Hi all, The power of PP is very misunderstood. It is a expanded word processor. It was designed and tested to benefit the users. Help them as a tool in the lecture hall industry. More is learned in producing the presentation than in watching it. In order to complete the pp the student/user must examine and adapt the content... not just consume or adopt it to regurgitate on an exam.
The student/developer can approach a multimedia display.... that utilizes several learning styles. Use in groups because of the utilization of several learning styles reduces the linearity of PP. You can expect to find an increase in writing skills. Particularly if the PP becomes a portfolio length project. I once had a similar experience with a class making a movie.... like most the first response to an assignment was how many pages. These students were soon turning out scripts up to 20 pages long in between Tues and Thurs class sessions and loving it.. Basically, you can write with film, video, pp or skit.... it is all writing. In 18th, 19th and following centuries learning is much the same. And writing is the best way to move away from consumption and promote adaptive learning. This suggests that there is more learning from making tv than watching. The same is true of Movies, PP and other consuming. It is true that we are now more of a consumer society Perhaps it is the student pride of collaborative accomplishment.. that will overcome the MacLecture industry Del John Glass wrote: > most of my students know how to use PP before they even get into my > class; apparently they learn it in HS here in North Texas. > > I assign group projects for all of my classes and students must do some > sort of presentation at the end of the semester. Almost all of them use > PP, but not exclusively. I have had some students that have used it to > supplement role plays, a short video, and other creative materials. > > i don't think PP is going away anytime soon, nor are our ubiquitous > short attention spans (note that i am indicting the entire culture, not > just youth). i am working towards meeting them where they are and > assisting them to move along to a more informed place; however we get > there is okay by me. > > imo, the days of 19th century learning are over -- just no time. most of > my kids work, take care of families, take care of parents, AND take > three or four classes. too much competition for their time. what most > employers want today are skills, not erudition (actually, i think that's > what the gov't wants, too, but i digress). if we want to return to > disciplined, deeply considered learning, we have to change the > structures that support the very opposite. something i personally am in > favor of and really never stop thinking (and acting) about. > > of course, the elite/wealthy can afford to take their time to learn > things. the rest of us can't, so it's get the learning into their little > heads as effectively and efficiently as we can while we have them. > > john > > John E. Glass, Ph.D. > Professor of Sociology > Division of Social & Behavioral Sciences > Colin County Community College > Preston Ridge Campus > 9700 Wade Boulevard > Frisco, TX 75035 > +1-972-377-1622 > http://iws.ccccd.edu/jglass/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "We are more concerned about the discovery of knowledge than with its > dissemination" > B. F. Skinner > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Teaching Sociology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
