Sunday, February 28, 2010

Internet Safety/Class rules reflection

The ISTE Standards I met on this powerpoint are numbers 3 and 4. Number 3 states that teachers "Model Digital-Age Work and Learning", and specifically, I met letter C by communicating "relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats." In number 4, "Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility", I accomplished letter A by advocating, modeling, and teaching safe, legal and ethical uses of digital information and technology. My knowledge of technology is demonstrated by the fact I can create an interesting, informative powerpoint! :)
I was really happy with my internet safety and classroom rules powerpoint until I saw Michael's... Mine was okay, but his is a masterpiece! He used many fun, custom pictures in his, and his letter animations were amazing. It gave me a lot to think about in terms of improving my work.

I presented all the required information, and more, but it didn't have much flair. I had a lot of fun with colors and word art this time, which is defintely a big improvement over my 1st cyber dangers powerpoint, but it still seems lackluster. I need to be much more adventurous with using animation, sound, and pictures other than standard clip art. Right now I demonstrate moderate knowledge of powerpoint, but I want my presentations to show expert knowledge of the program and inspire the students who will be viewing them. After all, if we expect excellence from our students we need to model it!

If I was a student watching my powerpoint presentation, I would think it was nice, but it wouldn't be memorable or engaging. So in the future, I will try to use more unusual features of powerpoint to capture the attention of my kids and present information in a more effective manner.

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