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PA Standards
 * NETS.1.6-8: Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.
 * NETS.1.6-9: Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.
 * NETS.2.6-8: Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.
 * NETS.3.6-8: Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.
 * NETS.6.6-8: Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems and operations.

__Objectives__ -


 * 1) Students will understand and utilize different Presentation tools to keep the attention of their audience.
 * 2) The following skills should be introduced at the designated grade levels. By the end of each designated grade level students should be proficient in those Presentation Skills.


 * Working with toolbars
 * Using the Formatting Palette
 * Using different presentation views
 * Working with text blocks
 * Navigating through slides
 * Adding a slide
 * Deleting a slide
 * Moving slides
 * Moving slides between presentations
 * Navigating to a specific slide
 * Changing the slideshow color scheme
 * Customizing the color scheme
 * Saving a design template
 * Setting slide transitions
 * Checking your spelling
 * Changing font styles
 * Aligning text
 * Working with bulleted lists
 * Working with numbered lists
 * Inserting image files from the hard drive
 * Resizing graphic objects
 * Cropping graphics

__Warm up__ –Each class I will introduce a skill listed in the vocab section and demonstrate how to use it in PowerPoint

__Tech lab__ #9

__Evidence of best practice__ – students will be able to refer to the video and helpful tips on my wiki at anytime they get stuck and Model lesson before students are allowed to complete task.

__Activity__ - Students will create a PowerPoint about

Know the Pennsylvania Math Standards and Reading vocab - Find your vocab words here!!!! Create a Math/Reading "book" using Apple's Keynote or Microsoft powerpoint  to be included...


 *  1 title page including "Reading Book" and your name
 *  10 slides with a Reading words and it's meaning
 *  10 pictures of a realistic object displaying the Reading term

example for math: Right Angle - two lines that meet at a 90 degree angle and the picture is

 You can even make it a quiz by writing a question and the have the word/definition pop in as the answer (on the click).

 Example:  When slide comes up see: what is the angle where the two lines meet at a 90 degree angle like this birdhouse.  Then have the word appear. Jeopardy style :)

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