Power Point

Hi,
Power point is a form of multi-modal technology. It is very popular in schools and is often used.
For students and teachers working with power point goes hand in hand with presentations. At some stage all students will use power point to present an assessment across the KLAs. They are just as important as palm cards for school students. Power point presentation increases the engagement of students who are listening.
There is a bit of a glitch with power point, however. This happens when video files are hyper-linked to the presentation and they need time to load. This often brings about an awkward pause in the middle of a presentation.
Learning managers need to deepen and increase learning. The latest research shows this can be achieved through knowledge of neuroscience, the cognitive sciences, and multimedia designs for learning. The three areas to consider are content, context and the learner. Learning managers need different approaches to teaching different focus such as reading, writing, collaborative problem solving.
Multi-modal use of media needs differentiation of neuroscience, cognitive sciences and multimedia design. Teaching needs to incorporate prior knowledge of the learner and appropriate complexity of content and interests of learners.
The use of multimedia and technology can vary interactivity and modality. Students are interested and stay focused. Research indicates that students make substantial learning gains with the use of visual and verbal multi-modal learning. Students are engaged in learning that incorporate multi-modal designs on average out perform students who learn using traditional approaches with single modes (Cisco, 2008).

Karen.
Cisco. (2008). Multimodal learning through media: What the research says.
Retrieved from http://www.cisco.com/web/strategy/docs/education/Multimodal-Learning-Through-Media.pdf

Free Learning and Control Learning: On the So-Called Failure of Constructivist, Discovery, Problem-Based, Experiential, and Inquiry-Based Teaching

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This is an example of a slideshare power point.
Reference
Downes, S. (2007). Free learning and control learning on the so-called failure of constructivist, discovery, problem-based, experiential, and inquiry-based teaching. Retrieved from http://www.slideshare.net/Downes/free-learning-and-control-learning-on-the-socalled-failure-of-constructivist-discovery-problembased-experiential-and-inquirybased-teaching