In this chapter by Kathleen Fitzgibbon, the author discusses the importance of presentation software. This technology refers to the ability to create slides that are projected onto a screen through a document camera or computer connected to an LCD projector. Since The King's Academy has this technology in almost all of their classes, I have personally used this quite often in many different types of lessons. Slides are especially effective in a social studies setting because I enjoy showing pictures of various artifacts. I don't like putting information on slides because I can just explain the information to them while they look at a picture. I know many good lessons are already available online, however, I sometimes don't like using those because it doesn't gel as well with my cognitive ability.
Some types of presentation software which I use include Microsoft PowerPoint, Prezi, Jeopardy Labs, Youtube, and various other technologies that can be shown in class. I have done a PowerPoint showing important images from Mesoamerica, which ended rather well by keeping the class engaged and intrigued. Prezi is another form to present information to a class in a non-linear option. Students often enjoy this because slides go up/down and slides can be very far apart. Of course, showing a short video or playing a review game is really helpful for students.
This type of technology is almost as basic as e-mail or search engines.
Boom.
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