PowerPoint is a presentation graphics package that allows educators to produce a professional-looking presentation that can be used in the classroom. PowerPoint has many of the features found in other software programs such as word processing, drawing, graphing, and charting. These tools are user-friendly and does not require a great amount of time to learn, especially when one is already familiar with other Microsoft Office products.

The following desriptions gives a quick overview of what PowerPoint can provide:

• A PowerPoint presentation is made up of a series of slides that can later be used to create overhead transparencies or 35mm slides.
• In addition to printing out slides, speaker's notes, audience handouts, and outlines can also be printed to help the presenter and audience stay on track.
• Once the presentation has been created, it can easily be uploaded to a server for Web browsing.
• Importing other files such as Word and Excel into the PowerPoint slides can be accomplished.
• PowerPoint allows the integration of multimedia such as using digital video and sound to enhance the presentation.

With all of these features available in PowerPoint, the software can assist educators to deliver course content to their students with imaginative and interactive presentations like the examples below.