Week 5 | Group 3 tools - Powerpoint/Prezi/Glogs

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Source: MS Powerpoint slide

Each type of technology, whether it is applications, programs or other, are useful for classroom learning, their value, however must be monitored by some type of scaffolding tool. In this case, the SAMR model helps teachers and instructors manage the level of value each type of technology has.

This week, grouptools list and examine three different types of presentation applications; Powerpoint, Prezi and Glogster. Included in my blog this week are ways that you could include these programs in the classroom, to create transformative learning for students.

The above slide is a Virtual 3D room (Valley, 2006) and is a creative, albeit, time consuming way for students to brainstorm, categorise and display informative ideas on any given topic. 
These rooms at this stage are static (non-interactive), and multifunctional, meaning that they could be applied cross-curriculum and throughout all! grade levels. 
As a cross-curriculum use, they would originate in an arts' class, then cross over to any of the other subject areas of maths, english, science etcetera. 
As a constructing exercise, these 3D rooms would work best at a year 5 level. However, in saying this, they would work just as effectively as an instructional tool for prep right through year 12.
Below is a virtual 3D museum that students can use to display information about topics they have researched. The example I have used is the grand entry template, containing 5 rooms, and this will also be the way in which I will display weeks 6's assessment. 

To view this room and interact with it, click on the link below. The second link is the embedded static version.

Virtual 3D room_Museum of e-learning journey

For a video tutorial click here

GrandEntry_VirtualMuseum e-learning

PLUS	MINUS	INTERESTING
Very Engaging	Time consuming	Might consider using this for the week 6 assessment.
Creative	Takes work to add in information	Can I do this? Yes I can!
Effective way of organising information	Some pictures do not format well in the design squares.	This will collate all my images well.
Effective tool for assessments	Needs time to collate and organise information. Students might get lost in the creation. Space for text is also an issue. This style has character limits, and information may not include all necessary parts.	This will collate all my learned knowledge effectively.
Visually stimulating	Too, stimulating. Information may be lost in the design and become disinterested.	Well this is what it is all about.

It can also be used creatively as a whole class interactivity tool (see Mouse Mischief. Mouse Mischief allows you to use multiple mouses (up to 25 if using Vista or Windows 7) in a single interactive PowerPoint. And it is VERY easy to do. There are even downloadable lessons for you to use (Central Queensland University & Fasso, 2014). Using the same concept as the 3D virtual rooms, some other ways that powerpoints can be used, for transformative learning are;

• Bookshelves  - Using a bookshelf concept, students place pictures of their recently read books on their home slide and provide synopses or personal recommendations about the books on the linked slides. Example: VIrtual bookshelves (Valley, 2006).

• Book reports - Using simulated book tabs, students declare their knowledge of concepts such as plot, setting, characters, genre, and vocabulary as it relates to their selected books. See an example of a Nevada Report using this technique (Valley, 2006).

• Timelines - (PPT version/HTML version): Using pre-existing timelines or based on self-created timelines, students create links to information about each node on their timeline (Valley, 2006).

• Maps - (PPT version/HTML version): Using an exiting map, students create and place buttons over different locations on the map.* These buttons, then, link to pages referencing each of those locations.

Photo to Pencil

One of the drawbacks of PowerPoint is that it is linear. For your sequential learners this is ideal. For your global learners this is frustrating. Prezi allows you a global perspective on your material whilst allowing you the ability to add minute detail not possible in PowerPoint.

***Hot off the press: Up until recently, because it is flash-based, Prezi could not be viewed on an iPod, iPhone or iPad. There is now a Prezi app available (Central Queensland University & Fasso, 2014).

Why would it be useful? 
Prezi are useful because of the way the can move and zoom. Students who have a lot of detail in their presentations can zoom into specific detail that is not visible in a normal vision range. 

How can you use Prezi to incorporate movement, images, video, audio, text?
Prezi has changed immensely since my use of it in 2012. There are many more graphics and templates to choose from, so the inclusion of images, video, audio, text are easily added by hovering the mouse over a window or icon and clicking.

Maths Prez (I am unsure if this link will work)

Source: PosterMyWall

Glogster EDU is an online platform for digital learning enabling more than 14 million students and 1.5 million teachers worldwide to adopt modern principles and methods of learning by using the interface of Glog® and K-12 qualified content from Glogpedia.

Our easy-to-use platform with proven results empowers students and educators to recapture enthusiasm and motivation for learning while having fun.

Glogster identifies a range of learning benefits in using glogs

Source: PosterMyWall

My presentation using a glog:

Science Glog

References

250 Mils LLC. (2014). PosterMyWall. Retrieved August 2014, from http://www.postermywall.com/index.php

Central Queensland University., & Fasso, W. (2014). Creative Ways to Use PowerPoint. Retrieved August 2014, from http://moodle.cqu.edu.au/mod/page/view.php?id=296120

GlogsterEDU. (2014). Glogster EDU. Retrieved August 2014, from http://edu.glogster.com/

IPadWells. (2014). What SAMR really looks like for i-Pads. Retrieved from http://ipad4schools.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/ipadwells-samr-2.png

JTHS Instructional Technology. (2012). SAMR model in application. Retrieved from http://jthsinstructionaltechnology.blogspot.com.au/2013_11_01_archive.html

Marketoonist., & Fisburne, T. (2011). Death by powerpoint. Retrieved from http://tomfishburne.com/2011/12/death-by-powerpoint.html

Picture to people. (2014). Free online photo editors and text generators. Retrieved July 2014, from http://www.picturetopeople.org/

Schrock, K. (2013). Blooms and SAMR. Retrieved from http://www.schrockguide.net/samr.html

Valley , K. (2006). Creating a virtual museum using one point linear perspective. Retrieved from http://file:///C:/Users/enduser/Downloads/Creating_a_Virtual_Museum_using__One_Point_Linear.pdf