Tuesday, February 15, 2005

Introduction

INTRODUCTION
PowerPoint is a very popular and useful software program. I learned it many years ago by taking a course at a community college. The class met one time a week and the instructor went through the next assignment in the workbook. Her assistance was very useful when students got stuck. But all the teaching was in the book that also came with a floppy disk.

During that year I was on disability due to a near fatal hit and run accident. I had time to explore the many menu options while in the computer lab. I learned all that the program could do by trail and error.

LERAN BY DOING
Most computer programs are best understood by just attempting to make applications. Then you can consult the Help menu, a book, web site or person when you get stuck.

PowerPoint is especially easy to learn by using it. The set up is very visual and fairly intuitive.

The first section of this blog give you detailed instructions that I used in a start with the assumption that you have had zero experience. This takes you up to an initial plateau of competence.

MANY RESOURCES
This blog has links to dozens of online resources. Nearly all of them are free.

If you have the motivation and time you can advance very far up the learning curve by using these links. You can contact experts along the way to help you. Also you can follow the links that are on these web sites.

FOUR BRIDGES
The Internet has dramatically changed the ways that people work, shop, learn, get entertainment, etc. The links on this blog are a tiny example of the vast wealth that is available for free to anyone in cyberspace all over the globe.

As the creator of this blog I am also in the process of launching a web-based ministry. This blog will be used as an illustration of the ways the Internet can affordably meet the educational needs of people.

You are invited to go to the web site for Four Bridges and pray for the smooth success. www.fourbridges.org

OBJECTIVE
My objective in providing this blog is that you and others will be able to use what is provided here and by way of the links to go from A to Z in learning PowerPoint software. This program has become an essential tool for teachers, missionaries and most preachers.

When you and others have fully used what is provided here then you will be another saint that is equipped for their ministry. And you will be able to help others to scale their learning curves.