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Important information regarding opening and using our PowerPoint presentations

Information: This page explains how to open and use our PowerPoint presentations. In the unlikely event that after reading these instructions you are still having problems using our PPTs and/or teaching notes, please contact us using this form.

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About our lessons

One of the principles behind the creation of these lessons is that we not only wanted to assist students in reviewing and learning about philosphical topics, but we also wanted to help teachers by preparing lessons for them. We see no reason why teachers should have to take time out of their already busy schedules, in order to prepare PowerPoint presentations to use in lessons.

Other than a read through of the teaching notes and a quick review of the PPT, no other preparation should be necessary in order to teach a subject using our lessons. However, in order for students and teachers to get the most out of our lessons, it is important to understand the layout of the teachings notes and how these relate to the PowerPoint presentation.

About the layout of the teaching notes

Whether you are a student or a teacher using our lessons, the teaching notes are designed to be read whilst clicking through the PPT. In order to facilitate this, we have identified throughout the teaching notes where elements are clickable. For example:

[Slide 1] Epistemology and ontology: The key issue

Having considered some of the ways philosophers have made a difference to the world we live in, let’s now consider other ways they have challenged and changed our understanding of things.

Many philosophers believe the relationship between epistemology and ontology is the fundamental issue in philosphical studies, and one can see this theme being discussed in many of their works.

[‘Epistemology – The study of knowledge’] In short, epistemology considers how we know what we know – or in other words - it is the study of our knowledge of things.
[‘Ontology – The study of the true nature of things’] Ontology is the study of what things are, or what a thing is in itself.
[Interactive element - ‘The key issue in philosophy?’] The reason why the relationship between epistemology and ontology is considered so important to many philosophers, is because it concerns the very nature of what we claim know, what we can actually know, and how we might know any of these things at all.

The three listed items are elements in the PPT which either appear or disappear when the mouse, key pad, or space bar is clicked. These items are also identified by being placed in [square brackets] and made bold. You will notice that if the element contains text, this is also indicated in the teaching notes.

Download a sample PPT to see these clickable elements in action.

About opening our PowerPoint presentations

All our PowerPoint presentations are READ ONLY files. Although you will be prompted for a password when you open them, this is for administrative purposes only. You do not need a password to view, save or use any of our presentations.

Each time you open a PPT file you will see a dialog box something like this:

You simply need to click on the option to 'Read Only', and the PPT will open.

If you experience other problems opening or using our presentations, please refer to our help page for further assistance - PowerPoint presentations: FAQs.

Thanks again for choosing to use our lessons, and we hope they serve you well. Please feel free to contact us if you have any comments or suggestions about them, and if you have ideas for other lessons you would like to see included in our catalogue.

Steve

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