Power point again II

[zeca]

After reading several threads about the powerpoint& actvstudio issue I came to a conclusion:
There´s been some resistance to admit Powerpoint is ALSO something good to use when it comes to presentations and more: resistance to admit Activstudio can´t do a few presentation features the other one does.
My course of action will be using both. If you convert a ppt presentation into flipchart, you gain a lot, but you lose something too; the ability to have sentences popping up from various parts of the screen (to the center) at the same time, for instance.
Thanks again
zeca

[LisaD]

Oh, I would agree that there are some times I would lean towards Powerpoint. Animated text, a true "presentation" (little student interaction involved) and the need for timed self-running slides are ones I can think about.

Lisa

[zeca]

That´s it Lisa! Presentations like the one I pointed out in my first thread (the site link I mentioned) are precious for visual/spatial kind of students who need to see things " flying" to "get the message". Besides, one should bear in mind students shouldn´t be " over" requested to come to the board everytime 'cause in life what´s "too much" becomes " too much" . Then, I guess that´s the recipe: sometimes students coming to the board, sometimes not, as other tricks (and ppt is JUST ONE OF THEM) are also available.
Thanks again
zeca

[DavidFhu]

I agreed with you.

"Learn of the skillful; he that teaches himself, has a fool for his master." - Franklin, Benjamin

[LisaD]

Yes, it is always difficult to balance between class time and student participation. Personally I find that using Activotes to quickly poll students is a great way to balance the "everyone get in line to do something at the Activboard" with a "presentation with everyone sitting there watching." Even if it is to ask, "Do you agree with what he/she just did/said?"

Anyone else know of effective classroom management strategies they successfully use to enable the maximum amount of student interaction and participation with the time limitations in the classroom?

Lisa

[zeca]

I agree. I don't have an activevote system though. My classes are for small group of students, but I guess It might be really useful in bigger environments.
In a classroom, you'll always find someone who will be willing to stand up and come, but you'll, for sure, have those who don't want to be taken out of their "comfort zones". For those ones, the secret in my opinion is "amazing" them, even if it's from a distance. On the other hand, if you give the pen to the ones who are willing to come (too often), the ones who are shy might feel disregarded, despite not have shown they wanted to interact on the board.
That's why teaching is much more than "teaching". It's "managerial strategies" been used all the time.
zeca