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As a teacher, you know how important it is to capture your students' attention and keep them engaged in your lessons. But creating effective and attractive presentations can be time-consuming and challenging. Using a teacher presentation template is a fast and easy way to create lessons on any subject and for any grade level, whether you need to explain a math concept, introduce a new vocabulary, or showcase a science experiment. Each of these teacher presentation templates is fully customizable, so you can add your school’s logo, change the font and text, update images, and more. Since these templates are completely editable, you can use them in any way you see fit. And editing is easy with the features in Microsoft PowerPoint . When you’re done editing your presentation, you’re all ready to present to your class. If you need to prepare for future lessons, check out these free teacher lesson plan templates . And, when it's time to communicate with your students' parents, try one of these free teacher communication templates .

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How to create an educational presentation

Using presentations can be an effective way to teach lessons and ensure that your audience can retain new facts. With visual aids, video and animated clips, and even interactive quizzes, you can use presentation software like Microsoft PowerPoint to dazzle your students.

The advantages of PowerPoint presentations in education

Students have different learning styles : some are visual learners, who retain images and videos more effectively than speech. Some take to audio and sound more easily. Others prefer to interact with their lessons—which usually refers to holding physical objects but can also be directly related to guessing answers and responding to questions.

Fortunately, PowerPoint’s versatility means that it can appeal to all of these diverse learning styles. You can embed multimedia elements such as videos, audio clips, and interactive graphics, creating a multi-sensory experience. PowerPoint can also be helpful when considering any visual impairments that your audience members may have so that you can present with different forms of media to cater to all learning styles.

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Before diving into PowerPoint, consider the following factors to help your audience retain as much information as possible:

• Define lesson objectives: Set a goal for what kind of lesson you want to impart to your audience. What do you want students to learn? You can answer this question by outlining your lesson objectives and clearly defining your goals, which will also guide the structure and content of your presentation.
• Organize your content: Divide your lesson into key points and organize them into a logical sequence that builds in complexity. Start with basic points or even a review of previous concepts before diving into more intricate or complicated aspects of your lesson. Each point should be presented on a separate slide to maintain clarity and focus.
• Use visuals effectively: Enhance your presentation with relevant visuals such as images, videos, audio clips, or interactive simulations to cater to different learning preferences and keep the presentation engaging. These can convey complex information more efficiently than text alone. At the same time, it can be easy to be carried away by inundating your audience with too many visual elements, so ensuring smooth flow and transitions is key.
• Encourage interaction: Foster active participation by including interactive elements like quizzes, polls, or discussion prompts to prompt student engagement. After you introduce a new concept in your lesson, these interactive elements can reinforce them and make them stick.
• Practice delivery: Public speaking isn’t always easy. One of the most effective ways to sound confident is to practice delivering your presentation before the day of your lesson. Familiarize yourself with the content and also the way that it’s presented: pacing, transitions, and interactive elements. This preparation will boost your confidence, ensure a smooth flow, and help you address any potential challenges during the actual presentation.

Staid lessons can be livened up thanks to the power of presentation! No matter what you’re teaching—the ABCs to a kindergarten class, or nuclear physics to a graduate department—you can check out more tips for effective presenting such as how to create compelling presentation designs , using the 10-20-30 rule for presenting, or discovering the history of PowerPoint .

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I’m trying to use my laptop that has windows 10 for Powerpoint but i don’t have the same features on the browser as i would with the app.

It keeps opening Powerpoint on my browser, and i’m having trouble trying to find a way to open in it the app to get the features. And i don’t understand when the help things tell me to upload/open files.

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If you have an Edu version supplied by your institution does that provide Web access only and not desktop components?

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I’m sorry to hear that you’re experiencing issues opening PowerPoint in the desktop app. Based on your description, it’s unclear if your Office 365 subscription includes the appropriate license for using the Office desktop applications. To verify, please check your subscription details to ensure it includes “The latest version of Office desktop” license.

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You won't find all the features of the desktop version of PPT when you use the browser version.

So reasonably, you want to open the file in the desktop version.

First question: do you HAVE the desktop version?

To make sure, press the Windows key + R

In the box that opens, type: POWERPNT.EXE

(note: powerPNT, not powerPOINT)

Then click OK. Does PowerPoint start up?

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