1. How to create Interactive Learning Centres In PowerPoint 2007

2. Interactive Learning Centres A great way to direct students to the websites you want them to use, is to create hyperlinked interactive pages in PowerPoint These can be organised in Curriculum and or Group areas Maths groups Reading groups/Individualisedactivity pages/Subject specific

3. PowerPoint Open PowerPoint Click on the Title slide Click on the Design Tab to choose a coloured background

4. Screen Capture Type in the name of your group or Curriculum area Go to the Website you want your students to link to Take a screen capture of the screen by pressing down PrtSc button on Keyboard (or Fn – PrtSc)

5. Screen Capture Open Paint by going to Start – All Programmes –Accessories -Paint Press Ctrl – V Click on the Square – Selector tool Click and drag around the part of the website you want to use as a hyperlink

6. Copying and Pasting Go back to PowerPoint Press Ctrl – V to paste onto your PowerPoint page Resize the picture by clicking and dragging on a corner Go back to the website, copy the internet address by pressing Ctrl - C

7. Hyperlinking Go back to your PowerPoint Click on the Picture so it is selected Press Ctrl –K to open Hyperlink window Press Ctrl – V Click OK

8. Saving The screen capture will now be hyperlinked Repeat with more website links Save this PowerPoint twice! Save as a PowerPoint presentation file so that you can add to it later (Go to File- Save, name the file and save it to a folder). Save as a PowerPoint Show so that when the children click on the file it will open in full interactive Slideshow view. Go to File – Save As, click on PowerPoint Show