Microsoft Powerpoint 2000 2001 For Terrified Teachers

PowerPoint 2000/2001 for Terrified Teachers is an indispensible guide that will make using Microsoft PowerPoint easy and intuitive the first time you sit down with the program. This book will bring out the designer in you as you use this powerful communication tool to present your ideas clearly and effectively. The first half of the book introduces you to the features and capabilities of this program in an easy-to-follow, step-by-step manner. The second half of the book illustrates how these skills can be integrated into your classroom curriculum through a series of quick and easy projects. Book jacket.

PowerPoint for Terrified Teachers is divided into two parts. Part One aims to teach you the program, step by step. You'll be creating actual presentations in easy stages. Once you've mastered this section, you then proceed to Part Two, where the real fun begins. This section gives you lots of creative ways in which you can use this versatile program in your classroom. All you have to do is plug in your specific curriculum content and your off and running. CD included.

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Presents the tools needed to master the PowerPoint program, and also provides creative ways of using this program in the classroom.