| Lesson Title: | Multimedia Presentations - An Overview | ||
| Curriculum Area: | English Language Arts | ||
| Technology Strand: | Multimedia/Presentation | ||
| Grade Level: | 6 | ||
| Essential Question: | What are the essential elements of a "good" multimedia presentation? |
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Activity Summary | Utilizing two PowerPoint slideshows about Germany, students will compare, evaluate, discuss, and write about the essential elements of a high quality multimedia presentation. |
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Curriculum |
English Language Arts 4.02 Develop (with teacher assistance) and apply appropriate criteria to evaluate the quality of the communication by: Using knowledge of language structure and literary or media techniques. |
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Technology |
Multimedia/Presentation 2.06 Demonstrate knowledge of the advantages/disadvantages of using multimedia to develop, publish, and present information to a variety of audiences. |
| Activating Strategies |
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Time: 20 minutes To activate students' knowledge of multimedia, the teacher will briefly share two PowerPoint presentations, both about Germany. One of the slideshows is an example of a good presentation (Germany_Slides1), the other, an example of what NOT to do in a slideshow (Germany_Slides2). 1. The teacher should show students both slideshows and prompt them to observe general differences between the two without indicating to the students which is the superior example. 2. Pair students up with a partner for the THINK-PAIR-SHARE activity. 3. Then, pass out the THINK-PAIR-SHARE (think_pair_share) worksheet and allow students approximately 5 minutes on each of the three components. 4. After students are done with their activity sheet, encourage several groups to SHARE with the class their three most important points. |
| Technology Vocabulary: Multimedia Vocabulary |
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| Cognitive Teaching Strategies |
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Time: 20 minutes Having viewed both PowerPoint presentations, discussed essential elements, and written about important points, students are now ready for a deeper analysis of multimedia presentations. Using the following steps, take students through a more in-depth analysis of multimedia: 1. Pass out a copy of MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION CONTENT FRAME (content_frame) to all students. 2. Instruct students to open both (Germany_Slides1) and (Germany_Slides2) on their computers. 3. While viewing each slideshow presentations, students should fill their frame with content. For example, at the intersection of TEXT and POWERPOINT PRESENTATION NUMBER 2 (the BAD example), students might write, "Text was too small for the audience to read. The style, italics, also made it difficult to see." Allow students the full twenty minutes to complete the content frame for PowerPoint Presentations 1 and 2. Hint: This activity can be done with a partner or individually. |
| Summary Strategies |
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Time: 10 minutes The end goal of this lesson is to provide students with guidelines and goals for creating their own PowerPoint presentations. Therefore, the summary activity requires students to describe the essential elements of their next PowerPoint slideshow. For this activity, allow students 10 minutes to fill out the final row of the MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION CONTENT FRAME. They should describe how they would employ the use of color, text, and graphics as well as tell how they would insure the quality of information presented and the sources of that information. |
| Resources Click for directions on how to download files on a Windows computer. |
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Multimedia Vocabulary sheet PowerPoint software Microsoft PowerPoint Files Germany_Slides1.ppt Germany_Slides2.ppt Microsoft Word Files think_pair_share.doc content_frame.doc |
| Re-teaching and Enrichment Activities |
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Restate elements of a "good" slideshow presentation. Once students have created their PowerPoint presentations, guide them through the creation of a Multimedia Rubric. Then, allow students to evaluate their peers' slideshows based upon the rubrics they have designed. By requiring students to become an integral part of the evaluation process, you are increasing the depth of their understanding. If students have never created a Powerpoint presentation, follow this activity with the lesson with Multimedia Basics Using PowerPoint. This lesson teaches PowerPoint basics as the students create a presentation about themselves. If students have some prior experience with PowerPoint, move on to the lesson: Putting PowerPoint to Work |
| Gwen Varsamis and Syble Isbister |
| Prescott Technology Center, Data last modified: 1/14/2002 |