Use PowerPoint to empower students to create. It is important that we help our students develop critical thinking and higher order thinking skills. Microsoft PowerPoint is a tool that empowers students to plan, create, and analyze. As students use the tool to improve the learning of content, they develop important technical skills that will benefit them in the future.
- [Narrator] We've discussed several innovative ways…for you, the educator, to use PowerPoint.…However, in this video, let's take a look…at how we can use PowerPoint to empower students.…In the digital age, it's important for us…to engage our students in higher-order thinking…and help to develop their 21st century skills,…including communication, collaboration,…and critical and creative thinking.…Rather than having students memorize information…for exams, we need students applying the information…that they're learning.…A tool like PowerPoint allows you to do this…in several ways.…
First, we can teach students presentation skills.…Teach them tips and best practices…for efficient and engaging presentations,…and then have them deliver a presentation.…Now remember, though, that public speaking…is one of the most feared things for people to do.…Being required to speak in front of others…can be really stressful, and it might not…always be necessary in order to accomplish…what it is that you're trying to assess.…You could also have students apply their content knowledge…
Author
Oliver Schinkten
Released
12/5/2018- Overview of Microsoft Office 365 for educators
- Creating effective and engaging presentations in PowerPoint
- Recording presentations for flipped classes
- Creating tutorials and flipped classes with Sway
- Tracking student progress with Excel
- Creating visual representations of data in Word
- Sharing resources with OneDrive
- Creating class notebooks with OneNote
- Communicating and collaborating with Microsoft Teams
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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Introduction
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1. Overview of Microsoft Office
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Microsoft Office Online2m 36s
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2. Microsoft PowerPoint for Educators
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Effective presentations3m 9s
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Engaging presentations2m 52s
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Link actions6m 10s
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3. Sway for Educators
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What is a Sway?5m 39s
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4. Microsoft Excel for Educators
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Track student progress7m 25s
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Filtering results2m 39s
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5. Microsoft Word for Educators
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Use Word templates1m 46s
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6. One Drive for Educators
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7. One Note for Educators
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OneNote Class Notebooks7m 59s
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OneNote Web Clipper2m 59s
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8. Microsoft Teams
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Create a new class4m 44s
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Create assignments5m 14s
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 54s
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