Powerpoint & Beyond: Supplementing Technology in the Secondary Classroom

Sharon Schreiber, Support ProviderBTSA/AIP 2012-13sschreiber@lbschools.net

Agenda

• Introduce Active Participation strategies•Model a PowerPoint lesson using

various strategies in Active Participation & Linked Learning connections• Resources for incorporating technology

into PowerPoint lessons• Practice infusing strategies into

individual lessons for future use

Objective

Tonight we will learn how to infuse Active Participation & Linked Learning into the curriculum using PowerPoint lessons in the secondary classroom. We will also explore various resources to incorporate technology into our daily lessons.

PurposeThe purpose of this workshop is to show various types of Active Participation strategies that can be used during a PowerPoint (technology based) lesson to help raise students’ motivation, level of concern, and participation. Incorporating the components of Linked Learning into lessons, students will understand the connection between what they are learning and how it fits into “real world” context as well as prepare them for college and careers.

View TED videohttp://www.ted.com/talks/jeff_hancock_3_types_of_digital_lies.html

Jeff Hancock: 3 types of (digital) liesJeff Hancock studies how we interact by email, text message and social media blips, seeking to understand how technology mediates communication.

(Linked Learning & STEM connection)

Active Participation:

Active participation is the consistent, ongoing, simultaneous involvement of the minds of all learners with the content.

Linked Learning:Linked Learning transforms students’ high school experience by bringing together strong academics, demanding career and technical education, and real-world experience to help students gain an advantage in high school, postsecondary education, and careers.

Active Participation:

Covert: Mental activity; thinking occurs in the brain, and cannot be seen or measured.

Sample Prompts: Remember, Imagine, Think About, Visualize, Read Silently, Memorize, Solve Mentally, Recall, Look, Watch, etc.

Overt: An activity/behavior that can be seen and measured (Oral, Written, Gesture).

Sample Prompts: Tell, Discuss, Explain, Write, Draw, Record, Show, Signal, Point, etc.

Model Lesson by Ed Samuels, Math Department

Using a lesson on circumference of a circle, I will demonstrate the use of various active participation strategies and ways in which to incorporate the Linked Learning Pathways into lessons to make them more meaningful to students.

While I present the lesson, participants will use the Active Participation grid to identify and label where strategies were used throughout the lesson.

Resources to enhance PowerPoint lessons

The following list incorporates resources to help support and engage students in PowerPoint lessons. This list is not exhaustive and may not be for every class-room. Teachers must use discretion & proper planning when creating these lessons.

• http://prezi.com• http://thinkfinity.org• http://teachertube.com• http://www.ted.com/• http://4teachers.org/• http://pics4learning.com/• http://www.edutopia.org/

Also, see handout Apps for Education compiled by Carolann Cormier