Focus Questions
How can teachers create power point presentations for
maximum teaching potential and learning impact?
Teachers can use power point to create slideshows of
academic material and include text, pictures, charts, graphs, audio, video and
animations. It is known that successful teaching involves interactive presentation
that engages students. Although power point is one the most popular
presentation software programs there others known as Keynote, and Corel
presentations. The more time a teacher puts into creating the power point the
more opportunity it gives the teacher to make the power point visually engaging
and appealing. Just as important as the visual aspect the academic content is
just as important. If a teacher is willing to create a successful power point
presentation it can only maximize teaching and learning potential.
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Summary
Chapter nine starts off by focusing on multimedia
technologies in classrooms. There are two important techniques in teaching, one
being single-mode learning and the other being multimodal learning. Single-mode
learning is simply “when a teacher talks”. Multimodal learning is when a
teacher combines spoken words with visuals or written text with audio or
utilize simulations models. Multimodal learning through media has found that
students who get this method of teaching outperform students who learn using traditional
approaches with single modes. Multimedia technologies open a giant door of
opportunities for students to succeed. Power point is a great tool to use to
engage and inspire students. Power point is a multimedia presentation that is
featured on many of today’s computers. Power point is a way for teachers to
create a lesson using technology. When
power point is used well, it communicates information memorably to students. It’s
important as an educator to keep two key questions in mind when creating a
power point. “Who is my audience?” “What do I want my audience to leave knowing
or remembering?” There are many ways to enhance a power point presentation but
the key to success is by incorporating these attributes: visual text, visual
analysis, create questions, use attention getters, and develop your own
learning games. As well as incorporating power point, including videos are just
as important. Incorporating video into the classroom can be done in any grade
level. There are an abundance number of educational videos that can be found
just within the school itself. Videos are easy to get ahold of and students
become interested in these. Student’s response to video images is different
from their response to printed text or teacher talk. Some teachers simply just
turn the TV on and have their students watch whatever has been assigned, but
there is a way for the teacher to become active and engaged in the student
learning. While showing a movie a teacher can be active with the students by:
using the pause and rewind buttons often, asking students to write responses,
minimizing the time video is shown in the classroom, and turning off the sound
or the picture. Another powerful multimedia technology that be incorporated
into the classroom is digital cameras. Digital cameras are small but powerful
tools capable of taking still photographs and video images that can be
downloaded to a computer for printing, editing, and viewing. There are four
important reasons for a teacher photographer: enhances student’s experiences,
document learning, become active with learning and students become creative.
Teachers and students can inexpensively photograph virtually any instructional
activity from every subject area. In today’s generation there are so many ways
to effectively incorporate technology. Chapter 9 finishes off by talking about
podcasts and vodcasts. Podcast is an audio recording distributed online and
accessed on computers or portable media plays. Educational podcasts are everywhere
in the web. Major news organizations including PBS and the New York Times
provide podcasts of key stories and current events. Vodcast on the other hand
is a just an extension of podcasting. Teachers in the school setting can
incorporate podcasts/vodcasts for creative experimentation and innovation.
In todays generation we are known as "Digital Natives". This is a great video that shows how educators can incorporate podcasts into the classroom.
Tech Tool Link
The tech tool link I checked out was Digital Story Telling.
The website is very well organized with different featured tabs making the navigation
process easy. As you scroll toward the bottom of the page the site highlights
on different digital stories that people have created. The goal of this site is
to serve as a useful resource for educators and students who are interested in
how digital storytelling works. I would rate this webpage an overall 10. The
site is very detailed when describing how to create your own storyboard.
APA
Maloy,R. (2011).Tranforming learning with new technologies. Boston: Pearson.
Nice summary - you can see why there is so much emphasis put on visual literacy and multimedia now! ;) And, it is not only for teachers to share content with students - it is also for students to interact with content and demonstrate their learning.
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