PowerPoint is an effective and engaging tool for communication, visualization, and graphic representation, allowing students to be active producers rather than passive consumers of multimedia. PowerPoint allows students to tap into creativity and skills beyond the traditional paper-and-pencil approach to projects. In PowerPoint Magic, lessons encourage students to select, organize, and integrate verbal and pictorial material to make sense of information and build understanding. Educators, whether PowerPoint newbies or seasoned pros, will appreciate how Pamela Lewis's lesson plans seamlessly integrate the software into regular content area curricula in compelling ways.PowerPoint Magic offers you everything you need to incorporate this flexible and powerful software into your classroom: an introduction to the software's basic functions and capabilities, step-by-step activity descriptions keyed to the NETS*S and content area standards, and teaching tips and extension ideas for promoting higher order thinking skills.
