We did a PowerPoint presentation in class on Thursday September 27. The point of the PowerPoint was to create a lesson plan to teach to an age group of our choice. So first I had to find my objectives and standard for my lesson. I decided to chose mathematics for 4th graders. My
objectives had to deal with decimals, fractions, and how to write numbers in different forms. We learned how to write them so that we would know how to create a lesson plan.
I had to write a narrative to find out who are audience was, what are objectives are, and the purpose of the PowerPoint Then, I had to use that narrative to put a presentation together to help the kids achieve the objectives in the most efficient way. I had been taught mostly everything about PowerPoint in middle school and high school so I didn't learn much about PowerPoint besides how to embedded a video. I did however learn about how to make a lesson and more importantly write an objective based on standards. So after I learned how to write my objectives and got all my information straight, I was able to start my presentation. In school, I always loved having a review day, and it was even better when the review was made into a game. So I decided to make my lesson into a review game. I would make 4 teams and I would have a student from each team come up where I would have four buzzers. I would give them a math problem to solve and when they got it they would buzz in. If the player got the answer correct their team would receive a point, but if they missed it the other players would have a chance to steal. The only problem I had with this project was the fact that it was a PowerPoint which I will try to avoid using in the classroom. So I don't think this was very helpful, especially since most of us probably had to learn PowerPoint already in high school.
As for presenting, I felt confident presenting my PowerPoint to my peers. I thought I made my objectives clear and I created a good lesson for my age group. I knew I had everything I needed to have. And I knew that I made it fun for everyone. And in the case of everyone else's PowerPoint's. I thought they were all very creative in how they set them up. No one's was the same as the next one because everyone put their own
style into their PowerPoint's. It was very educational to see others and see how they would teach children. It helped give yourself as a future teacher ideas on how to make a lesson.
-Ben
