Multimedia Presentations in Social Subjects
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PowerPoint presentations were created by the children working in pairs..
A slide from The Jacobites. |
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Why was this work undertaken?
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| As a vehicle for pupils creating and presenting their knowledge and understanding of topic work undertaken in set topics as part of the school Environmental Studies programme. At the same time pupils were enriching and developing their ICT skills. |
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How was it developed?
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| The work began as an assessment of the topics covered in Environmental Studies. It later developed into the production of an integrated resource for other children tackling the same topic and into a homework resource (web pages). |
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What was the impact on pupils' learning?
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| Pupils' learning was enhanced because they were quickly and fairly easily able to produce satisfying results and an attractive product. Creating a PowerPoint presentation is an excellent way to demonstrate mastery of a wide understanding of the topic. Selecting and summarising and sequencing are valuable skills. |
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What was the impact of teaching strategies?
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| These had to be revised to take account of the different manner of demonstrating knowledge and understanding. Children and teacher alike found this approach to be motivating, stimulating and very effective. The best way to learn to make PowerPoint presentations is to make a PowerPoint presentation! It worked best when they pupils were placed in pairs and the discussion needed to agree bullet point entries was invaluable. |
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Hardware/software requirements and useful linked
websites.
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Microsoft PowerPoint
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| Other ICT Work at Kettle Primary | Wall displays from a project on jobs and a study of holidays in Shetland. |
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