Name of Site

PowerPointers

URL of Site

http://www.PowerPointers.com

Intended Audience

Those looking for tips on how to create and deliver effective presentations.

Description of Site

An impressive collection of articles by various authors with tips on planning, developing and delivering effective presentations.

Name of Site

Animation Factory - Tripod

URL of Site

http://animationfactory.tripod.com/

Intended Audience

Those wanting animated graphics for use in websites or presentations.

Description of Site

A website offering free animated GIFs and web page images for personal use.

Name of Site

Learning Support Centers in Higher Education

URL of Site

http://www.pvc.maricopa.edu/~lsche/resources/quotations.htm

Intended Audience

Those looking for quotations to use in presentations.

Description of Site

A list of web sources for quotations along with general education-related quotes for use in presentations.

Name of Site

The Quotations Page

URL of Site

http://www.quotationspage.com/

Intended Audience

Those looking for quotations to use in presentations.

Description of Site

Another great resource for famous quotations. This site has a searchable database of over 15,000 quotations and allows you to search by author or subject.

Name of Site

The Key Steps to An Effective Presentation

URL of Site

http://www.the-eggman.com/writings/keystep1.html

Intended Audience

Those looking for a process or structure for building powerful presentations.

Description of Site

Stephen Eggleston a trainer with more than 25 years of experience wrote this article. He details a 10-step process for developing a presentation. He also includes a section called “Some Deadly Sins of Visual Presentation” which gives helpful hints on several aspects of presentations.

Name of Site

The Technology Source: “Using PowerPoint Presentations in Writing Classes”

URL of Site

http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=519

Intended Audience

Those looking for examples of how PowerPoint presentations may be useful to enhance classroom learning.

Description of Site

The author of this article gives examples and descriptions of how PowerPoint presentations are used in her writing classroom, along with tips for using the slides effectively. The author also includes student feedback regarding her use of PowerPoint presentations.

Name of Site

PBL – Project Based Learning: Multimedia Presentation Checklist

URL of Site

http://www.4teachers.org/projectbased/24mlt.shtml

Intended Audience

Those interested in a presentation checklist for their students in grades 2-4.

Description of Site

This site allows teachers to customize a checklist for their students to complete when developing multimedia presentations.

Name of Site

PBL – Project Based Learning: Multimedia Presentation Checklist

URL of Site

http://www.4teachers.org/projectbased/58mlt.shtml

Intended Audience

Those interested in a presentation checklist for their students in grades 5-8.

Description of Site

This site allows teachers to customize a checklist for their students to complete when developing multimedia presentations.

Name of Site

PicsforLearning

URL of Site

http://www.pics4learning.com/

Intended Audience

Teachers and students interested in images for presentations or web pages.

Description of Site

This site has an extensive catalog of copyright friendly images for use in presentations, school projects and web pages.

Name of Site

Big6: An Information Problem-Solving Process

URL of Site

http://www.big6.com/index.php

Intended Audience

Teachers, students and others with information problems needing solutions.

Description of Site

This site details a process for solving information problems. This is the often times forgotten part of creating a presentation. This process, and the concepts therein, will lead students and/or teachers through planning, researching, developing and evaluating the content and total experience of a presentation.

Name of Site

Graphic Tips for Presentations Home Page

URL of Site

http://citv.unl.edu/presentations/index.html

Intended Audience

Those in need of details on how to create effective presentations using PowerPoint or similar presentation tool.

Description of Site

This site gives a solid overview of visual literacy. A nice feature of the site is the side-by-side comparisons of screen shots showing good examples and poor examples to illustrate visual concepts.

Name of Site

Catalyst Action Plans: Creating PowerPoint Presentations

URL of Site

http://catalyst.washington.edu/quick/ppt.html

Intended Audience

This site, intended for educators, would be great for anyone wishing to use a thorough process for developing a PowerPoint presentation.

Description of Site

This site, developed for the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology at The University of Washington, is designed to provide a full process for developing a PowerPoint presentation for use in education. The site has tutorials/how-to pages and will lead the beginner through all aspects of using PowerPoint for presentations in an educational setting.

Name of Site

Catalyst

URL of Site

http://catalyst.washington.edu/

Intended Audience

Those interested in using technology in education.

Description of Site

This is a powerful collection of integration ideas, how-to ideas, action plans, tips-and-tricks and more. There are action plans and how-to information for developing class web pages, PowerPoint presentations and creating pdf documents along with more specific items.

Name of Site

Scoring Power Points

URL of Site

http://www.fno.org/sept00/powerpoints.html

Intended Audience

Those seeking an understanding of how PowerPoint presentations influence classroom learning.

Description of Site

Dr. Jamie McKenzie, a well known educational technologist, weighs in on the use of PowerPoint in the classroom. Considering Dr. McKenzie’s reference to PowerPoint use in the classroom as PowerPointlessness he aims, in this article, at providing a basis for appropriate use of the tool in the classroom. In the article he provides “Antidotes for PowerPoint Poisoning” and suggestions for combating “Mentalsoftness”.

Name of Site

Stainton’s 10 Commandments of Humor

URL of Site

http://www.ovationconsulting.com/Articles/10_commandments.html

Intended Audience

Those wishing to infuse humor into their presentations

Description of Site

This site punctuates the fact that humor is a tool that should be used judiciously and wisely. This article gives the reader tips on how to develop humorous anecdotes for presentations.  The writer also gives advice on when, why and how to use humor in presentations.