Using PowerPoint, Blackboard,
& the Internet in the Classroom
Prepared for Teaching and Technology
Faculty Conference, UMSL, Nov., 2001
Developer: Joe Naumann
Adapted for Fontbonne U. – EDU 316, December, 2004
Updated December 6, 2006
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Adapted for Fontbonne U. –
EDU316, December, 2004
ENJOY!
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Goals for using technology:
Improve instruction
Maximize time on task in the classroom
Increase student’s role in learning
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Enter the wonderful world
of electronic instruction
From Computer Station
Connect to the Internet
 Connect to Blackboard
 Show videotapes or
DVDs on the big screen
 Use PowerPoint and other
programs on the big
screen
 Use your laptop
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Imagine the Possibilities
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Connect and Begin – It’s
User Friendly
You don’t have to learn everything at once!
Each school year, you can learn to use one
or two more features
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Using Blackboard
Time Savings for Instructors
Increase Student Responsibilities
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Easy to Learn Features of
Blackboard: On-line Gradebook
On-line grade book allows students to see
their grades whenever they want to
Eliminates excuses
 Catch errors
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Easy to configure
Total points grading
 Percentage (weighted) grading
 Drop lowest test and/or quiz
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Blackboard: A World of
Possibilities
Post on Blackboard and
students can view, print, and/or
save
Study guides
 Worksheets
 Supplementary materials
 Video clips & animations
 Tests answers
 Syllabus
 Web sites
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Blackboard: Discussion Board
NOT THIS
BUT THIS
A whole class can form a study
group without being physically
gathered in one place
Students can help each other
Instructor can provide help
Students can be connected
rather being alone and isolated
when they study.
Great help for online courses
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Use the collaboration section
Provide a chat room for students
Conduct scheduled online office hours in
the chat room feature
Offers online students greater access to the
instructor
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Blackboard:
Announcements & E-mail
Tell students to check their Blackboard email regularly
You can send group e-mailings
 You can send class e-mailings
 You can send individual e-mailings
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Students can e-mail the instructor to seek
help and/or inform the instructor of
problems
Post announcements on Blackboard
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I’ve learned more, myself!
2002-2004
Learned to make quizzes which can be taken,
scored, and reported to me on Blackboard.
 Added motivator to syllabus to get more students
using the discussion board
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2004-2005
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Use Online Testing Center for testing
2005-2006
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Developed online versions of Geog 1001 & 1002
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2006-2007
Use the Chat Room for online office hours
Learned to hyperlink pages within a
PowerPoint Presentation
Use the Assignment Manager feature of the
new Blackboard installed for Fall 2006
Learned to encode video clips for streaming
Move all videos to the streaming server
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Access the Internet in
Class
In addition to posting web sites on
MyGateway, web sites can be projected
on the big screen and viewed in class.
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There are many great websites
Imbed a site in PowerPoint or access it
directly on the computer.
http://www.whoohoo.net/worldturns/
http://africafocus.library.wisc.edu/
Post sites on Blackboard as supplementary
materials or assigned viewings to be done
on the student’s time.
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PowerPoint and the
Computer Control Center
Everyone can see it on the big screen
Students can print slides as handouts
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Printing Handouts
Upload PowerPoint to Blackboard and
students can print handouts – 6 slides per
page.
Students can take notes in class on the handouts
 Instructor is not held up waiting for slow note
takers
 They can’t get the benefit of animations and
video clips in the handouts but will view them
in class or at home from Blackboard.
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Embedding Animations
A simple gif animation can illustrate a point
better than a static overhead transparency.
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Embedding Video Clips
Avi
Mpg (Mpeg) – most trouble free form?
Wmv
Quick Time - hyperlink and play outside
PowerPoint
Only the address is embedded, not the actual
video
PPT 2003 – Save to CD feature packages the
PPT, video clips, and sound files together
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Video clips add interest
Click on theh picture above to launch the video
Sources of video clips
Internet – http://multimedia.lycos.com
 Publisher’s CDs for the textbook
 Assemble your own
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Help is Available – Just Ask
In-school –Instructional Technology
Center – Support for Classroom AV
(computer)
District Teacher Resource Center –
friendly & helpful
 Help
in preparing media and using
Blackboard
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Get Excited and be Exciting
The new technology available in classrooms, or
soon to be available, can be very motivating
To students
 To instructors
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