Topic One: Let's Get Started

PowerPoint Tip! Write a script! A little planning goes a long way. Since the point of your PowerPoint slides is to illustrate and expand what you are going to say to your audience, you should know what you intend to say and then figure out how to visualize it.

What is PowerPoint

PowerPoint is a presentation software program that is part of the Microsoft Office package. Read the slidebook explaining what PowerPoint is, what you can do with it and how to get started. Be sure you have PowerPoint installed on your computer.

Icebreaker

Using PowerPoint, create one slide with information about yourself. Use words and pictures to share who you are, what makes you unique and what your interests are.

The Good, the bad and the ugly!

This course is about using PowerPoint to facilitate teaching and learning.You must have observed numerous PowerPoint presentation in conferences, workshops and at other occasions. You might have used PowerPoint yourself to present  at a conference, a workshop and perhaps you used it in learning sessions. You have seen the good, the bad and the ugly. Reflect for a moment on your "PowerPoint experiences" and post your observations, questions, concern to this week's discussion forum.

Survey

Complete a short survey to find out in what environment  participants have been using PowerPoint slides most often. Choose the circumstance in which you used PowePoint most frequently.

Mentor

Have you identified the name of an institution based qualified supervisor/assessor who will act as your mentor and assess your facilitation of a training session using PowerPoint slides. Each week you will be required to comment on your interactions with your assessor (mentor). For now, you need to share the name of your peer assessor (mentor) and what their relationship is to you.

Share the name of your supervisor/assessor/mentor in your Portfolio Forum

Week One Activity Checklist

Have you covered all the readings and activities assigned for this week? Take a look at the Week One activity checklist to make sure you haven't missed anything.