There are many ways teachers can present information to students to gain their interest, curiosity and participation, however, sometimes further help is needed to keep their engagement. Interactive technology such as:
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PowerPoint
Prezi
Glogster
These three different sites can be used by everyone and can be a very successful tool to manipulate, if you present it correctly, to assist students with their learning. All of these tools are appropriate to embed into curriculum stories as they include valuable knowledge for teachers to manipulate to give students the best chance in learning.
PowerPoint presentations are one of the oldest forms of interactive technology that teachers use, (even I remember using PowerPoint in primary school!) P.P. is a very effective pedagogical tool in the classroom, they can be used for:
- Initial teaching
- Student projects
- Practice drilling
- Games
- Reviews
- Tests and more.
Teachers manipulate P.P. because it is an easy program for both teachers and students to learn, the program comes with a complete tutorial, and easy to find and use features.
Here is are some screenshots of a PowerPoint presentation I made which shows you all the things you can do with it.
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Other ways it can be used is for:
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Cooperative learning tool
Graphic organizers
Assessments
Problem solving tests
Research
Biographies
Timelines
<-- Info graphs (Example to the right)
The following is a Prezi example which explains all the examples and features of a Prezi presentation and why it is a successful tool for teachers to manipulate.
References
Google images
YouTube
Very nice post Renee. Well done.
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