Standard4

**Standard 4** ** Teachers know how to teach. **  The teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies, including the use of technology, to encourage children's development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills.
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 * Evidence 1:** PowerPoint Example

One of the units for Computer Applications is Microsoft PowerPoint. This year I began the unit with a scavenger hunt and then a little bit of direct instruction to introduce PowerPoint and what we will be doing with it in our class. Following the introduction, I showed the students a sample PowerPoint presentation that I put together as a model of what should and shouldn’t be included in a well done presentation. I also showed them how I did some of the more advanced features in my presentation. The students were then allowed to choose from a large list of topics and create a presentation using the guidelines that I modeled with my PowerPoint example on track safety.
 * Rationale 1:**


 * KSD**
 * 4.K.3 The teacher knows how to enhance learning through the use of a wide variety of materials and technological resources (e.g. computers, audio-visual technologies, videotapes and discs, local experts, primary documents and artifacts, texts, reference books, literature, and other print resources).**

Instead of just giving paper instructions to the students on how to create their PowerPoint, I also created a sample Presentation that included dos and some don’ts for creating good presentations. The PowerPoint example also allowed for me to model how to do some of the advanced features in PowerPoint.


 * 4.S.1 The teacher carefully evaluates how to achieve learning goals, choosing alternative teaching strategies and materials to achieve different instructional purposes and to meet student needs (e.g. developmental stages, prior knowledge, learning styles, learning differences, and interests).**

The model PowerPoint presentation helps the audio and visual learners understand what is expected of them for their presentation. I also chose a topic from the students’ list of topics that I could relate to for my presentation so that it hopefully sparked their interest a little more. Because I made it about something that was a big part of my life – track safety – the students also got more involved in watching the presentation and listening to what I was saying.


 * 4.D.1 The teacher values the development of students’ critical thinking, independent problem solving, and performance capabilities.**

After I use my presentation as a model, the students are then expected to be creative and create their own presentation. The students are expected to use some of the advanced features of PowerPoint, such as inserting a sound file, adding transitions and actions, and inserting and editing images. I model how to start a few of these things with my presentation and then the students are expected to use their critical thinking and problem solving skills to figure out how to apply the features to their presentations.