One of my forgettable lessons was when I had my students do an assignment in Social Studies. They had to do research on a country of their choice (besides Canada & USA), on 6 elements of culture, for example: government, history, expressions of culture (food, clothing, music, festivals, etc.), economy, etc.
I had previously done this before using PowerPoint on our desktop computers in the pod outside my class (in a P3 school). However, over the summer, 4 of the 11 computers were moved to another pod, and 4 of the remaining 7 were not working (this was around the end of September or early Oct).
We had a mobile lab with laptops (20), but the grade 8 & 9 students damaged them so badly that it was decided (over the summer) to not repair them. So, I had to get our new mobile lab with 15 mini-Ipads.
I used to have a Mac, but that was years ago, and do not have an Ipad or mini-Ipad. I scrambled about 3 days before kids would start the assignment to see what I could use, and 1 teacher suggested using Prezi, and another said there should be a PowerPoint equivalent on the mini-Ipads. I learned Prezi with a youtube video and by doing one myself that night, and the next night learned how to use KeyNote in the same manner.
I tried to show students how to use both, and some were quite successful with Prezi; however my lesson with Keynote was not as good. Fortunately 2 other students in class with Ipads were a huge help!
Sweated that one out. Since only my students use these programs now, and since I've not used them since last October, I would most likely find it challenging to teach them again (need to for next Fall!).
Mike
I had previously done this before using PowerPoint on our desktop computers in the pod outside my class (in a P3 school). However, over the summer, 4 of the 11 computers were moved to another pod, and 4 of the remaining 7 were not working (this was around the end of September or early Oct).
We had a mobile lab with laptops (20), but the grade 8 & 9 students damaged them so badly that it was decided (over the summer) to not repair them. So, I had to get our new mobile lab with 15 mini-Ipads.
I used to have a Mac, but that was years ago, and do not have an Ipad or mini-Ipad. I scrambled about 3 days before kids would start the assignment to see what I could use, and 1 teacher suggested using Prezi, and another said there should be a PowerPoint equivalent on the mini-Ipads. I learned Prezi with a youtube video and by doing one myself that night, and the next night learned how to use KeyNote in the same manner.
I tried to show students how to use both, and some were quite successful with Prezi; however my lesson with Keynote was not as good. Fortunately 2 other students in class with Ipads were a huge help!
Sweated that one out. Since only my students use these programs now, and since I've not used them since last October, I would most likely find it challenging to teach them again (need to for next Fall!).
Mike