Embedded Task 4 Power Point

PowerPoint

Power points are a great way of combining written information with visual information. having that combination of visual and written information more often than not allows for a better explanation of the topic than either could provide along. power points are useful in schools as it allows teacher to combine a lot of great teaching resources into one great presentation. students can also use power points as the perfect tool to create a slide presentation to assist them in an oral assignment.

 

Technical Aspects

• Layouts - Power point allow you to structure the layout of you slides in any way you like, it also has templates that are available and all have different design features to suit your power point.
• Easy to Use - power point is very easy to use. students usually encounter power points in the early years of there schooling and are taught how to use it to assist in oral presentations as well as a variety of other things
• Customise Layout - it allows you to customise it how ever you like from basic things like choosing the colours of your slides to the content that is in it (e.g.. videos, audio narration, linking websites, etc.)
• Internet Collaboration - unlike social media PowerPoint does not need an internet connection to be created. although by using the internet you are able to share you slides with others using websites like SlideShare.

 

My Pedagogy

In Manual Arts and Graphics power points can be very useful. Manual Arts teachers can use power points as a way going through a project with students or teaching them about a specific topic relating to their work. For instance if the teacher had a new class that had not been in the workshop before. they could create a power point outlining the rules and requirements as well as workplace health and safety whilst in the workshop. One of the benefits of using a power point for this is that the teachers can include videos and audio files in the power point rather than having to flick between websites and files on the computer during class as this can sometimes be disruptive. another great benefit to having the information on a power point rather than writing on the board is that the information is always there rather then once you wipe something off the white board it is harder to come back to a it needs to be rewritten but with a power point all it takes is a click of the mouse. power point are great for going through projects as the teacher can step out each step on a new slide this allows going through the project to be more structured and less likely that students would get lost and confused.

SAMR

• Substitution - Instead of writing notes on the board, I project my power point onto the board for students to take notes from.
• Augmentation - students are to go on the class wiki where the teacher has put a power point. students are to go through the power point at their own pace watching the video embedded in the slide and answering the questions.
• Modification - the students are to create a power point on the project they are building in the workshop. there power point is to include their progress tracking on the project, any problems they encountered and how they over came that problem and ideas on changes that could be made to the project to improve it.
• Redefinition - students are to access SlideShare and connect with others and also search for ideas to improve there project.