Presentation Software
The software programs listed here are just a few of many available presentation software programs on the market that are designed to help you create multimedia presentations and web pages.
Software |
Description |
License |
Platform |
| Power Point | Multimedia presentation tool | Commercial | Mac/Win |
| Keynote | Drag and drop presentation software | Commercial | Mac |
| Apple Works | Multimedia presentation tool | Commercial/Trial | Mac |
The varied capabilities of presentation software include, but are not limited to the following: special effects in transitions from slide to slide, text animation in slide show, background themes, templates for business forms, home finance tools, labels, envelopes, catalogs, menus, planner lists, graph paper, writing toolbox for journals and reports, multi-columns, 3D charts, tables with calculations, save as web page, import art and photos. The presentation tools can be used across the curriculum and in varied grade levels.
- Applied Technology: Presentation software in applied technology helps students to financially plan, manage projects and present their understanding of issues in the workplace and community through the finance tools, planner lists and slideshows.
- Art: Presentation software in the arts helps the student express their ideas visually. Students choose colors, background and transitions that relate and communicate their ideas effectively.
- Foreign Language: Presentation software in foreign language is a tool for students to demonstrate their knowledge of culture and language use in the target language. The use of graphics and video can help them increase their vocabulary, speaking fluency and efficacy.
- Health and Physical Education: Presentation software in health and physical education is a tool a student can use to communicate and advocated issues regarding community health and fitness.
- Language Arts: Presentation software in language arts is a tool for the student to outline and organize their ideas concisely as well as assist students with reading. They can create digital books with narration (word-to sound) to help emergent readers. Hyperlinks can be used to define difficult vocabulary words or to import a video or audio clip. The word art tool can be used to create acrostic poems and the Jeopardy template can be used to create word games.
- Mathematics: Presentation software in math helps a student describe and present data visually.
- Science: Presentation software in science is a tool for students to describe their observations through a multimedia presentation that records their predictions, changes and effects of the environment.
- Social Studies: Presentation software in social studies is a tool for students to express their reflections and understanding of history related to present day society through a multimedia presentation.
Sample Lesson Plans
The following sample lesson plans provide a general idea on how the presentation software tool can be integrated in a content area and grade level. Although there may not be an example for every content area or at every grade level, the lessons from one content area or grade level can often be adapted to another due to its open-ended approach.
Grade Levels K-2
Language Arts
- A Day in the Life: Students will use knowledge and experience to tell about events.
Grade Levels 3-5
Arts: Theater
- A Day in the Life: Students will use knowledge and experience to tell about events.
Arts: Visual Arts
- A Day in the Life: Students will use knowledge and experience to tell about events.
Language Arts
- A Day in the Life: Students will use knowledge and experience to tell about events.
- Florida the Best WebQuest: Students will demonstrate that Florida is the Best State by creating a PowerPoint Presentation.
- Making Books: Students will make their own personal books using iPhoto.
Grade Levels 6-8
Arts: Theater
- European Newscast: Students will work collaboratively to learn about other cultures through internet research and then produce a newscast.
- Weather Newscast: Students will learn about weather patterns and television production while creating a mock weather report.
Arts: Visual Arts
- Must Love Animals: Students will research an animal they are interested in and present their findings in a AppleWorks slideshow.
Language Arts
- Liberty Scavenger Hunt: Students will use the internet to learn about the events leading up to the American Revolution.
- Must Love Animals: Students will research an animal they are interested in and present their findings in a AppleWorks slideshow.
Grade Levels 9-12
Arts: Visual Arts
- Store Design: Students will design their own stores through the use of multiple programs.
ESOL
- Voice of America: Students learn vocabulary and make sociological connections through the use of technology.
Language Arts
- The Cost of Progress: Students will achieve a better understanding of the costs of progress through the development of an informative website.
- Poetry Movies: Students will use a variety of technology applications to learn about the origin of selected poems including the poet, the poem's poetic devices, and analyze/describe poem's meaning.
- Store Design: Students will design their own stores through the use of multiple programs.
- Visualizing Vocabulary: Students demonstrate their understanding of vocabulary terms through the use of a graphic organizer.
- Voice of America: Students learn vocabulary and make sociological connections through the use of technology.