Post #7

Post #7 Prompt

A paragraph on what you feel are the biggest advantages and disadvantages of using presentation software in the K-12 classroom.

A paragraph on how you might use PowerPoint to support student learning at each knowledge dimension in a particular lesson. Be explicit in your example! Use Chapter 5 and online resources.

A paragraph on an issue related to educational technology that now interests you. You may provide information, ask questions, include links, etc.

One of the biggest disadvantages is also one of the advantages of using a presentation in class. And that in my opinion is attention. You want to keep the attention of your students, but if you try too hard than the students get overstimulated. They no longer pay as much atention and they fail to absorb the information you are giving them.

Power point can be used as notes for your students, as an introduction to introduce your students to new information, or even as an alternative to using a whiteboard. It is all in how you choose to use it. Yet as mentioned earlier you do not want to overuse it

A new technology that interests me are the virtual whiteboards that are becoming more and more prevalent in the classroom. I think they are so useful for both the teacher and the tudent because it allows the teacher to easily save the notes on the board, or the studetn or teacher to directly interact with the information on the board.