Using ICT to enrich and enhance learning Using PowerPoint PreviousNext

Does it raise standards? Using PowerPoint Provides choice Maintains interest Generates enthusiasm Choice of output Interactive facilities Improves standards of presentation Develops key skillsImproves confidence Is a fun and an exciting way to learn! PreviousNext

Providing choice : Tapping into strengths? Using PowerPoint Shifts more responsibility for learning to the student The teacher can concentrate on supporting individuals It provides an alternative way of achieving objectives It allows students to work to their strengths (learning preferences) PreviousNext

Is a paradigm shift required? Using PowerPoint A shift towards a greater variety of choices of learning styles can be beneficial …...for all students ICT provides an excellent vehicle to increase rate of progress There is a tendency to teach to a preferred teaching style or ‘safe mode’ This can lead to a mismatch with preferred learning styles PreviousNext

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Using PowerPoint Surely I will not have time for using ICT? What skills will I need? Do I need a class set of computers? Surely, the students will just mess around? How can I teach ICT and my subject? What other resources will I need? PreviousNext

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Using PowerPoint Surely I will not have time for using ICT? ICT activities are primarily used to enrich and enhance learning. They offer alternative ways of reaching the same learning objectives. Students can be given a choice of learning activities. In some cases, the use of ICT can be more appropriate to enable learning objectives to be achieved. StartNext PreviousNext

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Using PowerPoint How can I teach ICT and my subject? At North Chadderton School there are separate ICT lessons devoted to acquiring the skills that the students need. This is good news for the subject teacher, in that the subject teacher can concentrate on the development of the knowledge and understanding of the subject, rather than teaching students how to use the ICT software packages. By Year 9 most students will have acquired the skills required for using PowerPoint. It is best to check this first ! StartNext PreviousNext

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Using PowerPoint Do I need a class set of computers? It is a common mistake to think that every ICT activity requires a class set of computers. However, providing a of choice of activity to all students at the same time would be rather limited if only one computer is available. Other options, such as homework activities using a computer could be provided. Another option is to negotiate the use of other computers within the school during the scheduled lesson. Start PreviousNext

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Using PowerPoint Surely, students will just mess around? Is support available? In most cases the students using ICT are more involved with their studies, and the degree of concentration is high as the PowerPoint presentation is produced. It is important that the students have acquired a reasonable level of skills for using Powerpoint As with any classroom activity, supervision and support will be required. NextStart PreviousNext

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Using PowerPoint What skills will I need? Is support available? It is helpful if you are familiar with the basic construction of slides using PowerPoint. Many students at Year 9 and above will have acquired quite high levels of skills using PowerPoint. You could learn a lot from students! Match the task to the strengths and skills of the students. NextStart PreviousNext

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) Using PowerPoint What other resources will I need? 1. A large monitor is extremely useful if students are to share their presentations with other members of the class. 2. Suitable and appropriate images on a CD ROM, or download from a website. All the images on the school gallery can be used without copyright violations. 3. Disks and/or CD ROM writer…so that students can have copies of their work NextStart PreviousNext A printer provides hard copies of the electronic pages for the students

Each slide can contain images, text, animations, music, video clips Links can be made to other slides or programs, or web pages Using PowerPoint PreviousNext PowerPoint consists of one or more ‘slides’

What is PowerPoint? Using PowerPoint PreviousNext Images Navigation Text and effects

Using PowerPoint PreviousNext Case Study 1 Year 9 Science : Saving Energy in the Home

Using PowerPoint PreviousNext Case Study 1 How can we reduce the waste of energy? “Consider the ways in which energy is wasted in the home. Explain how the wasted energy can be reduced”

Using PowerPoint PreviousNext How can we reduce the waste of energy? Use the resources provided to produce a PowerPoint presentation on the ways in which heat losses from a house can be reduced. Resources: Spotlight Science Textbook and Energy Sheets National Curriculum : CD ROM Images Internet Link : Online Energy Resources : ClipartOnline Energy Resources : Clipart

Using PowerPoint PreviousNext Heat loss from a house Click to view Emma’s presentation Click to view Ben’s presentation Both of these presentations have been placed on the school website

Using PowerPoint PreviousNext Case Study 2 Revision Notes : Year 10/11 “Produce a set of revision notes on forces” Use your notes, objective booklets, text books and images from CD-RoM

Using PowerPoint PreviousNext Forces Both of these presentations have been placed on the school website Click on an image to download the presentation

Using PowerPoint PreviousNext Case Study 3 Year 7 “Environment and feeding relationships” How plants and animals depend on each other for survival in the Sonoran desert

Using PowerPoint PreviousNext Environmental and feeding relationships Click on the image to download the presentation This presentation has been placed on the school website

Using PowerPoint PreviousNext Case Study 4 Investigating Planetary data This is an introductory worksheet. It provides an assignment using two websites

Investigating Planets Use the web links to find out the following information about each planet: Diameter, temperature, composition, Mass What patterns, if any, can you find between these properties and the distance from the Sun?

Using PowerPoint PreviousNext Case Study 5 Learning Objectives These can be displayed on a monitor throughout the lesson..or used as reinforcement art the end of a session

Learning Objectives PreviousNext The tilt of the Earth’s axis is the reason for seasons Day and night happens because the Earth spins on its axis A year is the time taken for a planet to make one complete orbit around a star.