agenda

Agenda for our first meeting.
March 24, 2009 Agenda Purpose : Discuss new technologies available. Objective: Many members requested more information on creation of PowerPoint presentations. By creating a presentation Grade level : all high school courses (9-12) Facilitator’s name : Laura Harlow Community members : Mr. R. Mena, Science Teacher Lynley, Librarian Carol Fennell, Social Studies Teacher Mr. Chris Gibson, English teacher Misty Hughes, Business Teacher Betsy Hancock, ES/MS Special Ed Teacher Activities: How to create a PowerPoint presentation
 * Watch the video: How to create a good PowerPoint presentation (6-7 minutes) [|www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=e0df2bf9230b464f7f3b]
 * Create a short PowerPoint presentation (3 -5 slides) that you could use to supplement a lecture in your favorite unit to teach (15 – 20 minutes)
 * Post your PowerPoint on the wiki using the hyperlink tool (2 - 3 minutes)
 * Take a look at the other PowerPoint presentations and post feedback to the creators (10-20 minutes)
 * Now that you have experienced creating a presentation, keep in mind that best practices show that the best use of PowerPoint in a classroom is assigning students to create a presentation, even better if they work in a small group situation. Our 21st century students need more experience with collaboration in a learning environment.
 * Post on the wiki how you will utilize a PowerPoint presentation in your curriculum this grading cycle, either by you or as an assignment. (3-5 minutes)
 * Post on the Need to Learn page what you need to learn to in order to use a PowerPoint in your curriculum (1-2 minutes)