Week 5 Engagement Activity 2

This activity required us to make a PowerPoint presentation interactive including adding a multiple choice quiz.  I found this activity very time consuming.  I do realise the value of it upon completing the activity and I am hoping this process becomes quicker with time.

It would be very valuable having interactive multiple choice quizzes in the primary school setting (CQUniversity Australia, 2012).  Students could even create their own multiple choice questions for others in the class to attempt (CQUniversity Australia, 2012).  This facilitates analysis of questions and a deep understanding of the topic to be able to complete this task (CQUniversity Australia, 2012).

Interactive PowerPoint presentations could be utilised for those higher achieving students that have finished tasks before other class members, to enable them to continue to learn rather than become bored (CQUniversity Australia, 2012).  This task is based on Connectivism learning theory as it requires computer and internet usage (CQUniversity Australia, 2012).  The multiple choice quiz is associated with the Behaviourism learning theory through routine skill development and building on previous knowledge (CQUniversity Australia, 2012).

By using the TPACK framework including a good scaffold and a good understanding of PowerPoint presentations, I do feel that interactive PowerPoint presentations can facilitate good learning outcomes (CQUniversity Australia, 2012).  When using interactive PowerPoint presentations in the classroom it is important for the teacher to model and teach safe, ethical and legal guidelines including crediting sources and parental permission for images of students to be used in the presentation (CQUniversity Australia, 2012; Education Queensland, 2012).

This is my PowerPoint presentation.  I uploaded it to my wikispace as I was unable to upload it directly to my blog.  The link is:

http://emmataylor411.wikispaces.com/Glogster

References:

CQUniversity Australia. (2012). EDED20491- ICTs for learning design:

            online study guide. Retrieved from  

            http://moodle.cqu.edu.au/mod/page/view.php?id=115238

Education Queensland. (2012). Risk management. Retrieved from
            http://education.qld.gov.au/web/schools/riskman.html