Simplicity!

[daverosthorn]

In my opinion, using "rub-out" activities is a very good replacement for PowerPoint transitions.

*sigh* PowerPoint.. it pains me to watch it.

Find attached a nice little example :)

Dave!

[Dave Harrington]

I recently came across this use of the rub out tool, and use it instead of moving the object to reveal the answer. I have to say it is about the only use for the rub-out tool I've found useful as it doesn't rub out annotations (really).

Powerpoint- how right you are! lessons can lose so much interactivity (is that a word?) if you're not careful with powerpoint, and the animations etc. just serve as a distraction.

[daverosthorn]

ah yes but you can rub out ANYTHING you want, providing it's in the top layer.

Interactivity? Not sure if that's a word but I use it so often that it really should be a word if it's not.

byebye PowerPoint (and M$ - Microsoft)

[Daniel Bunker]

Does all that rubbing out make your arms tired?

If so, use the magic magnify tool to relieve those aching limbs.

You can use an eraser marking to create custom cut outs that burn through top layer items to reveal middle layer items below. Where there is a lot of rubbing out to do it may be a neater solution to use this property.

Dan

[sartley]

See another application of magic shapes with a hundred number square for numeracy.

[daverosthorn]

ahhhh soo interesting! [clap]

[daverosthorn]

RIGHT, i've been playing around - quite enjoying this "magic revealer" thing :)

Here's what I've got :)

Feel free to steal.

[Daniel Bunker]

Using the eraser function has a lot of potential and it's quite easy to achieve this effect in the Activ Software with no programing or scripting knowledge.

You can quite easilly change pen markings into eraser masks by double clicking on properties and changing the pen type to eraser - this may give you moe flexibility in producing masks than simply starting with an eraser.

Dan

[daverosthorn]

You can quite easilly change pen markings into eraser masks by double clicking on properties and changing the pen type to eraser - this may give you moe flexibility in producing masks than simply starting with an eraser.Dan

Doesn't actually work on my version like that. I don't have the "Eraser" option - only "Pen" and "Highlighter"

[sartley]

What version of the software have you got, Dave? I've just drawn a line with the pen, selected it, then double clicked and gone into Object Properties > Appearance and I have all three types.
Anyway, here's another flipchart idea.

[daverosthorn]

Ah no it's working now. :confused: - must have been having a funny do.

Love that flipchart, Sharon. Geography class? You've placed the pictures above each other SO well - must have taken you ages!

[sartley]

Not as long as you would think. Once you've found the maps, find some key "landmarks" or points you can recognise easily. Make the top map slightly translucent and place the maps over each other so that one of the "landmarks" is correctly positioned, then resize one map and move until all the points on the map register. (You know that you can nudge by using the arrow keys - that makes it much easier - particularly when preparing at home.) Then you can remove the translucency and hey presto!

By the way, you can save the magic spyglass into "My Annotations" for future use.

[Peter Lambert]

Its amazing how great minds think alike! Margaret Allen made this one recently.

[Margaret Allen]

Hi


Replacing the cage with the wall from Humpty Dumpty works really well too. You can have anything hiding behind it.

How about having the answers to a problem?

A description of a 3d/2d shape and then slowly reveal the shape that is hiding behind the wall.

You will need to bring the wall to the top layer.

Save the cage, wall and "window" in your resources.

+wave+

[emmabird]

{} I love it!!!!

[DavidFhu]

Although it is simple, it is a great idea![clap]

[roswalker]

This is another idea for replacing 'animation' in PowerPoint - just drag items in from off the side of the page. See example attached. So simple and yet very much allows teachers to control the pace of the lesson.

Just a quick idea!

Ros

[rgarden]

When you are dragging objects in from the side you might want to put a restrictor on (v3 only). Double-click on it > Properties > Restrictors > Can move > horizontally or vertically if you are pulling them in from the top or bottom. Of course you won't be able to freely move them on the page with the restrictor on.

[shahrizal.emran]

Studies have been done that too much emphasis on animations in a powerpoint can distract the students from the main focus of the lesson

[davidlloyd]

Studies have been done that too much emphasis on animations in a powerpoint can distract the students from the main focus of the lesson
My view exactly. How many people do you see presenting with Powerpoint when either the message gets lost because of all the distractions or they simply read out what's on the slide? And it's not interactive.

[roswalker]

That makes me laugh - the first time I presented with PowerPoint, I was inundated with questions afterwards - not about the content of the presentation - but about what software I had used. Admittedly I had used enough different styles of animation to make the audience seasick, but it was still interesting as a reaction. After that, I always used the minimum amount of animation and standardised the appearance of the slides. Then I moved on to ACTIVstudio......