Creating Slideshows
This ICT starter idea written by teachers, for teachers, describes
how students could create multimedia slideshows intended for other
students, parents/care givers, wider community. Examples of programs
that could be used are KidPix, HyperStudio, AppleWorks Slideshows,
Power Point.
Curriculum reference
Any Curriculum Area, Essential Learning Areas (ELA), and any of
the 9 Essential Skills (ELS) – particularly communication, information,
self management, and cooperative skills.
Resources
- Digital or video camera and/or scanner
- Slidehow software
- Optional disks or network
- Audio sources eg Music CDs or student created sound – midi etc
- Student's visual images created in associated software, for
example, Kid Pix, Photo shop.
Teacher's role
To work as a facilitator by :
- Explaining the concept of slide shows to students
- Viewing examples of slide shows where available
- Determining appropriate curriculum links
- Determining criteria for teacher assessment to be shared with students
at the beginning of the process
- Assessing at appropriate stages of the process
- Providing support and feedback to students throughout process
- Conferencing with students at all stages of the process
- Upskilling some students in the class on specific aspects of
creating slide shows. Different students become experts in different
aspects, for example, use of tool, recording sound, importing
graphics.
Suggested process
- Students view examples of slideshows to create a rubric/checklist/list
of criteria for a quality slide show. These examples could be
teacher created where no other examples are available.
- Students brainstorm ideas for content of slideshow, then select
suitable ideas.
- Create a plan/draft on paper for each slide. This could include
text, graphics, sound etc.
- Students develop a time management plan for creating slideshow
– students allocated with jobs to complete and a timeframe
to work within, for example, collecting and organising graphics,
creating a title, writing text, editing text, layout.
- Create slide show.
- Students evaluate their creation in relation to criteria for
a quality slide show, explain their process, then make any changes
needed.
- Students evaluate work again.
- Students share creation with audience and gather feedback.
- Students evaluate process (ELAs), against criteria and make
changes to the criteria, then set goals for next time.
Options
- Students work cooperatively to create one slide show for a class or group.
- Students create a slide show of their own. This could be timetabled throughout the year to ensure equity.
- Students work cooperatively to create one slide show for a class or group.
- Students create a slide show of their own. This could be timetabled throughout the year to ensure equity.
Ideas for content of slideshows
- Retelling stories/legends (all levels) to clarify understandings,
and allow for innovation and creativity.
- Alphabet Slide Show (level 1/2). Each student creates a page
based on a different letter of the alphabet with text, graphics
and sound related to the letter. Extensions: blends, high frequency
vocabulary.
- Alphabet Slide Show (level 3 and above). Each student creates
a page based on a different letter of the alphabet with text,
graphics and sound related to the letter. Examples: International
Languages, Te Reo, Māori.
- Number Slide Show (level 1/2). Each student creates a page
based on a different number with text, graphics and sound related
to the number. Extensions: odd/even numbers, ordinal, patterns,
basic facts.
- Number Slide Show (level 3/4). Each student creates a page
based on a different number concept, (for example, fractions,
hundreds, tens and ones, computation), with text, graphics and
sound related to the number.
- Algebra Slide Show (level 1/2). Each student creates a page
based on a different Algebraic number (for example, a pattern
of numbers or objects, relationships), with text, graphics, and
sound related to the number.
- Colour Slide Show (Any level). This could be as a means of
reinforcing a concept or as part of the process of assessment.
An illustration, with text, sound(dialogue, music, sound) applicable
for early levels, ESOL, Te Reo, international languages. Art,
showing primary and secondary colours, artists.
- Health/Nutrition (level 3/4/5). This could be as a means of
reinforcing a concept or be part of the assessment process. An
illustration, text, sound(dialogue, music, sound). Examples include
nutrients, healthy eating pyramid, food labels/additives, international
cookery, recipes, food safety, digestive systems, eating disorders
and diseases, food and learning, teenage eating culture.
- International languages (all levels). Illustration text, sound,
and graphics to demonstrate understanding, recognition of basic
phrases, cultural practices. (refer also to colour and number
ideas) .
- Physical Education (level 4-8). Illustration text, sound, graphics,
video to demonstrate understanding, recognition. Personal portfolios/profiles
including health and fitness levels and goals, planned personal
programmes, graphed progress, techniques (video footage of tennis
techniques etc), self-evaluation, physiology, body structure,
coaching for lessons, game critique.
- Social Sciences/History (All levels). Family histories, war/conflict documentary, settlement, compare and contrast, for example, Life then, Life Now, Local Government.
Author
Viki Lawrence vikil@tahatai.school.nz
Donna Broker donnab@tahatai.school.nz
Vanessa McArthur vanessam@tahatai.school.nz
Sally Smart sallys@mmc.school.nz
September 2000
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