I'm sorry this isn't a "new" post, but I thought I'd connect with yours.
Your interest in using the "bouncing red dot" caused me to think of a letter writing slide
show for Kindergarten I discovered on the net. In PowerPoint, the teacher recorded the
cue for writing lower case letter a. The visual was "a" in a large font. As you hear her
say, "Around, down, up, down", a red dot traced the path a pencil would make to write
the letter. Did I explain that well enough? Do you know how I could do this? I would
love to have a slide show for all of the letters I teach.
Mac Guy, I will check out iCursor for fun. I'm a Mac User, also. Let me know if the above
scenario is possible.
Thanks.
Kim
On 10/06/07, you'll have the animation you want... (M) Neal wrote:
> You can use the time feature to automatically advance the show or
> go manually at your own speed.
>
> You could also record the class (or a different child for each
> poem) and have that as a sound track.
>
> N.
>
> On 10/06/07, Thank you! wrote:
>> I am a First Grade teacher, and yes, there are not a lot of
>> words in our poems. :) You have correctly assumed my intent
>> and I apologize for not being more precise in my request. With
>> that being said, I will try your suggestion on highlighting
>> but I will also check out iCursor. I have never heard of that
>> program so this will something new for me! Thanks again!
>>
>> On 10/06/07, Greg wrote:
>>> On 10/06/07, Roberta/1st wrote:
>>>> Does any one know if there is a program out there to
>>>> create the "bouncing ball" you see on-screen to follow
>>>> text when reading it. I have poetry in Powerpoint but I
>>>> have to use a pointer for the students to follow along. I
>>>> thought of the bouncing ball but does it exist? Thanks in
>>>> advance for your help and responses!
>>>
>>> I am a Mac guy so I was going to suggest something like
>> iCursor (it's free) BUT if
>>> I am understanding what you want to do...why not try
>> something like this?
>>>
>>> Since you've got 1st in your name I will assume grade one
>> which also makes me
>>> assume not a lot of words in your poems (correct me if I am
>> wrong on this).
>>>
>>> You could duplicate the side containing your poem as many
>> times as there are
>>> words in your poem. (20 words, 20 slides all the same)
>>>
>>> Then highlight a different word on each slide so that when
>> you play the show,
>>> each word will be highlighted in turn. As you advance
>> through your slides when
>>> you play it, each word will stand out and you can pause on a
>> word if you like.
>>>
>>> Is that what you wanted to do?
>>>
>>> Greg