Module 2 Unit 3
Lesson ideas
Now that you have received an overview of the functionality that a presentation package can offer and before you embark on your assignment, let's see how presentation software can be integrated into the classroom for teaching purposes.
Presentation software packages can be commonly used in two ways:
Using your presentation as a visual aid in your lesson means using it as part of a verbal presentation. The content within your MS PowerPoint presentation should support and reinforce what you are verbally trying to say.
Review the video below on how to use MS PowerPoint as an effective visual aid in your classroom.
Whilst most people use presentation packages as a visual aid, sometimes the presentation can be used as a supporting document to share information with people without needing to present anything in person. Examples of how this can be accomplished include:
- Emailing the presentation to learners (this would be known as a soft copy)
- Printing the presentation and distributing them to learners (this would be known as a hard copy)
- Saving the presentation onto a memory stick.
The following enrichment resources have been made available by GEC members: