Any font typeface that you use in your presentation should always support the purpose of your presentation. Most of the time, you may beconstrained by company corporate policies or visual standards that dictate you use a particular font. Yet at times, you have the freedom to make achoice to change any font. To make the task of selecting the perfect font, PowerPoint 2011offers you with the Font Collections option that segregates fonts into various categories. All you have to do is explore aparticular category and choose fonts from within that category. Explore more in the following steps:
Enter your jeopardy game's name. In the 'Click to add title' box, type in the name of the game (e.g., 'Jeopardy'). You can also enter information about the game in the text box below the title box if you like. For example, if you're creating this game for a class, you might enter the class' designation and period (e.g., 'Spanish 2, Period 5'). Your students will really enjoy playing these activities while making learning fun. When you are finished playing make sure you do not save changes. They work best in PowerPoint 2007 or higher. Stay tuned to next week, I will be sharing with you Elementary Math, Science, Social Study and more PowerPoint games you can use in your classroom.
- Create a new presentation and type some text in theplaceholder, and select it as shown inFigure 1 (you can also select the placeholder instead of text).
Figure 1: Text on the slide- Now, navigate to the Home tab ofthe Ribbon andlocate the Font group. Within the Font group, click the downward pointing arrow located next toFont option, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 2.
Figure 2: Font group within the Home tab of the Ribbon- This brings up the Font drop-down gallery. Within the Font drop-down gallery select theFont Collections option as shown in Figure 3. This opens the Font Collections sub-gallery whichincludes various categories (refer to Figure 3 again).
Figure 3: Font Collections option within Font drop-down gallery- Let us explore the categories within Font Collections sub-gallery:
- As the names suggest, these categories include Chinese, Japanese, and Koreanlanguage fonts.
- Includes fonts from the classical era of fontography such as Baskerville, Cochin,etc.
- In this category you will find fonts in which all characters have an equal, fixed width. Thus the character'i' uses the same width space as an 'm' character. Examples of such fonts are Andale Mono,Courier, etc.
- These include happy looking or jazzy fonts such as Herculanum, Papyrus,Zapfino etc.
- The choices within this category are the opposite of what you would find in the Classic category.Examples of such fonts include Futura, Gill Sans, Optima etc.
- These are fonts most suitable for presentations that you want to eventually save as PDFs. These includeCourier, Helvetica, Times etc.
- If you are publishing your presentation online, choose any font within this category. Examples includeArial, Georgia, and Verdana.
- Fonts within this category are best selected if you need to share your presentations with users ofthe Windows versions of PowerPoint (and Microsoft Office). Fonts from this collection include Arial, Calibri, andCentury.
- Select any font based on your requirement. This opens another sub-gallery including all fonts within the selectedcategory. Click on any font of your choice to apply it to the selected text. In Figure 4, you can see the fonttype Monaco being selected within the Fixed Width category.
Figure 4: Font type Monaco being selected within the Fixed Width category- This applies the new font type to your selected text. Once done, save your presentation.
Chinese, Japanese, and Korean
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Windows Office Compatible
I hope you are doing well this week. Today I will be sharing with you how to download free PowerPoint games that you can use with whole group instruction with your students.
All you have to do is come up with the questions and let the students play either individually or as a team. I personally used the Sunken Treasure game with my students last week to help them review for a technology exam. So, make sure you turn on your speakers to hear the special sound effects in the games.
1. Sunken Treasure: To download this free game, simply click on the picture above.
Instructions: Divide into Teams or use individuals.
1. Pick a board to play. All game boards have a treasure hidden in different places. So if you use the game several times be sure to choose a different game board to prevent students from guessing where the treasure is located.
2. Each team or individual is asked a question. If they answer correctly, they are allowed to choose the box on the screen which they believe the treasure to be behind.
3. Teacher then clicks that box to reveal what is behind it.
4. The first to find the treasure wins. If the teacher still has questions to ask, just start the PowerPoint over and choose a different board.
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2. Align the Stars: To download this free game, simply click on the picture above.Instructions: Divide into Teams or use individuals. There can be up to Six teams. However play by more than three teams is not recommend, as it is very difficult to get four in a row with so many teams. The colors are: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, and Purple.
1. Choose the number of stars required to win. Such as 3, 4, or 5 in a row.
2. Each team or individual is asked a question. If they answer correctly, the teacher will click the star until it changes to that teams color.
3. First team or individual to get the desired number of stars touching wins!
4. Stars can align in rows, columns, or diagonally.
3. Car Race: To download this free game, simply click on the picture above.
Instructions: Divide into Teams.
1. Each team is asked a question. If they answer correctly, click their teams color button to move their car.
2. Five correct answers will cross the finish line and win the race.
4. Horse Race: To download this free game, simply click on the picture above.
Instructions: Divide into Teams.
1. Each team is asked a question. If they answer correctly, click their teams color button to move their car.
2. Seven correct answers will cross the finish line and win the race.
5. Boat Race: To download this free game, simply click on the picture above.
Instructions: Divide into Teams.
1. Each team is asked a question. If they answer correctly, click their teams color button to move their boat.
2. Ten correct answers will cross the finish line and win the race.
6A. The Big Wheel for Grades K - 2: To download this free game, simply click on the picture above.
Instructions: Divide into Teams
1. Ask a Question to a Team
2. If correct, click the Spin Wheel Button to choose the number of points that team will receive.
3. Type points from wheel into Team Score Box
4. Continue until out of questions.
6B. The Big Wheel for Grades 3 - 5: To download this free game, simply click on the picture above.
Instructions: Divide into Teams
1. Ask a Question to a Team
2. If correct, click the Spin Wheel Button to choose the number of points that team will receive.
3. Type points from wheel into Team Score Box
4. Continue until out of questions.
I hope you enjoyed these free PowerPoint games. Your students will really enjoy playing these activities while making learning fun. When you are finished playing make sure you do not save changes. They work best in PowerPoint 2007 or higher.
Stay tuned to next week, I will be sharing with you Elementary Math, Science, Social Study and more PowerPoint games you can use in your classroom. Take care.