Today I will be talking about last weeks field trip!
I really did enjoy it so much, I loved seeing the different technology used in the center. It's definitely beneficial for students with disabilities or even students who just learn differently than the traditional setting. I really liked that pen that she showed us that recorded and tracked your place on the paper. If I can I would love to look into that as an option for an educational tool.
Create. Evaluate. Analyze. Apply. Understand. Remember.
Bloom's Taxonomy breaks learning down into simple, achievable ways.
I think Powerpoint would be very beneficial if we can break it down into levels.
Create: This might be one of the easiest to achieve. With Powerpoint students can get information they need for classes onto slides and figure out how to organize the information in creative ways.
Evaluate: Once the slides are done the students can figure out which parts are more essential with the others. They can use various colors to highlight different things that could be more beneficial to them.
Analyze: In Powerpoint there is a section where you can jot down notes under the actual slides that won't show in the presentation. This is where students can break down the information, add any fun facts they feel are prevalent, and even pose questions that they feel they have no answers to.
Apply: Now we take the presentation and we try and apply it to what we're doing. Make a presentation and see if there is any way you can apply the lesson to you in real life. Are there any key points that will apply to you or a situation? Is this Powerpoint tool something you can apply to other academic areas?
Understand: Now we play through the presentation and try and not look at the Powerpoint. Read the title of each slide and then see if you can remember the information without looking.
Remember: Well if you can't...don't worry. That's the beauty of Powerpoint! Just go through the presentation as many times as needed.
One of my classmates found this site today during our Diigo activity and I actually think that it is really relevant to this!
http://www.gettingsmart.com/
This website is important because it really has amazingly interesting articles I think teachers would enjoy!
