Scenario
Art lesson on colours
Student understanding of colours and colour mixing can be
transformed through the incorporation of interactive PowerPoint’s that allow
students to predict what colour the mixing of two others will result in. The
learning is facilitated due do the LM having the correct answers on the
PowerPoint but still allow the students to interact with the PowerPoint and the
slide order. The learning is supported due to there being room for trial and
error, rather than being told the correct answers students can attempt the
PowerPoint multiple times either individually or collaboratively so as to learn
the necessary content. Lastly the learning is enhanced due to the interactivity
of the PowerPoint, students work to understand the content at their own pace
using the LM provided PowerPoint.
Powerpoint
First tool to explore this week was Powerpoint. I have used powerpoints previously, but not to a great degree. An extension to the old powerpoint was introduced in the reading this week, that is the tool of Mouse Mischief. I had never heard of this tool before but i absolutely love what ive seen so far. I love how it is so interactive, allow mucltiple users to use the same screen in a program as simple as powerpoint. I had never imagined that powerpoint had so many different capabilities to it, all of which i have been blissfully unaware of. Looking back i have seen this tool used once at uni so far and it was actually in a science lecture from a visiting teacher from a local school. We played this quiz game as a class and the powerpoint was completely interactive, i didnt give it as much credit as was due, in retrospect it made the boring revision question quite fun by making classmates compete agianst each other for correct answers. I loved it and as such i dont see how i cant apply this in the classroom to achieve the same results. Hopefully my basic powerpoint knowledge will help me in my explorations of this new tool 'Mouse Mischief'. Ultimately this tool allows LM to make boring lessons such as revision into fun and exciting games. I hope to use this in the future, hopefully next year in my prac at a local school.
Prezi
Second tool for this week was a Prezi, this is still a fairly new tool to me, having seen it being used only a few times and having made only one myself. This one is quite fancy, taking the old presentation method of a powerpoint and making it fun, exciting and ultimately dynamic if used well. I have seen some wonderful presentations where a Prezi was used and it turned a boring presentation into one that actually engaged the audience, with each click something surprising was going to happen and it really made me want to pay attention. I can see how useful a tool like this would be in the classroom if it has the same effect on students as it does on me. If i familiarize myself with the tool i hope to be able to make the absolute most of the tool and create exciting lessons. This tool would also be excellent for the students to use. This tool makes students re think how they word their 'slides', rather than paragraphs like are so common on powerpoints, short and direct statements are far more effective in a Prezi. This would be an opportunity to teach students how to summarise what they need to say in a presentation into one key point and the additional explanations would be verbal. Rather than reading off a powerpoint as is so common, student would have one sentence on a slide and have to talk about it for a minute.
Glogster
The last tool for this week is Glogster, this is a tool that i had absolutely never even heard of, let alone used. I had a look on the website at some of the examples that were listed there and they were amazing. I havnt explored the tool as much as i have all of the others i have encountered so far so i cant give such a detailed analuysis on it but from the little that i have seen i like it. One possible way that i can see myself using it is as a summary of a unit that is being implemented. I can create that Glog by linking all of the website i use in class, some student work examples that show noted difficulties, videos i come across and any other great resources i or the students find. These Glogs could than be saved at some location that i can either access again later or share with other teachers. Another possible use is to create a Glog for each student where i upload photos, work samples and any other important information onto it. This can than be used as a digital portfolio that the parents would be allowed to access using a password. This would allow parents to keep up to date on what their student is doing in school without coming in for continual interviews. This would establish those lines of communication between a LM and parents that are so often lacking.
Heres a sample of a Glog i started just to fiddle around with the available tools on the site.
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I uploaded a video, playes with the background and wall colours/ patters, item layering etc. The tools were self explanatory and allow for a professional poster to be made. I particularly liked the premade graphics and how they matched.
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