Digital learning

 Presentations Presentations are a useful tool that allows the creator to tell a story, this is often constructed through images, words and other media sources in a sequence. The main aim of presentations is to collectively use text and media to persuade or educate and inform, images within a presentation should not merely be aesthetically pleasing but hold meaning and contribute to conveying the message of the presentation.  PowerPoint Almost everyone will be familiar with Microsoft PowerPoint as a program that provides presentation creation and it continually progresses its software to keep up with modern technologies and offer up to date medias to be embedded such as 3D imagery.  Using PowerPoint is a great tool to not only present information but have students interact. Creating an interactive PowerPoint is actually quite straightforward once you know how to do a few tricks such as linking words to pages and embedding video loops.  I managed to create a quick int...

 Digital media  The options of digital media that can be incorporated into classroom pedagogy are endless and continually growing with the digital world. In this blog post, I will discuss a number of digital media that can easily be incorporated into your classrooms, then delve deeper into the exploration of "Thinglink". When looking at digital media and the types of media available to us there would be too many for me to list here. First, let's discuss the most commonly known types of media: Images Photos tell a thousand words and are really great at getting group conversations going, we can use something as simple as a photo to get students' interpretations, understanding analysis, opinions and ideas on a topic. for example, looking at the image below, students can engage in discussion and debates about women in sports, and the clothing and uniform worn by women in sports. Believe it or not this tennis player, Suzanne Lenglen was one of the most controversial tennis...