Interesting use of words and technology

Wordle: Untitled Courtesy of http://www.wordle.net/create Here is a small example of a wordle created with a sonnet from Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice. This site would be a great tool for students to use in class and at home. I thought they could use it with Shakespeare's texts as it draws out particular words in a creative way. This would help with the students finding ladders or meaning in the text and helping with understanding.

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Powerpoint presentations

Powerpoint presentations are effective in the classroom as they value simplicity. They can be used to get across key points to your students. Through the use of displaying visual words, graphic organisers, relevant images and sound for example you can develop an effective learning tool. Powerpoint also aids in teaching more efficiently in the classroom. Instead of wasting time drawing up diagrams on the board and the students doing so in their book which effectively can be time consuming in a class period, Powerpoint can be set up before the students enter for instant stimulation when they arrive. Going through the slides promotes discussion and also aids in providing students with instructions systematically.

Powerpoint also helps with teacher efficiency as it is a technology that can be stored easily as a file that can be reused over time for many classes and is not paper based which overall helps the environment.
Although I am still in the process of developing my own powerpoint presentations and learning how to embed them into my blog I can definately see the relevance of them in classrooms of today. They are also effective for our students to design for their class presentations and a skill that will help with their life long learning as this tool in also used in many occupations in the big, wide world outside of the school domain.
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  1. KendalApril 26, 2010 at 6:29 PM

    I agree totally with you on Powerpoint presentations Leah. They can be set up and ready for when the class starts to ensure the most effective use of class time rather than writting or drawing up the content onto the board which is time consuming and boring. I love the fact that students can use the powerpoint presentations for their work/assessment also.

    Regards
    Kendal

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  2. Leah ThineeApril 27, 2010 at 1:53 AM

    Thanks for your comment Kendal,

    Students are so technologically minded and I was amazed at their abilities today in practical when they got to use the computers in class for English. They taught me some skills I tell you. They work so quickly on them like second nature. We would be stupid not to facilitate ICTS in their learning. Powerpoints are such a great tool.

    Kind Regards,

    Leah

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