Classroom Assignment 1My Family

The Italian Stallions!• Your assignment is to Build A

Family Power Point Presentation• Include in your presentation what

you consider important• I consider my children ,In-Laws

and wife important, therefore they are included in my presentation!

• You need to explain to me the toolbars you have used.

• The presentation should be as long as it takes to explain your family and the use of tool bars.

• Include all the members of your family both nuclear and extended.

L to R:

Jill, Nancy, Me, Will, Jessy, Sandy, Bob and Tyler

My Father: Alfred Anthony Toto

• My father was born in Revere, MA. He moved to Lawrence when he was 6 years old. He graduated from the Oliver Elementary. He worked in the mills until he enlisted in the Army during WWII. He continued to serve in the Army until his retirement. He loved sports, food and most of all his family. He married my mother in 1945.

Notice this slide color is different then the rest. I have changed the font color. I have changed the background color of the text box. I changed the bullet color.

Do you know how to do this?

My Mother: Pauline Rita DeGuglielmo

• My mother was born on Elm Street in a house that is no longer there. She graduated with Distinction from LHS in 1939 with a Degree in Business. She worked in the mills as a seamstress for most of her life. She loved to travel. Most of all she loved her family.

This is my shape with a shadow

My Brother: Robert Alfred Toto

• My brother was born at the Lawrence General Hospital in 1946. He is married with two daughters. He was the first person on both sides of the family to graduate from college! He lives in North Attleboro, MA. He loves all sports and has season tickets to the Patriots!

I changed the background color within the text box

Me: David Alfred Toto

• I was born at the Holy family Hospital in Methuen in 1952. I attended elementary school in Methuen, went to CCHS in Lawrence and graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell in 1974. I love all sports and the outdoors. I am married and have four children.

I changed the color of the bullet, added an arrow and changed the colors

My Wife: Nancy

1. Nancy is a school nurse who use to work at LHS.

2. She currently works in Methuen.

3. She cares for special needs students.

4. She has two children.

Numbers

My Daughter Caitlin

Caitlin lives in Sedona, AZ. She is single and works as a message therapist. She also teaches yoga. She

loves to mountain bike and be outside doing fun things. She has a

dog named Panda.

My Daughter Jillian & Son-in-Law Cliff

• My daughter Jillian is currently serving with the US Air Force in Moody, GA. With her husband Cliff Fuls. She lives in Valdosta, GA and has three dogs. She is expecting her first child in either late October or early November 2014!

My Son and Daughter-in-Law: William & Jessy

• My son William married Jessy last June 23rd. They live in Rockville. MD. Will works for an IT company and Jessy is a PE teacher. They have one dog…Sena

The beginning!

A Chart of my family ages

Where do you start?!”

1.Open up a new document by either going to File > New or “click” on the New page icon, which is located above and to the left of File.

2. “Click” on Design and select a design that you like

3.Type in My Family as your title and give yourself a sub-title.

4.Now insert a new slide and title that as each member of your family. Write something on each member of your family.

5.You may insert pictures or anything else you may like to your presentation

•You will need to explain to the viewer the tool bars you have used to create the slide.

•You will also need to be creative in your design.

•Have fun and explore the tool bar section.

•Remember…anything we do we can do better!

Next

When you have completed your first PowerPoint, please e-mail it to me at: david.toto@lawrence.k12.ma.us

Then go to www.actden.com and click on PowerPoint then PowerPoint 2007

Next make a copy of your original PowerPoint and save it in your PowerPoint folder.Open up your copy and rename it COPY. Go to the next slide

Please Read ,Review and Complete each tutorial including the self assessment quizzes. When you learn a new trick from the tutorial, incorporate that trick into your COPY not your original. You should be able to complete at least one tutorial per class. The following is a list of techniques (tricks) by Unit that you should incorporate into your Copy:

Unit 3:Create a text box Move a text boxRe-size a text box Copy a text boxAdd color to a text box Outline a text boxRemove the lines from a text boxChange the size of a line around a text boxChange the font Change font colorAdd bullets Add numbers Add color for a bulletChange your background colorChange your background patternActivate spell check

Unit 4Add a shape Move a shapeRe-size a shape Add color to a shapeAdd texture to a shape Add clip artRe-size clip art Crop clip artAdd an image (picture) Layer an image Changing the order of pictures and textsAdd shadows to imagesAdd a chart Add a table

Unit 5:Add a transition Time a transitionAdd Custom animation Animate your text

Unit 6:Add sounds to your animation

Add a video clip Unit 7:

Time your presentationCreating a self-run kiosk presentation

Remember the last page of your presentation should contain all the tools that you used to

create this presentation.

This is a texture

Tools I used

• I clicked on the new file icon.

• Insert a new slide.• I changed the font

to comic sans.• I changed the text

color to white.

• I inserted a photo of my children from a file.

• I selected a design template.

• I selected a blue background color.

Now view your presentation by going to Slide Show > View Show.