Course Materials - Group 3 - Week 5

During this week’s tutorial we looked at the ways to present learning to a class. Throughout the lesson we were introduced to new ways that I have never heard of such as Thinglink and Glogster as well as some that I have encounter in the past, PowerPoint and Prezi. 

Technical aspects

PowerPoint is by far the best known learning presentation application, and by far the most readily available for students and teachers. This technology allows the user to take a presentation and customise the information/layout, with a great amount of ease. PowerPoint works in a very user friendly way with your level of knowledge the only limitation that the program has. It can be used for more technical application such as quizzes and pathways by adding hyperlinks to other slides (backwards and forwards) and the of course, the internet. 

Learning Outcomes

Being able to record a lesson worth of information and relay it onto students in a quick and effective way is a great way to assist students that may learn in different ways. This platform can somewhat work like a blog or wiki page that is simple and easy to share. By being able to upload information into a PowerPoint presentation, with the inclusion of videos or links can give students the opportunity to choose the way they learn. Having the lesson easy to access outside the classroom, students have the opportunity to study and revise a lesson at their own pace and also gives students that learn by reading rather than listening a chance to take in a lesson in their style. 

Link to PowerPoint Presentation - https://sebastiankilpatrickbrazier.wikispaces.com/Powerpoint+example

 

An application to teaching context – SAMR Model

Although PowerPoint isn’t a new technology, it still has the opportunity to change the pedagogy towards certain learning experiences. Being able to incorporate it into some areas may be more difficult than others, however below I have attached a link to a PowerPoint about Anatomy and health. I believe that is a good example of information being given with the use of pictures and short sentences rather than large amounts of text, which I believe is more beneficial when creating a power point. 

Substitution – A complete transfer for information from textbook to PowerPoint format 

Augmentation – Changing the look of the information, the inclusion of pictures and shortening information into concise points of information. (Uploaded)

Modification – Instead of having homework exercises, use PowerPoint to create a quiz that students can answer and record their score. 

Redefinition – A classroom is asked to create a documentary video answering a question related to important concepts. Teams of students take on different subtopics and collaborate to create one final, by each student having a number of slides each and then combining them.