Patrick Crispen's PowerPoint Files: Pedagogy

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Active Learning with Instant Messaging: Threat or Menace?

Topic(s): Internet Tools, Pedagogy
Last Updated: February 2003
Download: PowerPoint presentation (1.11 MB)

A recent study shows that almost 75% of all online teens use instant messaging. So we should all rush out and find ways to incorporate instant messaging into our classrooms, right? In a word, NO! This workshop introduces you to the world of instant messaging and helps you separate the wheat from the chaff when it comes to instant messaging's possible role both in active learning and the classroom.

Blindly Stumbling towards Technology Nirvana

Topic(s): General Technology, Pedagogy
Last Updated: November 20002
Download: PowerPoint presentation (1.80 MB)

Quick: When it comes to your use of technology—both in the classroom and at home—where have you been and, more importantly, where are you going? What path are you following? Tough questions, aren't they? This one hour presentation will (hopefully) help you lift your technology blinders and point you towards the technology finish line.

Engaging Your Students with Free, Internet-Enabled Tech

Topic(s): Internet Tools, Pedagogy
Last Updated: November 2007
Download: Handout (requires Adobe Acrobat) (105 KB) | Flash handout (92 KB)

With budgets being stretched to the breaking point, and with your precious time being sapped by more and more externalities each day [*cough* NCLB *cough*], how can you engage your students without breaking the bank or requiring you to spend years learning how to be a specific academic topic guru? Well, as silly as this sounds, the Internet may (and I said may) hold the key. In this one-hour presentation, we'll visit over a dozen free Internet sites and resources that you can use immediately to engage your students.

Higher Education in the State of Alabama

Topic(s): Pedagogy
Last Updated: November 2004
Download: PowerPoint presentation (424 KB) | Flash presentation (214 KB)

Combining the latest data with decades of in-depth research, this [satirical] presentation compares and contrasts the University of Alabama and Auburn University.

Now That I Know PowerPoint, How Can I Use It to Teach?

Topic(s): Pedagogy
Last Updated: November 2006
Download: PowerPoint presentation (1.43 MB) | Flash presentation (738 KB)

At least thirty million PowerPoint presentations are made each day, and there are over 800 PowerPoint books currently in print. PowerPoint is the defacto standard for on-screen presentations in practically every school and training center in the world. Unfortunately, while millions of educators and trainers know how to use PowerPoint, few know how to use PowerPoint to teach well. This one hour workshop combines current learning theory and research, usability studies, and practical experience to show you how to effectively use PowerPoint to teach in any environment—the K-16 classroom, a corporate training center, a community meeting ... anywhere.

Students as Teachers of Technology

Topic(s): General Technology, Pedagogy
Last Updated: February 2003
Download: PowerPoint presentation (1.55 MB)

Until quite recently, most Fortune 500 companies had on payroll at least one technology support person for every 30 technology users. Would that it were so for schools. Instead, many schools are turning to a unique resource for their technology training and support needs: students. In this one-hour workshop we'll look at how, despite declining budgets, your STUDENTS can help you take your school's technology integration to the next level.

What's Past is Prologue

Topic(s): Pedagogy
Last Updated: June 2006
Download: PowerPoint presentation (1.55 MB) | Flash Presentation (1.13 MB)

This one hour presentation explores how current, 21st century classrooms are guided by a "perfect storm" of PC evolution, education evolution, and user evolution.

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