- The animations and simulations that can be used in presentations offer substantial advantages over print through complex interactions and illustration of abstract concepts.
- They offer a virtual experience where the "real thing" may not be feasible.
- They are web-based (PowerPoint can be uploaded) and accessible anytime.
- These tools can be embedded easily into a larger learning context.
- Glogster is an "online scrapbooking tool" that offers so many enhancements to learning in a fun way. Teachers can set up a class account and be emailed passwords for each student's private account within it http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/columnists/dyck/dyck037.shtml.
- Prezi is a brilliant tool for "global learners" as it uses frames rather than the linear slides of PowerPoint (see blog entry below).
I have chosen to focus my exploration and reflection this week on PowerPoint.
My only experience with PowerPoint up until now has been limited to viewing presentations and offering "assistance" to my 10yr old daughter on a couple of assignments for school.
My basic presentation is the beginnings of a learning tool for recognizing time on a clock face aimed at early primary (prep) aged children. In the first slide I have listed the times of the school day that events occur. The second slide is a clock face with the first time. I have added a question with answer buttons 'yes' or 'no'. The buttons contain hyperlinks to an animated page for a right or wrong answer.
Questions can be added to each page following, varying the way children look at the time and apply it to their real life situation. We could ask "What happens at this time of the day?" and progress to, "How long is the lunch break?". Children could also click on and rotate the hands of the clock to different times.
PowerPoint can be used to
- analyse a process through sequence of events
- make interactive storybooks or quizzes
- group and ungroup illustrations to make start/stop animations
- create 'virtual museums' http://christykeeler.com/EducationalVirtualMuseums.html
This is the link to my wikispace, where I have uploaded the "Tell the Time" PowerPoint presentation:
https://alliselearningwiki.wikispaces.com/Tell+the+time+Powerpoint
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