Week of Oct. 13

This week we worked on our PowerPoint exercises. I really had fun with this. I decided to make my PowerPoint on the same topic as my podcast lesson - space. There were honestly some things that I wanted to do with it that PowerPower simply does not support (such as a bouncing satellite roaming the screen like a screensaver during the whole presentation)...I asked Mr. Dean about them, but he confirmed that, while it would be neat, PowerPoint just cannot support it. It was all extra stuff, however, so it did not take anything away from my actual presentation. I still had many interactive parts to my presentation, such as orbiting planets (presented in order, with their names) and planets that could fly in and out with information about them. Since our PowerPoint had to be made in kiosk mode, I intended for my PowerPoint to be (hypothetically) used by students individually. I just think that kiosk mode is best used in that capacity, since the students could then control their own pace of learning. It also allows for it to be more interactive.