Slide deck for the following presentations: Siko, J.P. (2014, February). Using PowerPoint for interactive quizzes and student designed games. Presentation at Mercy Tech Talk, Farmington, MI. Siko, J.P. (2013, November). Beyond Lectures: Using PowerPoint for Formative Assessment, Interactive Quizzes, and Student Designed Games. Presentation at the Grand Valley State University Regional Math and Science Center 29th Fall Science Update, Grand Rapids, MI. Siko, J.P. (2013, October). Using PowerPoint for Interactive Quizzes and Student Designed Games. Presentation at the Indiana Computer Educators Conference, Indianapolis, IN. Siko, J.P. (2013, March). Beyond lectures: Using PowerPoint for formative assessment, interactive quizzes, and student designed games. Presentation at the Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning Conference, Detroit, MI. Siko, J.P. (2013, March). Using MS PowerPoint for interactive assessments and game design. Presentation at the Michigan Science Teachers Association Annual Conference, Ypsilanti, MI.

1. Using MS PowerPoint for
Interactive Assessments
and Game Design
Jason Siko
Assistant Professor of Educational Technology
Grand Valley State University

2. What I’ll be doing
 Briefly Discuss PowerPoint’s History & PowerPoint
lecture tips (http://tinyurl.com/howtoteachppt)
 Show how to embed formative assessment using mobile
devices into PowerPoint (i.e., PollEverywhere)
 Show how to use the Action Button feature in
PowerPoint
 Show how to create interactive quizzes
 Build on quiz idea for student created artifacts

3. Remember
 Microsoft PowerPoint was originally (and still is)
developed as BUSINESS PRESENTATION SOFTWARE
 Entertain clients
 Close the deal
 Bias data with graphs and images
 For education
 No bells, whistles, animations
 Dark Sans Serif fonts on lighter backgrounds
 Only necessary images
 Limit bullet points

5. Embedding Formative Assessment
 PollEverywhere (http://www.polleverywhere.com)
 Allows for you to create questions that students can
respond with mobile devices (cell phone, smart phone,
tablet/iPad)
 Various Student Response Systems (i.e., “clickers”)
accomplish same result; instructions vary.

6. Example

8. Action Buttons
 Inserted shape that, when pressed,
sends you to a predetermined slide
Presentation is no longer linear!

9. PowerPoint 97-2004

10. PowerPoint 2007-

11. Examples

12. Tutorials
 Create downloadable tutorials for students to work
through. Buttons can act as pathways to different
sections.
GENETICS
Replication Translation Transcription

13. Interactive Quizzes
 Create quizzes for
students to self-assess
 Multiple choice questions
 True/False questions
 “Save As…” slideshow to
prevent access to
answers.

14. Feedback
 Incorporate corrective feedback into the
questions themselves
 Instead of “Wrong!”  “Wrong, because…”

15. Now…Turn it around

16. Games
 Add elements of stories/narratives to quizzes
 Incorporate Writing-Across-Curriculum strategies
 Add challenges/inefficiencies/game elements
 Move from Drill-&-Practice to Choose-Your-Own-
Adventure

17. Homemade PowerPoint Game
 Student-generated game using MS
PowerPoint
 Can be self-contained within .ppt file or
have a printable game board and pieces
 Download at http://tinyurl.com/ugappt
Template can be found at: http://it.coe.uga.edu/wwild/pptgames/

18. Justifications for use
 Constructionism
 Learning by building
 Creation of meaningful artifact
 Microtheme narratives
 Concise narratives focus thoughts and ideas
 Question-writing
 Process of writing questions, determining answer, &
creating plausible alternatives forces students to
analyze and synthesize content
 With practice, students write higher-order questions

19. Examples

20. Tips
 Discourage drill-and-practice for games
 “Save the princess” games
 Put limits on file sizes
 If it can be done outside the lab, do it in
class
 Give students unit objectives as a guide

21. Tips
 Give students instruction on question
writing
 Determining incorrect options
 Corrective feedback
 Moving up the taxonomy
 Tying questions to story
 Allow time for drafts and revisions

22. Questions?

23. Thanks for Coming!!!!
 Jason Siko
 Assistant Professor of Educational Technology
 Grand Valley State University
 Grand Rapids, MI
 sikojp@gmail.com / sikoj@gvsu.edu
 http://jasonsiko.com