Showing posts with label Interactive lectures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Interactive lectures. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Interactive PowerPoint: A Magical Teaching Tool
I do
Love PowerPoint. I use it frequently in my classes and it shows very successful
results. But, talking about making these PPTs interactive sounds amazing! It is
the first time for me to experience creating an Interactive PPT, it is really a
very interesting chance.
After
reading several articles about interactive PPT, I noticed the big difference
between this later and the standard PPT that I used to apply in my classes
before. Although the standard ones tend to be useful with some activities, but
the interactive ones have much more utilities and advantages. The Interactive
PPT is more advanced and supplies the students with more challenging skills,
and activities, for it doesn’t follow a linear direction in presentation. It takes
the attention from one slide to a previous one or even to the very first slides
that seem relevant. This non-linear ability enriches the classes with more
refreshment and interaction. They seem
helpful in my classes when reviewing knowledge, for it increases the
interactive drill and practice.
For
my classes, I think the interactive PPTs are very helpful. They get the
students attention all the time and make them more engaged to the lectures.
They function as magic, for me, as they enable both control and entertainment
at the same time. They increase the tendency of the students to be more active
and respond to the questions immediately.
PowerPoint
presentation can be made more interactive by applying so many tools and
methods, like clip arts, animations, quizzes, true or false questions, action
buttons, and even video clips and sound tracks. Nevertheless, before
determining the tool used to make PPTs more interactive, teachers have to think
about the students’ levels and abilities, as well as the nature of the classes
and the condition under which they are teaching. However, handouts tend to be
so important for reinforcing the presentations. They give the students more
information about what is presented, and give them the chance not only to be
attached to what is provided in the PPT slides but also to the material under
study.
Thus,
using interactive PowerPoint is more professional and practical and brings a
lot of fun to the classes. But teachers
have to be aware of the best ways to practice using them and what should they
avoid during the presentations.
By: Khadija Muhammad Abdussalam
English Language Teacher
U of K
Sudan, Khartoum
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Lesson Plans and Materials
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Monday, September 16, 2013
Interactive Lectures...
What is Interactive Lectures?
Interactive lectures are classes in which the instructor incorporates engagement triggers
and breaks the lecture at least once per class to have students
participate in an activity that lets them work directly with the
material. The engagement triggers capture and maintain student attention
and the interactive lecture techniques
allow students to apply what they have learned or give them a context
for upcoming lecture material.
Instructors can also think of the value of format change during a class period in two ways.
All of the activities used to make lectures interactive involve a
learning curve for both instructors and students. Instructors must learn
how to develop good questions, analyze the student responses, and
incorporate that information into the following lecture segment or the
next class period.
As with many active-learning techniques, interactive lectures may take longer to cover any given topic than non-interactive ones. Mazur (1997) recommends that the lecturer save time by only going over more difficult and important material rather than duplicating the coverage of the textbook.
Resource: link
Interactive lectures are classes in which the instructor incorporates engagement triggers
and breaks the lecture at least once per class to have students
participate in an activity that lets them work directly with the
material. The engagement triggers capture and maintain student attention
and the interactive lecture techniques
allow students to apply what they have learned or give them a context
for upcoming lecture material.
The Basic Structure of Interactive Lecture
The goal of interactive lecture is to engage students by finding ways
for them to interact with the content, the instructor, and their
classmates. Accordingly, interactive lectures include segments of
lecture combined with segments where students interact.
One of
the things that makes the lecture interactive is the ability of the
instructor to choose the content of the lecture segments based on the
students' needs. If students have difficulty answering a question, or an
activity goes astray in many or most student groups, it's time to find a
new and better way to deal with the material.
Instructors can also think of the value of format change during a class period in two ways.
- Format change is valuable in its own right for recapturing attention and engaging students.
- Also, the new format is often a better way to teach a topic or get a point across.
All of the activities used to make lectures interactive involve a
learning curve for both instructors and students. Instructors must learn
how to develop good questions, analyze the student responses, and
incorporate that information into the following lecture segment or the
next class period.As with many active-learning techniques, interactive lectures may take longer to cover any given topic than non-interactive ones. Mazur (1997) recommends that the lecturer save time by only going over more difficult and important material rather than duplicating the coverage of the textbook.
Resource: link
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