Presentation software can have advantages and disadvantages. Using it with k-12 graders is a challenge in itself because different students are on different levels of computer knowledge. So that can be a disadvantage when you are not sure how advanced everyone is with what you may be presenting. It also takes away from the "old-fashioned" way of learning which some students may learn better with. However, it is advantageous because students are learning early on how to use technology that they will more than likely use all throughout life. It can prepare them for the tasks they might need to learn to do in their future.
PowerPoint is a great way to teach students lessons and is highly supported. The knowledge dimension shows facts, concepts, and procedures. These three things help a student learn exponentially. They not only learn a fact, but also how to use it and ideas that come with it. Flow charts and concept maps are perfect for displaying such information. For example, I might pick 8th grade history. While they are learning a topic such as WW2, I could give them a list of facts, and with those facts they would have to present concepts and procedures that follow such facts.
After researching some issues that are currently present when it comes to educational technology, the one I found the most interesting was about keeping kids safe on the internet and its legal issues. This website discusses the legal issues schools face regarding the internet and also talks about filtering. You do not want a student wandering off into a website that is not appropriate and that should not be a worry when doing technology in a classroom. I would like to know how individual school's deal with this problem. The website I found this at was http://www.mcmel.org/tech/issues.html
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