Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Reflecting the 6th Week/I love Powerpoint



Hi Donna and Classmates

For long I had been very keen to know how we can manage large classes. I had seen several classes which would accommodate over 150 students though the place where I have been teaching has smaller ones.  On reading the main articles for this week I updated Keeping students engaged in large lecture classes, Making technology work for you, Getting groups to work wel(file:///F:/Webskills2013/week6/Large%20Classes.html).Except the second, I had been adopting other two, so I felt happy.


My next cup of tea was making interactive powerpoint though it was not new to me I had rarely used it in my class. Above all what surprised me the most was top 5 alternatives to power point ( http://www.readwriteweb.com/biz/2010/11/hate-powerpoint-here-are-5-web-based-alternatives.php) that I had never imagined. May be these tools are more applicable at the places where Microsoft Powerpoint is not available.

Frankly speaking, what influenced me the most was Interactive Lectures Summaries of 36 Formats (http://www.thiagi.com/interactive-lectures.html). This is very resourceful as it has very useful and easy activities that will help to manage large classes.

Best
Sindhu
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6 comments:

  1. Ayman HegazyFebruary 13, 2013 at 11:32 PM

    Sindhu:

    I very much admire your enthusiasm and motivation.
    I like you still trying to use PowerPoint more snd more. I hope we all get the best out of this program for the sake of our students.

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  2. UnknownFebruary 14, 2013 at 12:35 AM

    Lovely Sindhu,

    You are simply lovable. I just love your candor, enthusiasm and spontaneity. Your blog looks great and substantial. Thank you for sharing the links. You are right, powerpoint is really powerful. It can create magic in the class and make our students spellbound.

    Love,

    Sonia

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  3. UnknownFebruary 16, 2013 at 12:34 AM


    Dear Sindhu,

    You have been equally adventuring into the world of power point instruction as I have been. I can see you have visited several sites, I am sure that you have deeper understanding of the Microsoft tool than I do. I thank you for the links.

    Sincerely,

    Daniel

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  4. DevFebruary 17, 2013 at 9:07 AM

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  5. Professor Alex BaltazarFebruary 17, 2013 at 7:37 PM

    Hello Sindhu!

    I liked the PP alternatives too!

    Sometimes it's difficult to pay for a large amount of licenses even though there are student licenses available!

    Greetings from Mexico
    Alex Baltazar

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  6. UnknownFebruary 19, 2013 at 2:07 AM

    Dear Ayman, Sonia, Dev, Alex (if I may), and Daniel

    Please keep me supporting like this!!! :)))))))))))))))))

    Bests
    Sindhu

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