Background: Okay, I admit it. I hate powerpoint. I am not at all interested in using slides with information on them to outline a lecture that I am giving students. I don't want them to furiously scribble down every word that is on the slide as I try my best to engage them in learning as I expand on the topic. They never pay attention to the information. So, when I started playing around with hyperlinks in powerpoint, and saw the potential for students garnering information through their own journey through the slides (rather than the normal click and lecture presentation) I grudgingly decided to put my dislike aside and give this program another chance. So, we are studying Beowulf, and we want the students to understand Norse culture and mythology. Could I make a Powerpoint journey for the students? Success! The powerpoint presentation is now interactive, asking students to synthesize information and use that information to move through the various topics. Now what to do? Could I influence others to move beyond the typical click and lecture mode of powerpoint presenations? Could I get students to understand the use of powerpoint beyond the hated visual of the lecture presentation? Could they create a product and then share it and comment on its worth? Hmmm....
Objective: Students will create an interactive Powerpoint presentation to instruct others about topics relating to the Canterbury Tales.
Activities:
1. Students, in small groups, create short interactive powerpoint presentations using hyperlinks. These powerpoints should be instructional presentations designed to teach concepts related to their assigned topic from the Canterbury Tales, by Geoffery Chaucer.
2. Presentations will be uploaded into Slideshare.net by the teacher. These presentations will then be shared within the student community.
3. Students will interact with at least two presentations, and use the comments feature to evaluate the content and structure of the presentations using a teacher generated guide, and their own observations.
4. Presentations will be published into the general community of Slideshare to share the concept of interactive powerpoints. Periodic checks will be made over the course of the semester to see the number of views and the number of downloads of these interactive presentations.
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Wow! Great ideas! And very doable. Just remember that each FREE screen cast should be under five minutes (unless things there have changed). Very detailed. Beowulf...yeech. But bringing in technology makes me look upon it with renewed interest.
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