Week 5: PowerPoint, Prezi, and Glogster reflection

PowerPoint

The presentation below was created for a Year 8 Biology class who were introduced to cells, their structures and functions. The animal and plant pictures on the top corners of the PowerPoint slides represent the cells to which these structures belong i.e. Chloroplasts = plant cells only (as with most things in Biology, there are some exceptions!). 

The PowerPoint that was created was simply used to convey information to students. Students received a handout on which they were required to highlight the key facts and then draw the relevant structures. Additionally, the whole class were required to label the diagrams on the PowerPoint and the teacher wrote the name of each structure on the board. Students were also provided with diagrams of each type of cell and were then required to label the structures.

PowerPoint however should be implemented not only as a tool for the teacher to convey information, but by the students to present and use their own creativity, ideas, and information from research. Furthermore, PowerPoints may also be used as an interactive tool for group activities.

Interactive PowerPoints

Below is a short quiz about the human immune system. It was created using PowerPoint for Year 11 Biology students. 

Prezi

The Prezi below was created to demonstrate the great diversity of Invertebrates.

Glogster

I experienced some difficulty embedding my creation from Glogster so I saved it as an image, and uploaded it from my desktop instead. The video however no longer works as a link.