Games, accompanied by feedback from the teacher and peers, add exciting and novel elements to professional education. I have created my interactive PowerPoint in the form of Jeopardy game (https://sites.google.com/site/webskillssu2010/interactive-powerpoint).
The tutorial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgPO-agnnMk has helped me greatly and I want to save it for me for ever. Guided by I have also created the interactive quiz about US Presidents and have made up my mind about creating one more interesting quiz of my own.
I knew about PP Presentations and used them widely and taught my students to be successful speakers with the help of this tool but now I can make my presentations interactive, I know some secrets and tips (http://tinyurl.com/353d7zy, http://tinyurl.com/38qwyok , http://tinyurl.com/2vll7kc, http://www.garrreynolds.com/Presentation/slides.html ) and I am very proud of myself and very thankful to Deborah for this acquired knowledge.
While preparing my game I found out that we can create them and many others much easier if we use readily available web-based computer templates (e.g. http://teach.fcps.net/trt10/PowerPoint.htm). With a template you or even your students can create a game in minutes. These PowerPoint™ presentations can be modified with your own questions to create an interactive review or test for your students on any material and with lots of interest and enthusiasm.
We were given the secrets of successful presentation and this video is exactly about the necessity of poor Power Point Presentations:
After watching it I see the only way out is in well-conceived and well-founded INTERACTIVE presentation!
Dear Victoria,
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing links for templates both here and on Nicenet. They are very helpful for those of us who have a basic knowledge of Power Point but have never used it in the interactive way.
Just like you, I learn best by doing something myself and trying things out, and before I use the templates I will make my own presentation from scratch. However, as you say, templates can be of great help, especially as we can create a new game or quizz within minutes, which will greatly save our time.
All the best
Arjana
Dear Victoria,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your thoughts on the Week 6 topic of PowerPoints. You use two key words in your blog post: interest and enthusiasm. I think these two words capture the fundamental essence of what good interactive PowerPoints can generate.
The Finnan & Shaw reading for this week stresses the importance of moving from an instructional model where students are passive recipients of other people’s knowledge to a model where students construct their own knowledge. I agree. When we generate "interest and enthusiasm" among students we often prompt them to ask their own questions and seek their own answers. Their interest and enthusiasm can fuel their desire to learn! I believe that interactive presentations, like interactive PowerPoints, can involve students in activities that "inspire" and "engage", thereby encouraging them to learn. However, as you aptly indicate in your blog post, in order for PowerPoints to work they need to be "well-conceived and well-founded."
Regards,
Stephen
Dear Arjana, Stephen and Victor,
ReplyDeleteThank you for reading my posts and commenting on them and supporting my ideas.
Victor! Deborah asked us not to hurry with quizzes on PP as we'll soon learn wonderful tool - Hot Potatoes.
Yours,
Victoria
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