Educator. Author. Speaker. Teacher ICT Development. M.Ed. MOS. MIEE.
Here is another template I made for teachers to use to introduce the advantages and disadvantages of a topic. It’s based on cards in a card pocket that slide up and down when clicked on. You can slide each card down by clicking on it (when it’s open). I hope you can use it. Below … Read more
Based on my previous idea of the carousel template. I thought about making it into a slider template that can be used as an interactive presentation tool instead. It’s easier to make than the carousel template too! Feel free to use it, edit it and make it your own! Download the file here
Here is an excerpt from one of my lessons on the Motherboard. Instead of just labelling the motherboard, I used PowerPoint, image cropping and the morph transition to create a zooming-in experience of a motherboard with colour-coded labels and outlines. Free copy to download.
Here is another template I made, also inspired from what I have seen other people do online with PowerPoint. It’s a carousel template. Have a look and see if you can use it for your own work! Enjoy! If you would like a tutorial on how I made it, please do let me know. Check … Read more
Here is a template I made, inspired by seeing other ideas on YouTube, I used this for some content for one of my lessons. It’s a content slider for your slides. I hope you will find it useful. You can modify and adapt it to your needs. Enjoy! Here is a sample of the template … Read more
I needed a specific type of visual for a particular slide I was designing for my Grade 10 CAT classes. I wanted to have a fax machine scanning a piece of paper. Now, I know I could probably find a GIF or video somewhere but I rather like creating my own material. So I created … Read more
Here is a video I made (as part of staff training at my school) showcasing some of the things that I think are pretty cool about PowerPoint. They include using various Add-ins, the Online Presentation feature and Subtitles. Check it out, I think you may find some really useful tools here as a teacher and … Read more
You made the most wonderful PowerPoint presentation with all the bells and whistles…but it’s simply too big to share or upload for your class to access. So, what do you do? Start removing some of those precious hand-crafted slides that took hours to make? No! Did you know you can compress a PowerPoint file down … Read more
Seeing my Grade 8’s for less than 1 hour per week. Now that’s a challenge. I decided to teach them some of the cooler things in PowerPoint before we move on to creating “proper” presentations. I created a video to show them how to remove the background of an image in PowerPoint and then gave … Read more
If you use PowerPoint a lot, like myself, you may find that sometimes you have some slides from another presentation that you would like to include in your current presentation. Before you do what I have seen too many teachers do – have both open and manually switch between presentations while everyone watches and waits … Read more