Presentation Programs

Presentation programs are programs meant to allow the teacher to create an effective, yet meaninful presentation that engages students to learn the intended concept(s). Technology has come a long way and with these advances, come programs that not only enhance student learning but also a teacher's ability to teach.

Programs such as power point give teaches such a wide range of presentation in which to produce which could certainly be overwhelming, however, I believe that coming up with objectives and making a plan prior to producing the power point or presentation is key. With so many options given to you when creating a presentation it is so important to know what your goal of the presentation is.

Once the outline is in place use the text features to simply get the desired text onto the slides prior to adding graphics, music, animations, etc. This can help you stay focused and to make sure the text is in the right place prior to adding the other aspects.

Power point presentations are often though of slides simply with text, however, in order to make an effective product especially for the younger students, productivity tools such as graphics, images, colored text, and animation certainly could enhance the presentation and allow the students to become more engaged and to touch on each of the 7 learning types. It is possible, however, to overdo these tools in one given presentation.

Key points are to keep it brief, concise, simple, be consistant, and follow your plan.

I have created multiple slideshows using images and I would like to start getting more in depth with the presentation by using it in my everyday lesson plans. The ways in which I would like to see the presentation program used are creating class projects, group projects, math and word problems, and possibly multi-media projects.

This year, I am going to be teaching not only math but language arts as well. Seeing as how this is the first time I will teach LA, the possiblities for incorporating these programs are essentially endless and I am looking forward to it!