Hi, stakeholders
This week, too, I have read a lot about large classes and PowerPoint and learned how to use PowerPoint interactively in class through 10 basic steps. What I find so interesting about PowerPoint presentations is that they allow making learning vivid, and making learners become more interested, responsible, autonomous, inquisitive and critical thinkers.
One way of using PowerPoint presentations interactively in my class that crosses my mind is the teaching of some vocabulary items – using photographs and hyperlinks to Web links. So, instead of losing my time defining some words, I will allow them to see the real-to-life pictures of the new vocabulary items. More often than not, definitions and explanation seem to of little help. For example, the Internet links could provide with a variety of vegetables if my students and I decide to study vegetables. For this lesson, I think there is no better way than using visuals with PowerPoint. It is obvious that learning will take place easily and in a relaxed way.
In addition to learning how to use PowerPoint presentations interactively, I learned from the readings some practical and efficient ways of dealing with larges. You know, in my educational setting, small classes are the ones that have at most 40 to 50 students, and knowing strategies could only benefit my students. Some of the strategies I retained from the readings include personalization. Personalization is a good method for meeting all the students’ needs and styles in a very discreet way. For example, Next time I want to find a topic or an issue for discussion, I will devise open-ended questions for my students to answer before deciding a final topic or issue.
The readings this week have definitely given me new interesting ways of bringing positive changes in my classroom for the benefit of my students.
Best regards,
Bruno
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Dear Bruno,
ReplyDeleteUsing PPT in your classes will definitely make them more appealing for the different students. If you include pictures and links to the web, it will help the students understand many words that sometimes are difficult for us to explain.
On the other hand, asking the students their opinions and suggestions for the topics they aer going to study is a great way to make them feel part of the decissions about their own learning. MOst of the time, teachers are the ones who decide what they are going to teahc and how, but it is time to start thinking about our students interests before deciding on the topics to be taught.
Cristian
Hi Bruno,
ReplyDeleteUsing the Power Point must be productive.
As you said a good use of power point is for vocabulary activities.
For example, I use it to review the vocabulary seen the day before.
There are different ways to use the PPT for that.
If your textbook uses definitions, you can for example use the ppt to edit the word and ask the students for a definition. When they give a definition close to your definition, you show
it to them.
Another way to use the PPT to review or study vocabulary is to project a picture, images, or photographs and ask the students to tell you what they represent.
A Power Point must be simple but effective and reaching a specific objective.
Raphaël