PowerPoint Alive and Well in Elementary School!
I feel almost guilty writing this post as I know many folks think PowerPoint is "passe". Honestly, I really felt that way too until the other day. With such a wide variety of presentation tools available for use including Prezi , Voicethread and Glogster , it seems almost silly to be using 'boring, old' PowerPoint. As I'm constantly searching for new ways to incorporate technology into my classroom it seems that I sometimes overlook the obvious. My students have been studying and using this essential question to guide their learning: "How Can Scientists Classify Animals?" They have learned about the major groups of Vertebrates: Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals and Fish. Initially, the plan was to have the students create a poster using a rubric agreed upon by my colleagues. As we had time in the computer lab I decided to give the students a choice between making a poster and creating PowerPoint presentation. One hundred percent of t...