JOURNAL #6: Presentation Tools
Classroom 2.0 is a web site set up to connect people interested in technological tools that could be used classrooms. It allows a sharing of resources with peers, students and others. Web 2.0 builds communities and allows one to discover like-minded individuals. In the “presentation” tool there are discussions about different programs and resources that could be used to make a presentation using technology. There were discussions of good PowerPoint presentations. Others included Flickr, Slideshare, and ZohoShow. There is help in building your presentation and in sharing your presentation with others. You also can find other presentations that have been done covering your subject. Another discussion for presentations mentioned that Google added a presentation tool to be used with Google docs. These discussions allow people to get feedback on the tools they have found and even instruction on how to use them from peers that may already have tried them before. Another discussion was started by a new math teacher looking for ideas on how to allow his students to create slideshows and movies covering math subjects and he was asking for ideas and input. He was getting all kinds of recommendations and instruction on how he could accomplish this. It’s amazing how many people will take the time to pass on knowledge to unknown others. This could allow anyone to get help in accomplishing many things in the classroom using technology.
Classroom 2.0 is a web site set up to connect people interested in technological tools that could be used classrooms. It allows a sharing of resources with peers, students and others. Web 2.0 builds communities and allows one to discover like-minded individuals. In the “presentation” tool there are discussions about different programs and resources that could be used to make a presentation using technology. There were discussions of good PowerPoint presentations. Others included Flickr, Slideshare, and ZohoShow. There is help in building your presentation and in sharing your presentation with others. You also can find other presentations that have been done covering your subject. Another discussion for presentations mentioned that Google added a presentation tool to be used with Google docs. These discussions allow people to get feedback on the tools they have found and even instruction on how to use them from peers that may already have tried them before. Another discussion was started by a new math teacher looking for ideas on how to allow his students to create slideshows and movies covering math subjects and he was asking for ideas and input. He was getting all kinds of recommendations and instruction on how he could accomplish this. It’s amazing how many people will take the time to pass on knowledge to unknown others. This could allow anyone to get help in accomplishing many things in the classroom using technology.
7 comments:
Sometimes I am not sure about my presentations and it is good to know about 2.0 as a resource where I can get comments from other peers. I also wanted to look into the google presentation feature. This class has amazed me on how much there is on google.
It's good to know that there are different ways to present information in a clasroom besides powerpoint (the only tool I am familiar with!). Sounds like Classroom 2.0 is a good resource for presentation tools. It's always helpful to be able to get feedback from peers.
I was interested to here about the other alternatives like Flickr, Slideshare and Zohoshow for presentations. This is the cool thing about these discussions in that you can learn about programs you may not know about.
I agree with you that it is amazing how many people are willing to take the time and share their knowledge and experiences. Discussions such as these have come in very handy when I have had to research just about anything - for both professional & personal use. Specifically, with presentation software, I recently had to troubleshoot an issue that I was having with PowerPoint. I had an answer within seconds. It was great.
I share your amazement at the response of these posts. I think that it is great that if you have a question or just want to discuss a topic you can post here and get so many responses from so many people with a variety of info and experiences.
Thanks for the helpful information about presentation tools. That is something that will be useful as a teacher as well as in my current profession. I sure wish I had the time to go through all of this stuff in depth. Darn work!
Thanks for giving a brief write up on the pros and cons of Classroom 2.0. I found the website to be a great tool for reading and interacting with other people's experiences with the tools in the classroom setting. I also found that people were extremely insightful and encouraging. It seems like a real positive tool.
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