Interactive Presentations with the classroom
Interactive Presentations within the Classroom
This blog is a peer reviewed piece which will be utilised in my final assessment for EDSE12024 Digital Pedagogies. I am required to research presentations tools and select one to review.
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Presentation Tools
"While the field is still evolving, researchers have shown that significant increases in learning can be accomplished through the informed use of visual and verbal multimodal learning" (Fedell, 2018)
Presentation tool are highly effective visual and audio tools that allow teachers to deliver multimodal learning.
PowerPoint is a well trusted presentation tool since 1987 designed for business applications to persuade, narrate and educate groups of consumers on products. It is a digital substitution for the overhead projector and plastic transparencies technology utilised at the time. PowerPoint is available through a Microsoft subscription and allows the presenter to show an infographic with minimal text, so the speaker can elaborate on the points.
Nearpod an Interactive Presentation Tool
Nearpod was my favourite tool, I can definitely see myself utilising this in the classroom.
Nearpod is the next generation of presentation tools which allow interaction by both student and teacher. The educator can set up the presentation in class to run, or grant 24 hour access to the student for home use.
You can sign up for free if you have a school email address with limited storage. If you require additional storage then there is an annual fee. I couldn't sign up at home to create a presentation to show my skills in this platform.
Click the video to see what Nearpod can do
Nearpod allows the educator and student to upload favourite presentations on file, and add in interactive games, word play, quiz, whiteboards, videos . . . and more.
Educators can see in real time participation, and can either issue answers, or choose an anonymous student's work to display to the whole class. As I was the only student, you can see me below trying to add labels on to the brain. Don't look to close they might be wrong.
Sway an Interactive Presentation Tool
Sway was available through my Microsoft subscription. Anyone with a Microsoft subscription can access Sway. All Australian Schools have free access to Microsoft Office tools. Sway in a interactive presentation slide show. The Educator or student can set up the slide show
Sway accesses creative common images directly from Flickr, Bing and Pickit.
Sway will also add in a reference list for you based on the original information sourced from Wikipedia. Any additional information added, will need to have the sources manually added in.
Commonsense.org doesn't have any teacher reviews yet, but there is a description of how Sway can be utilised in the classroom."I almost included this in the same neighborhood as PowerPoint, but Sway serves a different purpose. Sway is a Microsoft product. PowerPoint is very presenter-driven, much like a classroom that is teacher directed. Sway can be used to create interactive presentations that don’t necessarily need a presenter. PowerPoint has many layout options; Sway has three. Similarly, PowerPoint has thousands of templates; Sway is limited. The win for Sway here is the option that the viewer can run the show much more easily than in PowerPoint." (Scarborough,2017)
Sway allows the user to start from scratch, search by topic to populate a presentation, or upload a presentation on file.
There are a variety of templates to choose from. I found it odd that you could create a resume here, but I guess that will be the future.
Once the presentation is created the user can edit the content, add a photo or a photo stack plus additional slides. Because I chose The Human Brain I did get a lot of medical information which would need to be deleted for high school curriculum.
Sway will populate the presentation with suggested topics, content, pictures and will also recommend further research as prompts.
Digital media is sourced via a variety of options. You have the option to tick the creative commons box and source images ethically
My Sway Presentation of the Water Cycle
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Legal, Safe and Ethical Protocols
Educators have a duty of care to their students, and must ensure they are safe and their information remains private. Educators also need to be mindful of the usage of intellectual property and to acknowledge the creator of these properties.
Both Nearpod and Sway have a search option to find creative commons images and videos. Sway recommended digital media based on the topic of the presentation.
If utilising Sway to generate a presentation from a topic, the information sourced from Wikipedia was automatically generated into reference list.
Privacy is kept for both of these applications. Nearpod utilises a link in code. Sway is only accessible via URL or embedded visual link.
Neither presentations showed attribution for images or videos. With creative commons license, the images are free, but it is a sign of respect to acknowledge the creator.
Benefits within the classroom
Presentations assist with learning utilising cohesive imagery and text. Interactive or self guided learning through presentation allows the student to navigate the information themselves.
Charles Fadell (2008) Report found that utilising "multimedia in interactive" learning, then that multimodal learning would be more effective. Students are more likely to store the information and recall it later.
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Fadell's (2008) research suggests that students benefit from presentations when high order thinking is used. If there is duplications of skill, then students are too wrapped up in the presentation design and do not understand the learning concepts.
Weir (2008) reminds us not to utilise too many fancy "inputs". Utilise text that is readable, colours that are complimentary, digital media that are relatable to the text, subtle audio and minimal animations. Presentations become a distraction when there is a sensory overload in the student, and the learning is then ignored.
Students can utilise presentations to:
- Explain and paraphrasing the concepts being learnt in their own words.
- Illustrate a science experiment and present outcomes
- Examine and design alternative practices for sustainability
- Evaluate and question online resources
- Share their information as a global citizen and invite feedback.
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Hi Tanya, well done on completing your third post on multimedia presentations! I was so interested to read your reflection about the use of ‘NearPod’ and ‘Sway’ as I haven’t heard of that tool before. Well done for exploring two different presentations programs including screenshots. I like that you discussed the two different purposes and functions of each tool and showed consideratioins for both including privacy. In saying this though, I would of liked to see you show specific integration of one or both of these programs in your teaching area. Perhaps consider moving your section on presentations (benefits within the classroom) to the beginning of your post and using that bottom section to more deeply describe the use of your two suggested tools in your classroom. The way you created an inforgraphic using the SAMR model was really well done. You have clear understanding of how to integrate science learning into the model, it was great to see you included the content descriptor. However perhaps try making specific reference to the presentation tools students can use to complete this science assessment.
ReplyDeleteHi Tanya,
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this post. I was interested to hear of your explorations in Nearpod and Sway as I had not heard of either before. I even looked up how easy it would be to share a Sway presentation on Google Classroom or OneNote (FYI, as easy as posting the link). I think there are great opportunities to incorporate Sway into lesson modification and redefinition and I can definitely see myself using it in future. I liked your subject specific presentation and SAMR example, I liked your layout and could see you demonstrated skill acquisition.
A small technical suggestion, on the first dot point under 'Students can utilise presentations to' you could change paraphrasing to paraphrase to match the present tense of your other verbs.
Furthermore, in the third paragraph under Benefits in the Classroom you reference Fadell (2008) and caution that when creating presentations students could become more caught up in the look of the thing rather than the learning of the thing. Perhaps you could also mention that although content driven, ICT is a general capability so learning presentation skills is not a waste. And that having students make design choices based on elements of successful presentations would add purpose and HOT to those decisions.
Thanks again for a thoughtful post.
Hi Tanya,
ReplyDeleteThank you for the introduction to Nearpod and Sway this week. I liked that you tackled two different platforms and it was a shame that you had to leave your presentation tool of choice for another. I would have liked this week's blog to be a bit more in the first person - i.e. when identifying benefits for your two specific learning areas. Have you thought about what prospective year levels, student learning styles and uses in the classroom from a differentiation perspective? Your snapshots and images provided a fresh look to your page and illustrated your learning journey...well done. Just re-check your referencing.
Good luck with your PechaKucha.
Kylie
Hi Tanya, thank you for sharing your blog. I found your knowledge on sway impeccable I second what Laura has said, I myself have never heard of Narpod or sway so its fantastic to see possible tools for future use embedded in your blog. The one thing I could suggest is to embed your disciplinary areas into the SAMR model to provide a snap shot of how students can presents tasks at each stage. Thank you for sharing an easy to read and well illustrated blog.
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