Experiencing Group

For this group experience my group discussed many ascepts of Middle Level Education. We discussed teaming, the architecture of the schools, and the curriculum. This assignment enabled us to experiment with types of technology. I personally have never used Google Drive never before in all my schooling. It was a fast and effective way to communicate and edit documents including our paper on. It is something I will use on future group projects throughout my college experience and something I would implement in the classroom.

Also it was the first time I had experimented with Prezi. I've always used PowerPoint throughout my schooling, but Prezi gave a greater range of making a better presentation than PowerPoint does. Plus Prezi is much more easier to use.

I thought this project was a great way of getting to work with other classmates who are in the same education classification (ie. Early Childhood, Middle, Secondary). This enabled us to show our skills and gear a presentation toward that field. With totally different schedules the use of Google Drive was essential to getting everything completely and thoroughly on time.

Through using the tools in class, I would use both Google Drive and Prezi in my classroom. Google Drive would enable students in my classroom to effectively work on group projects without having to meet depending on each others schedules. Prezi gives a better visual than PowerPoint and would make a presentation more interesting to sit through.

PowerPoint (Terrific)

For SEDU 183 we needed to create a lesson using PowerPoint. The lesson was based on what level and subject we are concentrating in to teach when we graduate. My expereience with PowerPoint was great because I use PowerPoint for almost everything. So, I was able to do some creative things with my lesson based on what I knew and what I learned in class.

 

 

I did a lesson geared toward Eighth-graders on the political differences between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson and how that led to the creation of the First Party System in American politics. I was able to begin with just a simple overview of each person's background and the ideology adopted by the Federalist and Democratic-Republican parties. I even added a video in the PowerPoint illustrating the feud between Jefferson and Hamilton. Here's a link if you're interested in the video. Some of the animation I used I learned in another class. I also included a review lesson comparing and contrasting the two figures of American history. This can be used to test the students knowledge of what they have learned. Here's my PowerPoint.

I felt that presenting to my peers was good way of presenting what we will teach and how we all feel about using PowerPoint. It was also a solid way of presenting our lesson and explain how we would teach it to a class. I thought the other projects in our group were well done. Each person made the PowerPoint fun and had a lesson set up that students would be interested in. The key with a PowerPoint is to find a way to keep your students interested, so they can get something out of it. You want a student to see the importance of the lesson, not the "oh, not another PowerPoint" feeling.