PowerPoint, LMS & RSS

 PowerPoint

I am still in the process of developing my webquest. My downloading capabilities at the moment are as slow as I am with absorbing so much in such a short time. From the information I have read from the materials a webquest is an interactive powerpoint.

For a previous assignment I used a number of tools to present information gathered from a survey into a powerpoint presentation. In the presentation I included a comparison graphic organiser, a pie graph, video clips and animations. The powerpoint was then uploaded into a blogspot. What I liked about the assignment was that it enabled me to present the information creatively and interestingly. I would definitely incorporate this tool in classroom activities. 

Educational Benefits

• learning managers can present learning activities in a variety of meaningful ways
• students develop meaningful technology skills
• creative, constructive learning skills are developed.

reflective learning tool

Classroom uses 

• create tutorials, quizzes and reviews
• present and display student work
• interactive stories/report, photos stories, slide shows

Challenges

• relevance of animations, too many bells and whistles.
• excessive information on slides can be an over-kill and makes for an uninteresting and uninspiring presentation.
• time consuming to get it all looking good.

Learning Management Systems

Learning management systems are software systems which provide training and education programs through a collaborative online process and offer a means of study outside of normal on- campus modes. This gives students the opportunity to combine full-time work with the opportunity to pursue study.   My studies for the past two and a half years have consisted of using “Blackboard and now Moodle.” These systems form a virtual learning environment, which allow learning managers to manage courses by uploading resources from web links to support students with course materials. Through this process an inter-exchange of information with students is developed via discussion forums, web- conferences, tele-conferences and emails. In this day and age many people are using these systems in pursuit of obtaining a university degree or to further develop and enhance what skills they might already have.

The Benefits:

•  students progress at their own pace but still within required time lines.

• provide an opportunity to combine work and study.

RSS- Really Simple Syndication

Really Simple Syndication is a system which allows one to follow and view updates on other people’s blogs, news headlines, audio, and video.

The Benefits

• provides an update of other peoples blogs.

• is easier to follow blogs by simply clicking on the link to the blog

 References

Central Queensland University, (2010). Introduction to Digital Pedagogy  http://moodle.cqu.edu.au/mod/resource/view.php?id=91800

Wikipedia. (2010). Learning Management System  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_management_system

Wikipedia, RSS, (2010). Retrieved from

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS