Portfolio item #6: Inspiration mind map

Inspiration mind map – Interactive Whiteboards

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Week 10

this week’s workshop foucsed on presentation software, and how they are used to visually convey a message. we learnt that these programs are extremely useful in the classroom, to present information to students in an interesting and engaging manner.

 we looked at Microsoft PowerPoint in particular – a program i began using back in my early years of high school, and one i am confident in using.

portfolio item #7 was to create a powerpoint presentation about an emerging technology – the same used in Inspiration for the previous portfolio item. my presentation was on Interactive Whiteboards. i enjoyed creating my slideshow – i’m very competent with the program, and felt at ease when completing it.

however, our portfolio item required us to use a feature of powerpoint i had never experienced before – speaker notes.

i learnt about them, and realised these would be particularly helpful when presenting the slideshow orally – speaker’s notes give queues to the speaker to guide them through the presentation.

they will be especially helpful for me in the future as a teacher: when presenting slideshows to students, the speaker notes will be a handy assistance in presenting the information to students.

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Week 9

continuing on from last week, we looked further at Inspiration. In this week’s workshop, we worked on portfolio item #6: creating a mind map of information and research on an emergent technology in education. i chose to do my mindmap on interactive whiteboards – something i was lucky enough to use in my final few years of high school. its amazing to see that so many primary schools today also utilise interactive whiteboards, or ‘SMART boards’ as they were known at my high school.

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