Lesson 17 Educational Technology 2 Practicum

Lesson 17

Educational Technology 2 Practicum

          It is important for us as professionals-in-training or even for professionals that we know some basics about the application and proper usage of technology as what was indicated in the Educational Technology 2.

PowerPoint Presentation

Microsoft PowerPoint

§  Is a presentation program developed by Microsoft.

§  The software allows users to create anything from basic slide shows to complex presentations.

§  Often used to create business presentations, but can also be used for educational    or informal purposes.

How to Create a PowerPoint Presentation?

1. Open PowerPoint. You will see a blank screen with two boxes in the middle of the screen. One of the boxes says "Click to add title," the other says "Click to add subtitle."

2. On the tab at the upper left side of your screen, hit the "File" tab.

3. On the vertical toolbar to the left, hit the "New" tab.

4. If you wish to use a template, click on the "Sample templates" box.

5. Click on the template you want to use, depending on the purpose of your presentation.

6. If you wish to use a theme, click on the "Themes" box in the "New" tab.

7. Click on the specific template or theme you want to work with from the list of choices.

8. Once your theme is loaded, click on the "Click to add title" and "Click to add subtitle" boxes and add the title and subtitle (if necessary) of your own presentation.

9. After deciding on a title, click on the "New Slide" button in the "Slides" tab up top.

10. Continue adding information and pictures as you see fit. In PowerPoint, however, less is often more.

11. Once you are finished with your PowerPoint presentation, go to "File > Save As" and save your file so that you can retrieve it later.

12. When you want to view your presentation as a series of slides, click on the "Slide Show" tab and then click on "From Beginning" top left.

13. Do’s and Don’ts

Ø Don’t read your presentation straight from the slides.

Ø Don’t forget your audience.

Ø Don’t overload your presentation with animations.

Ø Do use animations sparingly to enhance your presentation.

Ø Do follow the 5/5/5 rule.

Ø Do choose readable colors and fonts.

Ø Do follow the 5/5/5 rule.

Ø Do choose readable colors and fonts. Not this.

          Not just in IT or Educational Technology and other technology related subjects, I experienced plenty of things like making electronic visual aids such as power-point presentations and other programs or software capable of doing such.

          It is indeed, convenient for us to use electronic visual aids but we must also consider the availability of resources. Thus we should take into considerations the different precautionary measures if we will use such product of technology or medium of instruction such as electricity, reliability and effectiveness of the medium in relation to the subject matter.

          I can apply the learning in this topic in many ways not just in teaching but also in studying. But to give importance to the teaching paradigm first, in teaching there are plenty of applications of power-point presentations one of them is as a learning medium together with the teacher.