Every year I do a series of posts on the updates that have happened over the course of the last 6 months with various office products and this year I am going to do just a couple of posts and combine multiple products. This week we are going to focus on PowerPoint and Teams, next week the blog will be OneNote, Word, & OneNote. The final week will be on Co-Pilot and Designer.
Every year I do a series of posts on the updates that have happened over the course of the last 6 months with various office products and this year I am going to do just a couple of posts and combine multiple products. This week we are going to focus on PowerPoint and Teams, next week the blog will be OneNote, Word, & OneNote. The final week will be on Co-Pilot and Designer. PowerPoint Teleprompter PowerPoint’s video recording feature is…
Last year I wrote about the greatest educational tool Microsoft has ever created; Reading Progress. The tool was in its early stages, and I approached it as an overview of the program. Today’s post is going to focus on how to use it in your classroom. For those of you who don’t want to go back and read my previous post on Reading Progress, here is a quick refresher Reading Progress is a free tool built into MS Teams and is…
Every year I review the updates to several of the Microsoft tools that are commonly used. This week I am focusing on PowerPoint. Before we get into the latest updates let’s take a brief look at the history of this powerful program. History A quick search into the archives of Microsoft shows that PowerPoint was created at some point in 1987 by a company that was not Microsoft. The company that created PowerPoint is called Forethought, INC and Microsoft bought…
After last week’s post, you may be asking yourself “What’s the Difference Between Sway and PowerPoint” or “Why Should I Use Sway?” These are valid questions that I hope to clear up today. A quick recap: Sway is a presentation creation tool from Microsoft and PowerPoint is the most popular presentation creation software that we have used since the dawn of creation. (Kidding, I think it was created in 1987. So, it’s a little younger than me.) PowerPoint has a…
Year after year, Microsoft continues to make improvements and innovation. A few years ago, Microsoft created Immersive Reader and it was a hit. This tool had it all: a read aloud aspect, the ability to show parts of speech, a picture dictionary, translation into 60+ languages. You could also change font size, use a line reader, split up syllables, change background color. I could go on about this free tool that’s available in so many other great programs. You could…
If you checked out the last blog post, you know that we are going through a bunch of updates that you might not have heard about regarding the main tools that we use here in Springfield. This week we are looking at PowerPoint and how amazing that it is. I’m not blowing smoke at you. When you check out these updates or Top 5s you will be amazed! Presenter Coach Improvements I cannot tell you how much I love the…
For this weeks podcast we meet with Lori Spiro from Alice B. Beal Elementary School here in Springfield. During our conversation Lori spoke about teaching at various schools and various grade levels. Lori is another one of our teachers who have moved from their classroom position to the brand new CS/TC teacher position. This position was created this school year to ensure that Computer Science is taught at all grade levels here in Springfield. Also, at the end of the…
It has been awhile since we last spoke. As we have found our footing in this new world, I have so many awesome updates to talk about, especially with PowerPoint, and they just keep coming. In this new world of remote learning, and as teachers are trying to figure out how to teach remotely, PowerPoint has accelerated their backend work to introduce PowerPoint Live along with a host of other tools. PowerPoint Live If you’ve not heard yet, PowerPoint…