Blog #6

My PowerPoint 1 Assignment is very basic and contains all the basic traits of a PowerPoint Presentation. The background is a solid color pink and font coloring is a lighter blue and I kept the format the same throughout all the slides because I thought it is easier in a presentation when all the slides have a general background format. I added some animations in the first and last slides. The animation gives the presentation of slides a more fun and unique aspect to the presentation. I also tried to use images that draw attention and help the viewer better understand the information that is on each slide.

Computer peripherals such as a printer can help when printing out assignments or printing out a test. They can help the teacher pass out all the assignments easily to the different students. Teachers can use textbooks also to base their curriculum on, but as well you the internet from the computer to find more examples on the material, which can allow the students to have a wider base of information on the subject. The computer programs can always be used hand in hand with the other supplies in the classroom to help the students learn better.

I have learned all these skills from PowerPoint before, so the skills were just a review for me. I think PowerPoint is a very useful tool when presenting information to the classroom. As a student I enjoy when the teacher uses PowerPoint as a tool in the classroom to present notes and I also plan on using PowerPoint when I am a teacher because I find it helpful in the classroom. PowerPoint allows for the information to be viewed easily so if you miss the information the teacher said, you have the PowerPoint to follow along from the information.

Blog #5

I decided to critique the FSU website, which is an overall good website in objectivity, design and accuracy. This website deals with all the aspects of FSU and it can be clearly seen throughout the site. The style of the website is set up nicely because each page is clearly labeled, the text is adjusted correctly, and it does not have too many page styles, fonts, or colors. It is fairly easy to navigate throughout the site because it is organized nicely and there are many lists with links to help you go to other pages of the website. Even though it is a very large website, its design is good because it clearly shows you were to go throughout these different topics of the website.

I think presentation software has more advantages than disadvantages for K- 12 students. I think this type of software is good for especially visual learners because it allows them to see the information that is being taught. Whether the students is looking at PowerPoint presentation or video, it will allow them to understand the information more when it is visually shown to rather than a teacher lecturing to the classroom. It can also be more fun for students to have projects using presentation software because they have a chance to graphically show the information in their project. A disadvantage might be that it is hard to use presentation software for younger students, who need more hands on learning rather than looking visually at the information. But in some instances videos might help younger students when learning as well as older students.

PowerPoint can be very helpful when students are learning in the classroom. When using a PowerPoint presentation, the student will be able to understand the information presented better. The can visually see the information written out on the slides as well as graphics that support the information that is written. In PowerPoint, you can also insert videos which will also help with the visual aspect of learning. This type of presentation allows the student to interactively understand the information that is taught.

Blog #4

The concepts presented in Chapter 7 seem helpful to teachers because it allows their students to begin to brainstorm about assignments in an organized way. I might ask my students to complete an outline for an essay. This outline will help them organize and arrange their thoughts in a list form, so they will have some kind of direction when they are writing their essays. When my students write their essays they can also use an idea map where they web out on different aspects of the topic. This allows them to link different ideas into the main topic of the essay. For that same essay, my students can complete a storyboard from their essay topic. The storyboard will allow them to design pages with graphics on the computer to help visualize what their essay is going to be about. All these different concepts can be completed on the computer through MS Word or Inspiration. By using these concepts, the students will be more prepared and organized when they decide to write their actual essay.

I think creating an outline, an idea map, and a story board is a great idea for some assignments in the classroom. Some assignments like writing an essay requires the organization and structure that those concepts provide, but for some simple quick assignments those concepts are not necessary. When structure is needed these concepts help the students arrange their ideas and thoughts before they begin their papers. I think that this is vital for first time writers because they are not sure how to structure their essays and these concepts will help them with these techniques. But the more the students progress the less should they need to use all of the concepts.

Even though I have been using Google for a very long time I did attain some new skills to help me when I am searching the internet. I learned that Google could be used as a calculator which I never knew before and it is very helpful. I didn’t know that you could exclude words in results by adding a minus sign before the word that you want excluded. This is very helpful when you are looking for one specific thing and do not want other results to show up in the search. I also learned that Google has an advance search which will help me when I want to even be more specific than the normal search.