Power Point

I got the template for this power point when I took Educational Technology in undergrad. While some of the features no longer work (i.e. transfer to different slides when you click on a number in the power point like in a real Jeopardy game) when I uploaded the power point to google docs, the main concept is still there (Question/Answer).

I really like this template and found it very useful when I did my student teaching and a neat way to incorporate technology into my lessons (I used this template more than once during student teaching). I also saw the benefits of this template and how much the student's enjoyed the game and worked together as a team (when I put them on teams) or as individuals (especially elementary students) to get the right answer.

When thinking about a concept or issue that is difficult to teach in my content area I immediately thought about Health Education and sex/condoms/HIV/AIDS. This topic is a tough one and a lot of the time the facts are left out or overshadowed by opinions. Using this power point (and the game it represents) makes talking about a tough subject like this a little bit easier while presenting the facts not opinions.

I did have some trouble when I uploaded this presentation to google docs. When I uploaded my presentation it messed with the location of my text on the screen so I had to go through each slide and center all of the text. I really like how you can upload documents like this to google docs and then be able to view your power point online instead of having to use a jump drive to pull the power point off of. The only thing I didn't like is that it is not compatible with MS power point in that it does not allow the transitions and what not, which makes for a pretty boring power point. Pros and Cons aside I really see a potential for this type of archiving and how it could be used in the classroom to store material.