Microsoft Power Point While I have used Microsoft Power Point in a previous class, I do not have a solid grasp of using the program to the fullest potential. With my lack of expertise with this program in mind, I chose to use this program to develop a product for use in a classroom. Microsoft Power Point is program if used to the fullest potential, could bring the learning experience to life for the children that would otherwise not understand the course material. Microsoft Power Point is a program that can enable a teacher to prepare a presentation that could introduce students to information that they need to learn. The information can be formatted in nearly endless ways. With such a wide range of possibilities, the teacher can use this to keep the presentations new and interesting each throughout each presentation and from presentation to presentation. The presentations have the ability to contain videos, which a teacher could install. These videos would allow students to see the information in an additional way other than in text form. Since many students are visual learners, this could be a great value in an educational environment. Inside the presentations, the teacher has the ability to install links to supporting websites, files, or other types of information that supplement the classroom material. Having this ability makes organizing information to be presented to the students more organized.
Teaching Product With Microsoft Power Point, I created a presentation for use in a classroom. The presentation included different backgrounds that were meant to keep the slides fresh. It also included different animations for the same purpose as the different backgrounds. In this presentation, I attached a link to video. This video would allow students to view information in action. This would allow them to understand what real world applications may be possible. This presentation also provides a teacher with an outline for the information that needs to be covered. This ensures that nothing important is left out and information is given adequate time to be explained so the students are allowed time to understand.
ISTE National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers This presentation meets several standards set by National Educational Technology Standards (NETS). First, a teacher would need to be familiar with the program to use Microsoft Power Point to the fullest and this is the first standard set out by NETS. Second, it also fulfills the second standard. This presentation is planned and designed with the purpose of enhancing the learning environment of the students in the classroom. The addition of video, varied background and animation are meant to keep the students interested in the presentation of course material. The video adds an element that aids visual learners to learn the information. This presentation accommodates the fifth standard as well. With the built in outline, the presentation ensures that information intended to be presented will not be left out of the class instruction. It also insures that time will not be wasted on anything that is not necessary to the subject being instructed.
Benefits of Using Technology in Teaching I think that the benefits of using technology in teaching are obvious. The use of technology provides teachers with many more tools to bring the students information. It potentially lowers the cost of bringing that information to the students. With the ability to provide that information to the students in the form of presentations, the need in printed materials is lowered. The need for individual textbooks could also be diminished. The internet is a form of technology that expands the available information. The internet can aid teachers in bringing many forms of material to the students such as video, news articles, photos, and many items to supplement the class material. Computers aid the students with many tasks. The computers can be used to research information pertaining to classroom study. With the internet, the students have information from around the world at their fingertips. Students can also use the computers to write papers. Word processing software has many valuable tools the students can take advantage of. It provides spell check and can help the students with grammatical errors that may have been made while writing an assignment. Presentations made with Microsoft Power Point are valuable tools that teachers could enlist in the instruction of their students. It allows the information to be presented in a potentially interesting way. These presentations fulfill several of the standards NETS has set out for the use of technology in education. The benefits of the use of technology are clearly numerous.