Shana

  The Windows PowerPoint is an excellent tool for both teachers and students. PowerPoint can be used for assisting presentations, pre recorded presentations, interactive presentations and much more. PowerPoint has a variety of tutorials available on YouTube for uses to view before using the application, however, I will discuss some settings I have used along the way.                                                   Authors Image: Power Point 2022 In the screenshot ABOVE you can see along the top of the screen that there are a variety of designs to choose from. Alternatively, if you right click the background on any slide you can change the background to a picture (like I have done). Power Point automatically provides text boxes, though you can add in extra for more customisation. In the NEXT screenshot you can see slide option up the top including ‘recor...

  Using visuals such as photos, picture and diagrams; are a useful tool to engage students into having deeper thought patterns about current unit topics. Students can engage with each other and learn from peers by sharing visuals and pictures that represent items from the unit. The purpose   of this is to see others opinions and collaborate. For example, in a Health and Physical Education (HPE) unit students can draw a ‘plate’. The plate will show their average dinner meal: the portion of protein, carbohydrates, fats and vegetables. By sharing these with the teacher or fellow students, they may learn about the different eating habits and the socioeconomic factors that cause this. Teachers can use the SAMR model to propose the use of visuals and images in the classroom. As a substitution, students may draw or create a concept map using an online tool such as ‘wise mapping’ (free for all users). As augmentation, students may have to create digital posters or PowerPoints as par...