Post 8

A paragraph discussing and critiquing your own PowerPoint 2 assignment using the concepts addressed in Chapter 8.

My powerpoint two assignment was a personal best. Before the course, my powerpoints were basic and pretty blank. Thanks to a better understanding of rubrics and what exactly was required by the assignment, I was able to create a much more detailed and accurate presentation.

A paragraph about how you might integrate peripherals and non-computer audio-visual technologies in your classroom. How might you use them with computer-based technologies?

Not everything in the classroom that is technology is computer driven. Non-computer audio video aids are one example of this. Students could create presentations of their own using pictures, magazines, etc. and these aids could be brought into class. Audio aids outside of the computer realm could include cassettes of recordings that could be played and then the students could compare those sounds and aids to any they might find on the internet. Non-computer aids could be used to compare to those computer driven aids. The more hands on with something like a digital recorder to compare to Mp3's online. Students could learn to include pictures and drawings and learn how to upload them to PhotoShop. Comparisons are very hands on and I think that that is the best method of creating a balance between the non-computer driven and the highly technological.


A paragraph on new skills you acquired in the last week that you think will be especially useful to you in your educational career and why you think so.

I learned how to create a linked powerpoint (i.e. a gameboard). That is fantastic! Students don't like to be bored. If they become bored then they don't bother to learn. If I can make it fun and educational by making a jeopardy-type game for say reviewing for a test or learning a new lesson. I know I enjoyed these things in school and it made me want to learn