WEEK 4 Reflection 5

owerpoint!

I have not yet had the opportunity to use powerpoint until now and as it turns out my year 2 son has to do a presentation in powerpoint for next week - perfect timing I say!

When compared to Prezi, Power Point could be considered the step below and more old school however I chose to explore the suggestion given in Museum Box as it compliments my teaching discipline areas. Museum box is a virtual museum idea that was created to replace the original art history report that students had to hand in for assesment. Click here to go to their website.

                                                                                                                       

   

The first two drawings were simply created by the rectangle and the trapezium shape. This was quick and easy.  The last picture was created using just the line and freedom tool. This took ten times longer that using just the shapes but you were able to achieve more i.e creating stairs. The fill in tool was used for adding colour, texture, light effects as well as the pictures. Very simple process.

Virtual museums offer the students the following benefits: (taken directly from website )

• Construction of Museum and the research of contents within the museum requires students to engage in higher level of thinking.
• Provides new, meaningful, and contemporary opportunities to integrate technology.
• Offers students to be able to think flexibly and creativity.
• Offers a form of interactivity and more engaging learning.

Students are able to create a virtual museum by manipulating the basic shape elements such  rectangle, trapezium and line to create a perspective drawing of an art gallery.  It does not of course have the same capacity as the true 3D architectural drawing programs. However, it can be used as an basic elementary lesson into the fundamentals of creating perspective drawings.  The primary objective for students in creating a virtual museum is a space where they can present their own art works or that of various artists in a different dimension. 

In constructing the virtual museum the teacher is able to use a series of line drawing to show progression of how it it constructed step by step. This is one of the benefits that this tool offers.

The benefits of drawing a perspective in Power Point instead of paper is the ease of correcting mistakes and drawing at a quicker pace although this last point could be respectfully disputed by the argument of technological glitches consuming more time.

The power point program is very straight forward with everything basically set up for you to start. Its just a matter of choosing themes etc. Transitions for each slide were easy to set up -just a click of a button and music went in like a breeze.  

SAMR MODEL 

Old Technology
Teachers spoke in front of class, squiggled on the chalkboard and handed out class to support their  teaching while students fell asleep.

Substitution
Teachers progressed by using the overhead projector to support their teaching.

Augmentation
Teachers substitute overhead projectors for the use of Power Point to enhance their teaching methods.

Modification
As the technology in Power Point progresses, teachers are able to create mulit sensory presentations by incorporating video, music and links. The slides become more dynamic and movie like to engage the audience.

Redefinition
Students are able to create work on Powerpoint like interactive animated story books, upload it onto the web for others to see.


Dipity

I decided to engage in this tool because of the amount of times my children have been asked to create a time line for home work etc. This tool would be great for my students to study the history of an artist/art  or architectural period. It is a great tool for students to gain a broader and closer perspective of something in its context.

I didn't even scrape the surface of this tool due to time. I just incorporated text which does not illustrate  but you are able to incorporate images, video, music etc... it looks amazing.

ICT on Dipity.

Bubbl.us

I chose to look into the Bubbl. us mind mapping tool because about month ago I was trying to create a mind map on a word document and boy was it hard work!  Bubbl. us is so easy to use. I checked out a you tube clip (don't know where I'd  be without youtube!) and went straight into it. The only weakness in Bubbl. us and it is a fairly big weakness in my opinion is that it doesn't incorporate spell check. Now I am not the werld's werst spella butt it wood make my day a lot easier!

Zoom out to see full view but  you may need some serious eye wear accessories to see text!

Until Next Time!

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