This past Wednesday I presented my media project to fellow teachers to show them what I have been doing in my classroom and learning through this program. I used a powerpoint to show to outline my presentation and just presented many ideas they can incorporate into their classroom.
I along with many people love technology when it works and unfortunately we had some issues during this presentation! It was pretty frustrating! The major problem was that my desktop/PC is the only computer hooked up to my projector in my classroom. So I had to take everything from my mac, make sure it was compatible with my PC, and check everything on the PC. Well somewhere in this process unbenounced to me my wireless internet was unplugged at the same time. So during my presentation the live links I had to support my presentation would not work. I took some time to reconnect the internet and start over but it was kind of embarrassing doing a presentation on the benefits of using technology in the classroom and it completely falling apart!
Beside the technology meltdown the presentation went over well and many of the teachers wanted more information about a few sources I provided. I really hope to motivate at least one teacher to start using more technology in the classroom!
Greg
Thanks for sharing your adventure. Sorry you had to spend all that time and stress to transfer only to have it go astray, though am sure the viewers appreciated your sharing and hope they were encouraged to give it a try. It also shows that the world does not end when thing we have planned go differently than we had imagined. I directed many musicals and plays in my years as a high school teacher and could always count on some tech glitch (sound, lights, prop etc) to add some interest to the show no matter how much I planned. It taught me to rely on the students involved and their ability to deal with the situation and above all trust that it would all be ok!
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