It may sound
weird that I have been busy working on refining my final project for this
Webskill and on an Interactive Powerpoint since Wednesday this week whereas
nothing has been done well. Based on what was done last week, the project seems
to be unsatisfactory for there were details I did not get into. Now, I am
questioning myself whether to continue what I have done or to restart the
Webquest I began the implementation of, last week. The thing is that my final
project and Webquest are dependent on each other. Nevertheless, I keep faith
that "Everything's gonna be all right!"; I am sometimes a Bob Marley
follower to a certain extent.
Regarding
the Powerpoint task of this week, I was overwhelmed by its interactive side
since it was a little challenging for me. For that, I really need your support
by giving me tips and comment on how I can enhance the way I design my
Interactice Powerpoint lesson, which is now in our class's Wiki. I still struggle
to use Powerpoint and am far from being professional in designing lessons using
this tool, because the only thing I
often do with Powerpoint is photo slides. I sometimes tell students to use
Powerpoint for their oral presentations whereas their teacher is not an expert
in it. I entirely agree with the author of The Journal's article entitled
"Creating an Interactive PowerPoint Lesson for the Classroom", found
at http://thejournal.com/Articles/2000/08/01/Creating-an-Interactive-PowerPoint-lesson-for-the-classroom/,
saying that "If students use technology to learn, teachers should use the
same technology to teach". That is the right thing to do! What do you
think?
To conclude,
this week's experience has put myself in the shoes of my students as a beginning
learner for I had to learn everything about Powerpoint this time. I understand
how difficult it is for our students to be introduced something new because
"new" means "unkown"; and "unknown" is tantamount
to "difficult".
Looking
forward to your comments and thoughts.
Thanks for
reading me.
Hi Manda,
ReplyDeleteSome of us have suffered much to come up with a semi-finished PowerPoint product. I have never created nor used one in my class before. The discussion you launched on Thursday on the PowerPoint discussion board was cathartic to me. I had already been thinking over my powerpoint miseries. It was then that I started groping for tutorials to learn the basics. As I said in my blog, I have not been so tense and spent so much time on a task.
I am glad you have been able to come to a final decision in your 2nd week 6 blog for the project. Indecision is so hard to manage. The main thing is the creation of a powerpoint lesson; learning is underway and we shall improve things as we move on.
"If students use technology to learn, teachers should use the same technology to teach". This saying is so true! Sometimes I feel ashamed when my students help me with some petty technical tips. Some are smart at technology. Maybe this experience would make us more humble and try to feel how some students shoes are so tight for them to wear.
Best of courage, Manda.
Foli.