As a visual and hands on learner, I get more out of all types of presentations than text in a book. I feel that presenting material in different fonts, animation, colors of slides are visually stimulating because my visual memory can recall this information better than highlighting words on paper. In Thorsen (2009), presentations was also defined as using text, video, audio, graphics, and animation. I think incorporating these essential visuals and auditories into information and displayed for learners can help students recall curriculum in a more rigorous way.
In my classroom, I use a SMARTboard which is interactive as well. I love that I can go onto www.SMARTboardexchange.com and download a lesson in any appropriate subject and grade level matter and be able to deliver a rigorous hands on lesson. I have noticed that these students are constantly engaged and can transfer the subject matter quicker than timely lessons. I think I would have learned better at their age if they had interactive boards back in my school day.
You are blessed! I have always wanted a Smartboard but have never used one! I have just about everything else in my classroom, though, so I won't complain. I am a visual learner as well and will remember things I see ... especially if I hear it, too. However, I do not like animations in PowerPoint. I don't know why because I like videos. I think it's because many of the animations have never been updated and they look out of date to me. Perhaps a newer version would help!
ReplyDeleteI must say I love fun fonts. :) I have an app called iFontmaker that I love! I love being able to make my own fonts and then use them on the computer. I let my students create fonts, too, as a prize and then I send them the link so that they can download the font to their computer at home. It is a favorite prize!
Maggie,
ReplyDeleteI am also a hands-on learner. Presentations helped me to process the information being presented at a progressive rate as oppose to reading the same information in a textbook. Presentations are a fresh approach to delivering new information. Students are engaged and excited about learning when the lessons are interactive, incorporates video, audio, graphics and animation.
The role of presentations in the classroom allows for strong interaction between teacher and student and helping to increase the students understanding and mastery of the content. Presentation should be created and designed to produce higher learning.
Blessings,
Tangie
Hi Maggie,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing that weblink, it will come in handy in my classes as well. I love to have a variety of resources that I can choose from to teach my students. I too am a visual and hands on learner. I have struggled a bit with my SMARTboard however but it was more because of the lack of quality tech support and training rather than the SMARTboard itself. Now that we have a new tech director he is anti-SMARTboard and wants to stop using them altogether in favor of another projections system.
I say as long as it works, I don't care what it is. I hope to go on the website that you provided and find at least one lesson that I can use in my classroom.