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PowerPoint isn't the flashiest ed tech tool on the block and it certainly isn't the newest. In fact, you might have read "PowerPoint" and thought "old." But as old as it is (34 years) there are new things added to it and hidden gems within it that keep ...

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Here are the latest updates for nurhasaan10@gmail.com "Free Technology for Teachers" - 2 new articles Five Helpful PowerPoint Features You Might Be Overlooking How to Create Digital Thankfulness Turkeys More Recent Articles Five Helpful PowerPoint Features You Might Be Overlooking PowerPoint isn't the flashiest ed tech tool on the block and it certainly isn't the newest. In fact, you might have read "PowerPoint" and thought "old." But as old as it is (34 years) there are new things added to it and hidden gems within it that keep it going strong. If it has been a while since you looked at PowerPoint, here are some features you might not be aware of that can be helpful to you and your students.  Record a Video in PowerPoint The Windows 10 desktop version of PowerPoint has some neat features including the option to record a video and instantly insert it into your presentation. Watch this tutorial to learn how that's done.   Remove Image Backgrounds PowerPoint has a handy built-in tool for removing the background from your images. Here's a demonstration of how to use that feature.   Get Instant Feedback on Your Presentation Presenter Coach is a great tool for getting instant feedback on your presentation pacing and more. It's available in the online version of PowerPoint. This tutorial shows you how it works.   Automatic Captioning of Your Presentation PowerPoint includes features for automatic captioning of your presentations. Captions appear while you speak. The captioning tool will also translate your presentation while you speak. Watch this video to see how it works.   Accessibility Checker If you're not sure whether or not your slides will be accessible to all students, you can run an accessibility check on your PowerPoint slides. This video shows you how to run an accessibility check on your PowerPoint presentation and how to add alt text to pictures and videos in your PowerPoint presentation.   Add more features... Through the use of PowerPoint add-ins you can add even more functionality to your PowerPoint slides. For example, you can quickly add a countdown timer to your slides. Here's a demo of how to add a countdown timer to your slides. This video shows you how to find and install add-ins.       • Email to a friend • How to Create Digital Thankfulness Turkeys Last fall the switch to online and hybrid classes presented lots of challenges and required changing the way that we have done some of our "old standby" activities. For example, last fall I received a few emails from readers looking for some ideas on how to do a digital version of the classic Thanksgiving Thankfulness Turkey project in which students add feathers to a drawing of turkey and each feather has something they're thankful for written on it.  My suggestion for creating a digital version of the Thankful Turkey was to use a combination of Pixabay and Google Drawings. I made this short video to illustrate how that process would work.        • Email to a friend • More Recent Articles Three Ways to Make Green Screen Videos The Suprising Origins of Thanksgiving Foods My Top Three Tools for Creating Audio Slideshow Videos Mapping Where Food Comes From Seven Good Tools for Making Animations

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