Integrating Power Points into my Lessons

I had a lot of fun using and creating power points in my group in class this week. We were all able to use our talents with computers, power points, creativity, & teaching to learn how to integration of power points into our lessons as future teachers.

My group used an ABC power point which takes any subject you are teaching your students and have them find information that correlates to the Alphabet in a power point, every letter must have a fact that starts with that letter. Bu doing this your students can have enhanced learning and is very helpful for reviewing information for a test or quiz.

We also used a Van Diagram to compare things likeness and differences such as planets; but i can use any subject to have my students compare and create a power point; i could have them do it on paper but it's a very singular activity that way and doesn't enhance creativity like doing it on a power point would do and can be done in groups with other students and they are able to use a medium the are comfortable with a computer to make learning in my classroom fun and enjoyable.

I learned a lot from my fellow students in our class about integrating power points in my classroom and i really do think i can take all of their ideas and apply them into my classroom. The one that was presented that sticks out in my head was about new years resolutions in a power point interactive; it will allow my students to be creative about new goals for the year and could be shared with other students which will make it more likely for them to accomplish the goals.

One other thing i remember from the presentations that will be of benefit in my classroom is that by using a power point in a lesson versus writing on the black board is that i will be able to be more interactive with my students and not have my back to them as i teach them. I find this very important because many of my college teachers also use this new interactive alternative to teaching and has been very beneficial for me as a student and is something i am excited to integrate into my classroom.

I never realized how much fun i can have teaching and using power points in my classroom for both me and my students and its all thanks to our group presentations about power points in our class. I am finding more and more throughout this class how vital it is that i am educated about computers and technology to be an effective future teacher and have found a lot of relevance in what we learn in class to what i will be doing with my students in about four years.