PowerPoint

Today's exercise deals with PowerPoint and DropBox.  I have been using PowerPoint  for what seems like forever.  We used to use it as an easy way to document software our company made, simple screenshots and arrows with short and sweet descriptions of what each form did.  Now that I am using the most current version of PowerPoint I really enjoy all of the new little functions available.  I truly love the equation editor.

As for DropBox, I have had an account for a few years now, but have never used it.  I use SkyDrive instead.  Yet again DropBox is another one of those sites where files can be stored and used on the fly where you don't have to worry about thumb drives.  I don't even use a thumb drive anymore.

My PowerPoint Presentation or PNG Images of My Slides Since DropBox Does Not Play Nicely with Microsoft is one that I use in my Veteran's Upward Bound Math class.  Most of the Vets in the class are non-traditional students and they seem to get a chuckle out of the presentation.  This presentation is used to introduce the different types of numbers.  I had a bunch of animation in the presentation, but decided for the purpose of this exercise, the animation was not necessary.  I did however use a technique I read about a few years ago.

Throughout the presentation I want to enforce the relationships between the different types of numbers and how they are built upon each other.  In the lower right hand corner of each slide I place a small icon that links each slide back to the first slide.

As always we must discuss how this piece of technology fits into the ISTE-NETS-T standards.  This exercise applies to Standard 2:  Design and Develop Digital Age Learning Experiences and Assessments.  With the use of PowerPoint, lessons are easily created and edited.  I am constantly editing all of my PowerPoint lesson, making them better.