TECHNOLOGY:
PowerPoint
BY: Rebekah Shaia,
Meredith Rapp, Mary-Courtney Kaplan, A.J. Migonis
Target Grade/Subject
Since
the presentation focuses on Greek contributions, the material meshes with
either eighth (private schools) or ninth grade (public schools) World History I
classes. The relevance of the presentation is that the lesson incorporates
information pertaining to Greek contributions in an interesting way that
targets both visual and auditory learning. The presentation includes test,
pictures, and graphs to help make the lesson intriguing for the students.
Objectives
According
to the targeted SOL - 8.3 - the student will describe, analyze, and evaluate
the history of ancient Greece from about 2000 to 300 B.C. in terms of its
impact on Western civilization, with emphasis on:
*Greek
mythology and religion
*The
social structure, significance of citizenship, and the development of democracy
in the city-state of Athens;
*The
contributions of Greek sculptors, architects
Materials
Microsoft PowerPoint presentation used during class. The teacher expands upon the information contained in the presentation. The lesson is targeted to last about 45 minutes.
Lesson Description
The
PowerPoint presentation contains textual information, pictures, graphs, and
maps relating to Greek contributions to today. In particular, the presentation
highlights information on city-states, art and architecture, and mythology.
Evaluation Procedure
We
intend this lesson to be fun and interesting for the class. Hence, we do not
want to implement a formal assessment like a test for example. Rather, the type
of assessment we envision with a lesson like this is to ask the students
throughout the lesson if they understand the information. Also, about 10
minutes prior to ending the class should be reserved to review all the
information. Within the review the teacher should ask the students to provide
the answers to see if they really did understand like they reported throughout
the lesson.
Support
Obviously,
this lesson with its focus on the use of PowerPoint to convey information on
Greek contributions naturally supports implementing technology in the
classroom.
Motivating
The
beauty of programs like Power Point is that they allow information to be
conveyed in a neat, clear, and interesting way. Most students do not enjoy the
traditional lecture method where the teacher stands in front of the class and
expel information. Rather they would like a change in the daily structure of
the classroom. Hence, our presentation, with its use of picture, sounds, and
concise information, fully engages the student mind in a unique way.