo designs, assessment testing, and creating class circle stories with multiple endings. Each idea includes a brief description and links to online resources for more information.

2. 1. Morning warm-ups

3. Morning warm-ups
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/top-teaching/2013/02/powerpoint-
classroom-new-twist

4. 2. Add comments and
collaborate on a PowerPoint
presentation
http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/collaborate-on-a-
powerpoint-file-by-inserting-comments/

5. Go to Review/Add comment
1
2

6. Add a comment

7. 3. Make a poster using
PowerPoint

8. Watch a tutorial on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyxUAynlhOc

9. 4. Create business cards using
PowerPoint

10. Create business cards using PowerPoint
http://www.onlinepclearning.com/create-business-cards-powerpoint-2010/

11. 5. Make brochures that rock ‘n
roll using PowerPoint

12. Make tri-fold brochures
http://www.onlinepclearning.com/make-brochures-with-powerpoint-2010/

14. 6. Use PowerPoint to make a
calendar

15. Make a calendar
http://www.free-power-point-templates.com/articles/free-calendar-template-2013-powerpoint/

16. 7. Share your PowerPoints

17. Share your PowerPoints
http://www.pppst.com/

19. 8. Use PowerPoint to create
infographics

20. Create infographics
http://goo.gl/djohy

21. 9. Add an interactive textbox
control while you are giving a
presentation

22. Use PowerPoint to create interactive
textboxes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HX_jppZ4yN4

23. Include the developer tab on the
ribbon for this

24. You can now type on the slide in slide
show view

25. 10. Add a live web page into a
PowerPoint show

26. Follow the wizard’s prompts

27. Keep going…

28. Keep going…

29. Nearly done…

31. 11. Use PowerPoint as a
graphics programme

32. You can create layers for graphics
http://www.ellenfinkelstein.com/pptblog/use-powerpoint-as-a-graphics-program/

33. 12. Create custom shapes using
PowerPoint
http://goo.gl/yT1oa

35. 13. Make animated digital
stories using PowerPoint

36. Make animated stories
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PihHZF732BY

37. 14. Make lovely photo designs

38. Make photo designs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRb12vfcNmU

39. 15. Assessment testing

40. Use PowerPoint for assessments
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/top-teaching/2013/02/powerpoint-
classroom-new-twist

41. 16. Create a class circle story
with multiple endings
http://tellmeadigitalstory.wikispaces.com/Stori
es+With+Multiple+Endings

42. John
Introduction
Jane
John John Jane Jane
Create a storyboard plan

44. Introduction

45. John would click on the cave and then
create this plus the next two options

46. Jane would click on the house and then
create this plus the next two options

47. My Scoop.it collection of
PowerPoint ideas
http://www.scoop.it/t/the-uses-of-powerpoint-in-education

49. Thank you!