Soft Skills course FREE teacher resources and trial access to online course solution as well as a correlation to WI state standards (WCCTS). Resources available for:-Professionalism-Teamwork & Team Building-Problem Solving & Decision Making-Verbal Communication-Oral Communication

Students will use online resources to investigate career clusters. Based on the research and interest survey, the student will narrow their findings to one career. The student will then create a presentation giving an overview of the career to their peers. This project was created to be used in a middle school computers class (with presentation requirements), but could be modified to be used in most any class.

After learning the basics of how to use PowerPoint, students will use the skills learned to create a PowerPoint presentation on a major US city. The students will need to use basic Powerpoint skills such as transitions, animations, word count per slide, title & conclusion slides, and more. 
Students will research a major US city to find basic city facts, three unique restaurants, three hotels (at varying price ranges), and three attractions that visitors to the city may wish to visit.
Each student should choose a different city to avoid duplicate presentations and to provide a unique experience for each student.
Students can then present their PowerPoints to the class. 

The following assessments and rubrics are valuable to assess knowledge in an introductory Microsoft Office course (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access).

Created by Laura Schoenike, Menomonee Falls High School

Microsoft offers several video and text tutorials to teach students how to create high-quality presentations using PowerPoint.

Business Applications and Digital Literacy course FREE teacher resources and trial access to online course solution as well as a correlation to WI state BIT standards for business applications. Resources mapped to MOS certification.

Create a PowerPoint using transitions, animations, timing, etc. Cite sources on each slide using MLA citations. Learn basic PowerPoint skills to have an effective and efficient slideshow.