LiveWeb, and officetimeline are free download plugins for Powerpoint. There are quite a few more, (plex / xpadder) but these two plugins I use quite regularly. Liveweb simple lets you insert a live website into your presentation, avoiding having to close the presentation and use …
Now, I would have preferred to have tested VisualBee before I recommended it, but I have seen too many poor classroom Powerpoints to think that VB would not improve at least a fair few. So what is VB? Well, it …
Over the past few weeks, I have been discussing the use and misuse of Powerpoint with @GeraldHaigh. I happen to believe, that Powerpoint is a fantastic tool, often used poorly in teaching. I remember the first Slideshare competition winner Mr Henry …
Sadly, during our Ministers presentation at SSAT, we were not able to see his presentation due to a corrupt USB drive. I was saddened that no-one in his support team had shown him one of the many remote services. He …
Browsing yesterday I came across a powerpoint tip for presenters, as teachers, I thought it would be very useful in the classroom. Simply, during a presentation, pressing the ‘B’ key turns the screen black, press the ‘B’ key again, and …
