Kristen Scannell

As a teacher do you ever wonder if your PowerPoint presentations are actually engaging or are they totally ineffective? We want to find the right balance in our presentations of having engaging maps/images/graphics/etc. and strong material to enhance their learning and understanding. In the video below I go over a few of the bad things- the do not do of PowerPoint,  as well as what makes a good presentation. After going over those points, I share a couple of great Digital Storytelling ideas that I found on some great teaching sites. Hopefully this short video will give you some new fresh ideas! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlDl3plHVM0&edit=vd

Check out my Presentation on Apple iPhone & iPad Accessibility Tools. Apple has really done a great job creating features for their products that make them accessible and user friendly to everyone. I highlighted four features that I would use in the classroom, but there are much more! Just go to Settings, click on General, and then click on Accessibility to find all the ways that Apple has made your product better for everyone. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1EsiW2qqYeGj5dBW0V9z_GvNIuKa1xbvtsL6QMUnlMmc/edit?usp=sharing

     As a teacher I currently teach seven courses and non of them are the same. I currently teach at a small Christian School where each period I am teaching something new. Currently I am teaching Ancient History to sixth grade, Medieval History to seventh grade, US History to eighth grade, sixth grade math, Pre-Algebra 1A to seventh grade, Algebra to the advanced eighth grade students, and Old Testament to eighth grade. Never once is one period the same, which leaves me little time to become bored, but also little time to do much else besides prepare for my classes. Even in such a small school where one teacher teaches seven different things, we are still faced with many diverse students and learners. And reaching each other these learners is in fact probably the most important thing I do as a teacher. It is not always easy to make sure that each learning type is reached in each lesson, but one must try their best to do so. I am going to focus on my ...