PowerPoint, presentation software is part of the Microsoft Office suite.
| Website: | www.microsoft.com/powerpoint |
| Cost: | Commercial – Free trial available |
| Availability: | Download – Windows, Mac OS |
| Top 100 Tools 2012: | 8 |
| Top 100 Tools 2011: | 19 |
| Top 100 Tools 2010: | 21 |
| Top 100 Tools 2009: | 13 |
| Top 100 Tools 2008: | 8 |
| Top 100 Tools 2007: | 5 |
Comments from those who selected PowerPoint as one of their Top Tools
- “most used, most abused, most versatile (even though most don’t know how to use it well). Besides Keynote, Powerpoint is the tool” Corinne Burkhert
- “in it purest multimedia form of image, smooth transitions, words to nudge a thought or fire a synapse. Haven’t the bullet-point-readers have given it a bad image? It’s a super fast way to compose a picture for other places – make slide and save as jpeg” Mags Amond
- “Slide shows for presentations are still very popular learning resources both among teachers and students. Power Point is very comprehensive although it is easy to use. I do not know better tool for making slide shows”. Vaclav Friedrich
- “Very easy to use but with enough features to allow the creation of more elaborate learning resources” Karl Goddard
- “that’s my everyday tool and I am still waiting for something better” Jochen Robes
- ”I continue to use PowerPoint to add a visual touch to my online classes, but the real power lies in coupling PowerPoint with other tools such as SlideShare or Camtasia, adding narrative to the slide deck.” Britt Wattwood
A Practical Guide to the Top 100 Tools for Learning
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