Visual Methods: Using power point pictures
For my students,they had to identify the microscpe i had put up a microscope on the white board from the projector and one person from the teams had to come up and write on the white board and draw a line to the part they were identifing on the microscope for points it went really well. Love the visual memory!
Lisa, I'm sure the competing element helps to motivate the students to learn what could be a dry topic.
Michele Deck
I have used this method also, when instructing identification of the bones of the skeleton. I have used post-it with the names of the bones preprinted on them and the students must race and place as many post-it correctly on the skeleton in 60 seconds. They loved it!
Allyson, using a number and variety of activities can give you positive results.
Michele Deck
I also used power point slides in all my lectures/classes for a few reasons:
1. It keeps the students focused up at the overhead and not down where they are doodling or texting instead of listening to the lecture
2. I will start the lecture with a few true false questions or multiple choice questions to let the class try to answer and then after the lecture I will ask the same questions again to see what the students retained from the lecture.
3. The questions asked during the class also serve as a great quiz bank for the students.
Sandra, I like the questions between idea.
Michele Deck
Courtney, you are welcome, and everyone who uses ideas from this course.
Michele Deck
Power point is fine to use. I add questions in the presentation between slides. Answers to be written down and discussed after the presentation is over. This keeps them on their toes!!
I will have to try this method in my class. I tend to lose people during power point presentations, but a few questions to break up the material would be helpful. Thanks for the tip!
Melissa , these examples you share create mental pictures for your learners that they do not forget.
Michele Deck
I also love to use the gross pictures in the power points, I call it getting to the good stuff. I also use my personal tales from the ER of gross and /or humerous stories. The students have said that it would be something I pointed out on a power point slide or a story from the ER hat helped them remmber the info not only just for the test but for the future as well.
Nancy, I agree with you that a powerpoint that is only dry words and sentences is boring and does not hold my attention or "grab" my attention. I prefer presentations that have pictures, sound effects or music, and humor; my students like that kind too.
In my lectures and learning activities, I also use humor and visual or auditory examples to help the students remember more. My students have reported they find learning is fun and they feel they remember the material because they recall the way it was presented.
Need reinforcement in another fashion
Every 5 slides is a good interval.
I use slides and at the end of every 5 slides I do a memory recall . I may also use tools for show and tell and do recall again.
This sounds like a great idea! I will implement this into anatomy diagram, immediately on the eraser board and allow for the students to write them in.
I agree I think power point lectures put students to sleep. I do hiwever use power point pictures or colorbooks such as a drawing of the heart. The students color and identiy the anatomy of the heart this is more hands on and more visual.
Yes, I agree the unexpected does get and keep learner attention.
I team taught with another instructor in one of my jobs and she always used the power point as something to write her presentations on. I found this a very boring way to use this medium. I, on the other hand, preferred to use the power point as a supplement to the presentation and not the notes of the presentation. I love to use gross pictures, humorous cartoons, music, etc. in my power points as a "shock" factor. The students pay more attention when you suddenly place a shock factor in.
I also do this “in spadesâ€. My PPT’s have a LOT of visuals; graphs, cartoons, and pretty pictures. Ok, cool pictures.
