Witherspoon_Smartboard+and+Powerpoint

= Presenter: **Roxanne Witherspoon** = = Topic:**Smartboard and Powerpoint in the Classroom** =

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=** Project Description: **= I chose to do my technology presentaion on Smartboards and Powerpoints in the classroom. There are endless lessons, games, and activites to engage students with the Smartboard, but I am specifically presenting about Smartboards and Powerpoints. This technology may be outdated to some, but it works for me in my classroom. This may not be something you would use in your classroom, but I hope you take the time to understand why I use it in my classroom. Sometimes we think just because technolgoy is not new that it is useless and ins ignificant, I beg to differ.

I am pretty sure that most of you if not all of you know how to create a Powerpoint presentation, it has been around since 1987 and is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. I will demonstrate how to create a presentation, but first I would like for you all to view how I use it in the classroom. The way I utilized the Smartboard with my students for this lesson was a using it as a big Ipad. The powerpoint wasnn't created using Smart Notebook, I only used the Smartboard in order for my studnets to be able to come to the front of the class select their picture and be able to become a part of navigating the presentation once we were finish creating.

Part One of my classroom demonstration media type="youtube" key="Es--4lDfoZ4?feature=player_detailpage" height="216" width="384" Part Two of my Classroom Demonstration media type="youtube" key="U-L36aeMTto?feature=player_detailpage" height="216" width="384" [|smartboard] How to view a Powerpoint using the Smartboard
 * Additional Resources **

[|PowerpointtoNotebook] Transitioning from Powerpoint to Notebook on your Smartboard

[|Technologyintheclassroom] The effects of technology use in the classroom

[|Smartboardtips] 10 Ways to get Smart with Smartboards

[|SmartboardPowerpoint] This site offers Smartboard and Powerpoint templates

[|Powerpointintheclassroom] How to create Powerpoints in the classroom

=** Content uses of this technology **T= This technology can be used across all content areas. Language Arts is the content area I used in my technology presentation Powerpoint to teach letter sounds and initial phonemes. Other examples that could be used in a language arts powerpoint could be rhyming, matching uppercase and lowercase letters, fill in the blank sentences, color recogntion, and sight word flash cards. Math is another content area that could be used to learn numbers, matching objects one-to-one, math fact flash cards, and shape recognition. Using the Smartboard to create a Powerpoint in a Social Studies lesson may look like a teacher using different pictures of states and the students would have to figure out what state goes with the picture. In Science a lesson could be created matching animal babies with their mother. This technology could be used in any content area for review games like Jeopardy.

=** Pedagogical Considerations for this technology **= I chose this technology for my class becuase as an educator of five year old Kindergarten students I feel using the Smartboard to create Powerpoint presentation is developmentally age appropriate. It is my responsibility to introduce computers and technology to my students. I do this by giving students weekly individual time on the computer, daily use of the Smartboard, and daily use of a document camera. Creating Powerpoints by using the Smartboard is simple and a relevant piece of technology for my students to learn. Powerpoint is not something too overwhelming for my students to utilize with the guidance of their teacher. My students understand that each new thought or idea requires a new slide. I also use this technology because it is something that my students and I can do together. My students become a part of their learning because they are able to choose which objects begin with Rr. I type in the object the students think of and then they are able to select a picture from Clip Art. Each of my students' picture will end up in a Powerpoint before the year is over because I take a picture of students if their name begins with the letter we are studying.

Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.
 * 1. Creativity and Innovation**

a. Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes
 * My students had to use their prior knowledge of the letter Rr to think about what begins with Rr in order to create the Powerpoint**

Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.
 * 2. Communication and Collaboration**

a. Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media
 * My students interacted and collaborated with their peers and myself in order to publish or produce a Powerpoint they created together.**

**5. Digital Citizenship** Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior.

b. Exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning, and productivity =** Where to purchase or acquire. **=
 * My students enjoy creating Powerpoints and are engaged when I tell them we are going to create a Powerpoint. They take ownership of their learning which empowers them because they like to be in control of their learning and are able to choose what goes in the Powerpoint by working with their peers using technology.**
 * Most districts provide Smartboard and Powerpoint software free for teachers. It is not the teacher's financial responsibility to purchase these products. If your district provides a Smartboard nine times out of ten they will also provide the Smartboard Notebook software as well. **