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Overall, my PowerPoint 2 assignment follows the criteria for an excellent presentation. My spelling and grammar was correct, it followed the guidelines given by the instructor and it was easy to navigate. My slides had images that correlated to the text. If I could improve on something, it would be the aesthetics of the slides. I did very simple slide designs and I could have spent more time using different fonts and colors and slide backgrounds to make it prettier and less boring.

In teaching a lesson, instead of using computer based technologies, you could bring in a movie that correlates to the lesson and let the students watch a clip of it. If you are learning about the human body, you could show the Magic School Bus video where Ms. Frizzle takes the class on a filed trip through someone's body. The students will learn while also being entertained. After seeing the video, students could create a presentation based on their favorite body part they just learned about.

I learned so many new things on PowerPoint that I did not know about. I really liked the game we created in class. I think I will use hyperlinking to different slides in my educational career and use the game. In my high school English class, we would study for our finals with a similar game but it was on the chalkboard. This way is more entertaining with pictures and audio.