Technology and Teacher Professional Development, PowerPoint, and My Instructor's Blogpost

Technology and Teacher Professional Development

Staying up to date on technology is an important thing in today's day and age. It is even more important for educators because of their unique position of teaching the newer generations. One website that I have found to help educators stay up to date on all technology trends is Digital Trends. This website has technology news articles, product reviews and rankings, and a bunch of other resources that all have to deal with the current news in technology. Here is a screenshot of the homepage:

PowerPoint

I have learned a lot through making the two different PowerPoint presentations. This is a screenshot of my linear PowerPoint presentation: 
I learned that you can voice over a PowerPoint. This is a valuable tool that I have learned because I can present my PowerPoint presentations without being present. This is a screenshot of my non-linear PowerPoint presentation: 
I learned even more while making my non-linear presentation. I didn't even know that there was such thing as a non-linear presentation. Learning how to use action buttons will be very helpful in my future PowerPoint presentations.

My Instructor's Blogpost

My instructor, Zhongrui (Ray) Yao, recently wrote a blogpost about our class. You can find that blogpost here: Blogpost. I found it interesting that many of my classmates have all different kinds of experiences when it comes to technology in the classroom. Even though we are all similar in age, it really shows the true diversity in education. I also found it interesting that there are so many technology resources out there for educators to utilize. I have had fun writing these blogs and can't wait for the rest of them!

I commented on Olivia Wilkening's blog and Hayley Singer's blog.

Comments

  1. Erika DamApril 25, 2020 at 11:08 PM

    Great post! I'm a bit late because I am making up the assignment but I agree with you finding of it being interesting that we all had different experiences in terms of technology. I think it's so cool we all learned so much!

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