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- I'm studying for my BA right now and will finish it at the end of 2009. I am then moving to Sydney with my wife and kids where I will do a one year post grad in teaching.
I've always enjoyed making PP presentations, even though it is so time consuming. Slideshare caused a few hickups for me as there is no sound any more and no movement of information. I have kept this presentation as simple as I could for my 5/6 class as the student's abilities vary so much. In my lesson, groups of students will physically dismantle 4 desktop computers, explore,identify,discuss and document the computer's internal parts.
ReplyDeleteIt will be quite interesting to see which students use computers and what they use them for. I believe that this kind of real-life learning interaction is what the Engagement Theory is all about. If given the chance, I would like the class to make a working computer. I made one and I'm sure that some of my students are more than capable of doing the same, they probably just don't know it.
PP's are a great visual aid for students as long as they are quick, simple, and imaginative. I have used them only to compliment a lesson rather than to be a lesson in itself.
http://home.sprynet.com/~gkearsley/engage.htm
Hi Michael, I love the presentation. It was short and to the point. Obviously you will be using it in context to the activity you are doing with the breakdown of the computers.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea. My son in year 6 would love to get his hands on a computer and pull it apart - I don't know of any male (and I'm sure there are females out there who would also love to do it) who wouldn't like to pull a computer apart and view all the pieces - being able to learn about what each part does is just a bonus.
Have fun with it - I know the kids will!
Sally
Well done Michael, I enjoyed your PPT presentatiion and blog very much. The presentation was clear, concise, succinct and easy to follow. I have a son in Year 5 and I know he would absolutely love the lesson you have planned out as described in your blog.
ReplyDeleteJust out of interest, one of the teachers at the learning site I have been attached to went looking for an old aircraft last year and was directed to a wreck off Brampton Island (just off the coast of Mackay). He was able to acquire this small aircraft "shell" and, along with his students, is now doing it up to include a GPS and flight simulator equipment. WOW.
Just like your proposed computer lesson, these kinds of lessons certainly hilight the RELATE-CREATE-DONATE theory of engaged learning as delivered to us by Kiersely & Snheiderman (1999) and as described by Sir Ken Robinson in that childrens' capacity to learn through innovation and creativity is extraordinary. Well done Michael.
Kylie B
References:
Sir Ken Robinson "http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html"
Kiersely, G., & Shneiderman, B. (1999). Engagement Theory: A framework for technology based teachng and learning.