Chapter nine in our book titled, “Expressing Creativity with Multimedia Technologies” was an
interesting and informative chapter.
The first topic I would like to discuss from chapter nine
would be PowerPoint and next-generation presentation tools. PowerPoint is a
multimedia presentation software, which is a standard feature on many of today’s
computers. PowerPoint is used a lot in schools. Both teachers and students use PowerPoint
regularly for presentation matters. I
myself have used PowerPoint countless number of times in a school setting.
Students in school now should be masters at using it by the time they are in
high school just for the fact that with mostly any presentation they will be
using it. Another well-known presentation tool is Prezi, I have seen a few
people use it but mostly I only see PowerPoint. I think that power point is a
really useful tool for students, it makes presenting material easier and there
is so much you can add to you presentation like pictures, video clips and
music.
The second thing I would like to talk about is streaming
video resources for teachers. The books says that streaming video is an
important instructional resource at every grade level. With that being said it
gives you different places you can find useful videos. Different video
resources for teachers would be: PBS Learning Media, YouTube for schools,
TeacherTube, and snag learning. All of these places allow teachers to find
videos that are grade/age appropriate for their students. I think it is nice to
have options so teachers do not have to sit and search for an hour through YouTube.
But it is also cool that if they want to use YouTube there is a section for
school related videos.
The third thing I would like to touch on podcasts as a
learning technology. For those of you who do not know, a Podcast is a term that
comes from the words iPod and broadcast. A Podcast is an audio recording
distributed online and accessed on computers or portable media players using
free software such as iTunes. The book says that by using Podcasts teachers and
students can access a wealth of audio and video educational resources and
listen to them whenever they chose. I personally think that it would be a beneficial
thing to use Podcasts as a learning technology, they are easy to access and
they can help students gain some knowledge from anywhere. Teachers can even
record their own podcasts that students can listen to so they can review and
remember what they learned in class.
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All in all I found chapter 9 to be very informative and even
a little eye opening on a few topics.
Work Cited
Maloy, Robert, Verock-O’Loughlin,Ruth-Ellen, Edwards, Sharon
A., and Woolf, Beverly Park (2013). Transforming Learning with New
Technologies. 2nd Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc. lead to bad
things.
PowerPoint can be an effective tool, but it has been used less so in recent years and has become "deadly" (check out Death by PowerPoint parody via YouTube). Since it was originally designed for business where bullet points are important for such meetings, it does not necessarily translate well for those in education. But it has potential...as do the new web 2.0 tools. There are so many great tools - they just need to be used properly and in the right environments. :)
ReplyDeleteI also like that you focused on podcasts - there's much to learn from these audio tools. Though most learners prefer visual in the classroom, I think podcasts can be a great supplement for outside the classroom and, as you mention, to show what they know by creating their own.