Digital Powerpoint Nutrition

Digital PowerPoint Nutrition Slide Presentation 03/02/2010

http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=ddmvmspk_51ccbtxkhh

What?

Today we worked together as a team and created our digital camera /power point presentation. We decided to use nutrition as our presentation, because we found this under the 2nd grade curriculum guide on UEN. We took pictures last week, and brought them to class on an SD card, and also saved on our Gmail accounts. Dr. Water's was out, so we didn't learn about Picasa, but we worked with it while putting our presentation together.

So What?

After we imported all of the various photos we were able to make a plan toward what type of presentation we wanted to build. We decided on a topic then we added pictures and writing and color contrasts as well as information into the presentation. It went fairly well, the program kept freezing up while we were editing the photos and slides. That was frustrating, but eventually we were able to get it all imported and saved and it looked great!

Then What?

I enjoyed working with power point in combining pictures with my entire team. It was a good experience that will help me be able to make more efficient presentations to my class. I feel it is very important to be able to present information in a way that my students will be able to understand and learn what I am teaching. By learning how to create interesting, concise and effective power points for my class, I will be able to use the latest technology to teach, and give my students the opportunity to learn and understand better. I need to be aware of the benefits and work to make sure my presentations are informative, and can hold their attention, and contribute to my lesson. I think power point is a very useful presentation tool, and I will definitely use it in my classroom.


Video Reflection 3/2/2010

This video showed all of the things we should be aware of, while working with power point and putting together slide presentations. It was funny, but also had many good points to remember in order to help you create more effective presentations. It pointed out various problems some people have had when using power point and listening to power point presentations.

By watching this video I was able to see potential problems, and be able to watch for those, and try not to create them in my work. I thought it was interesting and true at how our power points can actually take away from our presentation if not created in a effective way. It high lighted problems like; putting too much information on the slides, making the slides too confusing with color, facts, and grids, and poor background color choices. It also warned against having too many prompts for the presenter--that was funny. It also encouraged you to be careful to just bullet the main key points, not every point you present. That way your audience will be able to focus on your main idea, and not be thinking of many different ideas and facts. Power point can be a powerful tool in teaching if used correctly.