PowerPoint

What? Okay so this week we learning all about PowerPoint. We have this book from class that is called 50 PowerPoint Activities, I think the name is pretty self explanatory. The book is really great for giving you ideas on how to teach a certain subject through the use of PowerPoint. So this week we had to make two PowerPoints from the list of activities in the book. We worked as partners and the first one we worked on was a PowerPoint on smoking and the second was on Earth vs Mars.

So What? I think this assignment was mainly to get a feel for PowerPoint because it is great tool to use when teaching. As a student I like PowerPoint because I think I understand what the teacher is trying to explain better because I can see what they are talking about and see the words he is using to explain which is proven to stay in your memory longer when you can actually see the words instead of just hearing them. As a teacher I can keep myself on track using the PowerPoint as a guide. I can explain something to colleague by using charts this tool has to offer.

Now What? I think this tool will be extremely useful for my future students. I have had some my own teachers try to explain something through a PowerPoint and I feel like it was helpful. Although I think some of the teachers would just go off the PowerPoint and not really do any teaching by themselves; it was like they were reading off of a script. I think it would be good to have my own students make a PowerPoint to explain a subject we a learning in class and then teach the class about it. That way they are learning more about it by teaching. I think that if my colleagues are not aware of this excellent tool they will probably see me using it in class and then they can benefit their own students. I really want my students to understand what I am teaching so that I can be a better teacher and if I have to use this tool to achieve that then I will.

Video Reflection: http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=2443&title=The_Future_of_Computers

So I really liked this video because it shows you how much the world of technology is changing. I think that as a teacher my students would be really excited to see this video so they can see what the future holds for them. What they will have to use in class, when they research a project, make a PowerPoint, and use other tools. They computers will probably always be apart of our lives but how they work and how we use them will probably always be changing and surprising us.