EDED20491 AT1 Presentation software and apps 1.4 Week 5 Embedded Task 3Oh my goodness, I am tired! Curriculum schmiculum - my head is spinning! Thankfully, I can take a break from endlessly scrutinising documents to play with moving images :) The most logical place for me to start is somewhere I already know - a museum! I couldn't help but be drawn to the Virtual Museum PowerPoint presentation option presented in the unit materials this week (ha-hahaha). I have used Microsoft PowerPoint numerous times, but not very adventurously, I'm afraid. Fancy working at a museum and not EVER producing a virtual tour! Righto...let's see how this goes.
Now, I'm not going to delve into every aspect of PowerPoint as most readers will already be aware of how to use it. If you are new to the program, please click here for a tutorial.
Click on the brochure to take you to a simplified virtual tour of the museum. PS. I created the image/brochure with Microsoft Publisher (see my Pedadigipub post). While I'm writing this, I'm waiting on my interactive presentation to upload to the Cloud to see if I can share it with you. Uploading it via SlideShare doesn't enable hyperlinks or transitions, so I have uploaded it to my Google Drive. You will need to download the AMNQ virtual museum tour here. Be aware, that if you try to download the show with Google Slides, the hyperlinks won't work either, so please use PowerPoint, if you can. Go to the Slide Show tab on the presentation and start from the beginning. Time to explore another feature of PowerPoint... I already had a boring old PowerPoint slide show laying around detailing the history of an object at the Army Museum North Queensland. Maybe I should tizzy it up a bit for this project? I'll add some special effects, transitions, timing and audio and export the package as a movie and upload it to YouTube. Wait, what!? The process would take much longer if I didn't have a presentation pre-prepared. I'm actually not going to detail the procedures, choosing to point you towards another tutorial instead. I've uploaded the finished PowerPoint video to YouTube and have embedded it below. S Substitute speaking with a PowerPoint and tell the students to just sit there and watch (OK so I am REALLY tired!). Actually, I would never do that - one sure way of inducing insomnia or raging hysteria through boredom. Let's start again: S: Year 7/8's: Use a PowerPoint as a visually stimulating teaching tool. Ask the students to take photographs of some interesting objects found laying around the house - ranging from really old to really new. Place the objects in a slide show and tell me where, when and how they are or were used and how much they cost. (Sensible objects only please). A Create a digital map of the locations where the objects might be found in their house. Create the map using PowerPoint - use boxes, arrows, images, as appropriate to locate the objects on the map. Create a series of slides - start with the map, then an object or two per page. Total the cost of the objects and create a table of values and comparisons. Transition and time the slides to present as an independent show - do not use the click next feature. M Let's create our own virtual tour! Using a virtual museum template, create a PowerPoint virtual tour of the house. Give each room a name on the entry page. Give a title to the presentation like "My House", or "The Mansion". Investigate the history of the object: Who made it? When was it invented? Are they found all over the world? Who uses the objects? What types of technologies were used to make the object? What kind of impact does the technology have on the environment? Include all of the information about the object as a label on the slide. Keep words to a minimum and use correct grammar. Hyperlink every object to the correct slide. R Design your own PowerPoint virtual tour template. Students start from scratch. Create a theme - look at possible locations. Will it be a house, museum, forest, underwater? The location could be subject-specific. In the Humanities learning area it could be an ancient greek building (Year 7 history) or a lake (Year 7 Geography). Choose an environment. Find or take images of 10-15 objects that might be found in that location. Students may download images labelled for reuse on non-commercial reuse, seek permission to use other's images or take their own photos. Reseach the objects and the locations as described in the previous section. Create a virtual tour of the chosen location. Hyperlink objects, change shapes, add effects, embed sound snippets of the objects or animals included in the presentation. OR Instead of a virtual tour, students create a PowerPoint presentation based on the same history/geography exercise. Using more complex transitions and creative themes, the slides must also contain a title page, an audio commentary and music. Export the slideshow as a movie and present it to the class. No more than 25 slides please! Reviewing safety concerns, the rules will be clearly stated at the beginning of each task. No offensive images, by respectful and only link to safe and appropriate sites. PowerPoint is used in most education settings, so there is no problem using the program, sharing presentations will need more caution and guidance. Ok, so maybe I did enjoy all of this :),
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jo gardiner
10/4/2017 07:36:02
Hey Amanda
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Amanda
10/4/2017 13:13:26
Thanks Jo. I guess the level of interaction with PowerPoint will have a lot to do with the abilities and diversity of the students. Something I will also need to take into consideration.
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Caramelised Fig
10/4/2017 13:29:23
Hi Amanda
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Amanda
18/4/2017 14:01:32
Thank you! PowerPoint is way more versatile than we thought, right?
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10/4/2017 21:43:24
Hey, this is great! So glad I was flicking through the different blogs and found this one. Lots of great and engaging content, particularly interesting for a West Australian like me! There are some great ideas here for adapting existing materials for a more ICT-friendly activity. In a time-poor world (hello, teaching!) using what we've already got available to us is a big positive so this has given me a few ideas for adapting some stuff I've got lying around. Thanks! :)
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Amanda
18/4/2017 14:07:08
Thanks Rosie,
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Kimberly Byrne
11/4/2017 14:36:15
Hi Amanda,
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Amanda
18/4/2017 14:09:31
Thanks Kimberly,
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