Powerpoint presentations come and go in my book. Some are great and some are just plain ordinary. The better presentations are those that get people off their seats and up at the screen. Powerpoint presentations shouldn't be just new versions of old blackboard chalk and talk shows. The real secret is to design your show so that you're not just interacting with your audience, but relating to them. And let's face it a good presentation is also a very good show! We all love to be entertained.
The 3pi pen can be used for two things during a powerpoint show;
1. By pointing the pen towards the wiimote and clicking the button you can actually move on the presentation from shot to shot.
2. On the bottom left hand corner of each slide you can just make out two arrows and a drawing of a pen. It's amazing the number of people who never use these tools during their presentations. The drawing of the pen is the best tool to activate with your 3pi pen during your presentation. It allows you to draw and/or highlight key points made in your presentations.
I've seen teachers working in classes with 6 year old students, presenting simple stories using powerpoint. They then get the children to come up one at a time to highlight specific things that the teacher wants to test e.g asking the children to highlight words that begin with the letter P.
It sounds all very simple, and it doesn't need to be any more complicated at this level.
All done with the 3pi pen, wiimote and the power of the drawing tool in MS Powerpoint.
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