This week was very interesting for me because I’ve read and learn more new things related to Creating Students-centered Classes and Interactive PowerPoint.
The discussion part was about Technology tools for creating Student- centered classes Including large classes. It was good to know some new tips to apply in our daily teaching.
What I like among others were the 36 formats for Interactive Summaries where I find new activities like the Flow, Dyads and Triads (I can do it with basic questions for my primary students ),Glossary (I can do this for specific definitions like for example zoo animals, Family members, Weather, etc), Team quiz, Team work and true or false . These are ideal for my students but in a basic way … I want to try them in my next classes!!!!
Another very helpful reading with excellent links is “Improving Lectures with technology” . Here I could learn how to be successful giving lectures with computer projection, how can I solve some common problems in my presentation and a new one that I have never heard “ using clickers”.
The idea of looking through other examples as it is showed in “The Anatomy of a Course Site” give as a wide view of the things I have to consider .
The last but not least were the readings related to Interactive PowerPoint. They help me a lot to know new ways of creating interactive materials like quizzes, games, Jeopardy, etc. So from now one I am going to include this kind of materials. It is a promise !!!
On the other hand, the task of the week was to create an Interactive PowerPoint.. Let me tell you that I have been using PowerPoint for many years, but they were showed in a basic way (pictures, videos, links ,etc ). They included tasks to be solved in a worksheet. Buuuu!!! . I also used to download some ppt games from internet and used them in class….But now, I have learned an interactive way to create them !!!!!! That is amazing !!!!! I have created my first interactive PowerPoint (an “..ing quiz” for my 7 year old students) and to tell the truth, it was hard but cool at the same time. I am sure they will like it and they want more activities like that.
Talking about PowerPoint , I have done some PREZI activities . I saw prezi around 5 months ago and immediately I saw its potential within education for creating interactive content. This is the one I did for my secondary students on February : VOLCANOES
This is the information about Project Task 5. I am planning to create a Blog for my 8 -9 year old students .It will have songs, some tasks to do , interactive PowerPoints, links to videos and games. Some activities will be done in class and others at home. I have seen some examples of blogs, and they have some links to do some games like puzzles ,crosswords with pictures, etc.
Now, welcome week 7 !!!!!
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