Presentation
I have used PowerPoint (PPT) in the past, as it was the primary source available at school, but I have Keynote on my Mac at home. I have not used it as much as I have PPT, but I used it to make my PPT for this presentation section of our work. I really liked Keynote and found it fairly easy to use. When I had made PPT's before I had not used many of the features and simply created slides using pictures or media or simply documentation. I found it easy with Keynote to find the features I wanted to use, like transitions, and found it easy to figure them out without having to put to much effort or getting frustrated. I also like the look of many of the slides, and as I was choosing mine I found myself thinking of several projects that I could use this program for. I liked that the tools were simply laid out and I could find them easily according to the tabs across the tool bar and I did not have to search far and wide to find them. Overall this was an easy assignment to complete simply because the program was easy to use.
Commentary on Reading
There was not a lot in the reading that I felt like I did not already know or had some basic understanding of. I appreciated the authors explanation of Common Core Standards and how presentation and communication is included in them. I came to understand that this was another method of collaboration that students can use to work together with to create a project for class. The author made several good suggestions about how to use these tools such as, presenting concepts, summarizing information, displaying the data that they learned, etc. These programs can also be another way students can organize information and enhance it with their creativity. When students create ppt presentations, these tools can help students integrate information across many subjects, such as science, social studies, etc. These tools can cover several standards at the same time like, reading, writing, and technology. The author also offered great tips when creating presentations with a large group of students and how to organize their materials so that credit is correctly given and the projects are managed well. Lastly, I felt like the chapter on presentations was helpful, but focused on the Google Presentations and not specific to PPT or Keynote. However, there was a lot of helpful information and tips.
Well... There is a fairly fundamental discrepancy in your terminology. Your assignment is Google Presentations, now named Google Slides. You are discussing Keynote on your Mac. We don't do Keynote on a Mac, although we do discuss Keynote on the iPad. Your link does show on Drive, but I am not sure if you did it in Google Slides or, in fact, did it in Keynote and uploaded it.
ReplyDeleteSo, not the best review, but a good job discussing CCSS and otherwise.
Thanks!