Meeting 11

Monday November 3, 2008 -- Presentation Software

Homework Assignments

Assignment #1

• Post something on wiki about using presentation software in education or for instruction (preferrably in your content area)--a tutorial, how to, student examples, list instruction on powerpoint...something useful!!

Here is the link to post your information about presentation software. Presentation Software Tutorial, etc.

Assignment #2

• Create a brief slide show about yourself or someone fictitious and publish on the web. Minimum of 2 slides that include pictures & block text do not include any bulleted text.

Here is the link to post your slide show. A Bit About Me

Assignment #3

• Read the two entries on writing objectives called writing instructional goals and objectives & mager's tips on instructional objectives. Please click on the following link: *Del.icio.us bookmarks tagged idt7061

Assignment #4

• Find one other source in your area or passion and add to your reader.

Assignment #5

• Submit NTEQ Lesson Plan-Using spreadsheet and presentation software in the dropbox.

Class Notes

At the beginning of the class, we opened up with a discussion about spreadsheet activity one and two. Dr. Martindale asked a couple of students to explain their findings and results. By using the spreadsheet, the students were able to compare their nutriention and climate results easily and sum up their totals within a graph. If you could not upload your graph, Dr. Martindale suggested that you could have copy and paste, use writer, upload in geocities, screen capture or save your graph as a jpeg.

Once the students explained their results, Dr. Martindale ellaborated on the different version of excel and how to convert xlsm to xls.

Here are four links that explain xlsm and how to convert xlsm to xls.

• http://www.softinterface.com/Convert-XLS/Features/Convert-XLSM.htm
• http://blogs.msdn.com/excel/archive/2006/07/20/671995.aspx
• http://www.fileinfo.net/extension/xlsm
• http://www.tutorials-expert.com/tutorials/Microsoft-Excel/

Presentation Software

Why do people read from their slides?

There are exceptions when a speaker can use their slides as notes. One example if an independent screen writer wants to show their movie to an audience for publicity.

We discussed ways you can use presentation software within the classroom. Here is the list below.

Mr. Martindale recommended the class to watch or read the supersize documentary. Here is a clip on youtube: *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1Lkyb6SU5U

agenda items

• writing instructional objectives

Demotivator of the week

Demotivational Posters (gallery of all posters)

Lesson plan feedback from Dr. M.

The word processing/internet lesson plans were generally very good. Several were excellent, and I'll link to some.

Issues:

1. we need to spend time on writing instructional objectives. I didn't count off for this but it needs addressing.
2. some formatting problems. use the template
3. some didn't follow the NTeQ model
4. some grammar problems
5. a couple of APA formatting issues
6. four lessons did not include a student artifact

Screen Capture Tools Links:

http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/screencapturefree/Free_Screen_Capture_Tools_for_Windows.htm- a variety of free screen capture tools and descriptions J.J. Hutton'''

http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Multimedia_and_Graphics/Screen_Capture_Tools/-J.J. Hutton

http://www.hyperionics.com/ J.J. Hutton This site says, "HyperSnap captures images and texts that you want to include in your Help system, online tutorials, manuals, training handouts, presentations, marketing materials, Web pages, emails and more. Use HyperSnap to quickly share a picture-perfect representation of anything on your screen. Compatible with Windows Vista (32 and 64 bit releases, XP, 2000, NT4, ME and Windows 98."

http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html another interesting screen capture tool J.J. Hutton

http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/screencapturefree/Free_Screen_Capture_Tools_for_Windows.htm

Free Timeline Software Tools Links:

SmartDraw - Chris Goodell

TimeLineMaker (free trial) - Chris Goodell

Bee Docs Timeline 2 - Chris Goodell

'''http://www.educational-software-directory.net/teacher/timeline-software Dianne Johnson

'''http://www.educational-software-directory.net/children Dianne Johnson

http://www.free-training-tutorial.com/filter.html Clay Bounds'''

• My lesson plan of spreadsheet and presentation,,,[[src="http://writer.zoho.com/public/gonzo2u2/Nteq-Model--Speadsheet%26Presentation/script"

></script>]] Clay Bounds

Things we published on the web

There are a whole series of these that I published this is just one of them... Local Hikes in Alabama -Robert Schueller

"For the great enemy of truth is very often not the lie- deliberate, contrived and dishonest- but the myth -persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast to the clichés of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought."