Post #6

In critiquing my PowerPoint 1 assignment, I feel as though I worked closely to the guidelines required and did the same with the concepts given in the text. I made sure that I had legible text throughout the entire slide show presentation. I was careful in not choosing colors that conflict with each other or colors that made it difficult to read the text. The text did mention to not use too many color schemes for the slides and I do feel like there is a slight variation in the colors of the different slides, but for the most part they are pretty consistent.
In my classroom, I could use cameras and printers as types of peripherals with the students to give them more of a hand on and visual experience. The students could use the cameras to snap photos of their choice and upload them to make short stories through power point. This allows them the opportunity to actually use the equipment, use their artistic minds, and increase their computer skills in the process.
I think last weeks lesson on developing skills using Microsoft Power point was a very important and helpful one for everyone interested in having a successful career in the field of education. Power Point is a very important tool that can increase visual aid and better your chances of getting a message across to your intended audience. I feel as though I have learned a great deal about this program and I am sure I will be appreciative of this in the future.

post #5

I critiqued http://fsu.edu/and according to the rules discussed I chapter 6, it is a website that conveys information very well. This site has a general design that can be easily navigated, explaining clearly where in the site you currently are. The site does not complicate comprehension by using multiple text styles, extreme colors, or meaningless images or text. This site keep information lines at a decent length and makes the words as easily visible as possible.

There are multiple advantages to using presentation software. The main advantage is for its major effect in memory and comprehension. Most students comprehend information faster and able to remember longer when there are visual aids. Without presentation software information is presented to students in word forms only, and when instructing younger children, this makes the learning process a lot harder. Pictures and visual aids make information more appealing therefore making it more desired to be learned.

Power Point helps you to remember and understand information by allowing you to organize information on different slides in order to give easier understanding of information by separate categories. Various charts and diagrams can be made through Power point for purposes of applying the information that is being learned. Power point can be used for analyzing and evaluating information allowing the viewing of multiple slides for comparison of data. It is easy to say that accurate representation of information can be created through power point software.