Thursday, April 4, 2013

Module 6 Summary



Module 6

PowerPoint: Making PowerPoint Slides- I enjoyed looking through this PowerPoint as it was a good refresher on how to construct a well developed presentation. I found that the information portrayed in this PowerPoint presentation showed examples and information that I have been doing already. A few things that I did not do when creating presentations as an undergrad student, was create an outline slide, a conclusion slide, and ask for questions at the end. During our professional development sessions, our academic coaches do a great job of creating PowerPoints that include all the major components.

 EBSCO: I have used this research tool in past courses when looking for accredited and published articles. I am familiar with this tool, and will definitely be using it for future resources.

Creating Good PowerPoint Presentations:  I found this article to be very informative. It is important that we engage our audience and not bore them. The links included were very helpful in reminding me about key pointers to remember when working with PowerPoint especially. I use PowerPoint daily for my morning kiosk, and I actually found some answers to a few questions I had.

PowerPoint and Kid Pix Studio: I absolutely loved this article. I am always looking for ways to incorporate technology into instruction and allowing my students to learn through multimedia verses worksheets; however, they are sometimes necessary. The templates that came with this source are absolutely fabulous and I will most certainly be using them in my classroom. I really liked how PowerPoint can be connected to reading picture books and even English Language Arts. Our possibilities are unlimited when it comes to engaging our students through the use of technology.

Web 2.0-In reading we have been talking about the difference between digital and print sources. My students have been learning about Prezis, PowerPoints, blogs, and wikis which are just a few of the resources listed. I also am big on using clip art and pictures through daily instruction and with the help of www.morguefile.com, I am sure not to infringe on any copyrights.  I really enjoy using these various tools as a means of instruction; they just tend to take a LONG time to create. L