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Frankie Williams
EDU-225
September 13, 2015
Professor David Larson

Presentation Technology
Presentation technology can be used multiple ways to heighten the learning processes of
students. By having available resources, such as the internet, web-based sites, including Googles,
audio and video recorders or players, YouTube, smartphones, laptops, tablets, projectors, etc.,
students tend to become overly excited and willingly participate in classroom instruction and
lessons. Teachers find that the attention span tends to broaden on education and what is going to
happen next within the classroom instruction time. As a teacher strives to become successful,
finding options where educational growth and progress is a well-known ultimate goal. The
teacher acknowledges that students benefit from the utilization of technological resources,
regardless of whether from Apple, Microsoft, or Google. However, teachers review funds and
discounts to find the best offers to provide technology for all of the students or at least enough to
share.
As a teacher, to follow the example of one school would prove rewarding to the
community as a whole. For instance, using technology skills acquired during their daily
classroom assignments, some students developed projects to enhance the products of local
tourism operators and showcase their peoples, cultures, and histories. (Sinclair, M.H., 2013) To
recreate this event, each student would be provided with a laptop and the instructions of how to
build a PowerPoint or Prezi presentation. They would be asked to demonstrate a local attraction
of their choice and convince people to attend. This presentation would provide a good example

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of an advertisement brochure. The same assignment could also be done using a tablet. Just
imagine, if the local zoo needed help promoting so that sales would increase. Students would
have a great learning experience which would also be beneficial for the community.
Perhaps, as a general education teacher for middle school, physical education is part of the
curriculum. Nonetheless, physical education is not exempt from technology. (Pyle, B., Esslinger,
K., 2013) Therefore, the teacher would be responsible for introducing technology to physical
education as well. As many know, fitness is the key to maintaining overall physical health and
there are many applications that are available to assist with fitness. Instead of purchasing an
expensive fitness watch, for the students who already have an iPad for 1:1 courses, simply
downloading a fitness application will solve the problem. For example, the MSN Health and
Fitness application is a great tool for recording walking, running, dieting, cardio, and provides
1,000 plus exercise and workout videos along with nutritional and medical references. By
utilizing this application and others similar, teachers may very well promote behavioral changes in.
For unknown reasons, using smartphone apps for fitness, which are also tablet apps in physical
health, behaviour change techniques (BCTs) have been associated with greater effectiveness and
an emphasis on instruction, graded tasks, and prompt self-monitoring. (Direito, A, Dale, L.P.,
Shields, E., Dobson, R., Whittaker, R., and Maddison, R., 2014) To document the effectiveness
of the usage of the technology, students could utilize Google Drive, Evernote, Google Docs, etc.
Once assignment has been completed, a presentation would be essential for displaying progress
and improvement or to help students work on areas requiring improvement.
Whereas, the blog posting barely surfaces the world of presentation technology, an
enlightening introduction has been provided with the hopes that another teacher or students will
benefit from the information. Technology will continue to grow and many new applications will

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become available. Let us all do our best to explore and learn everything possible to increase our
educational knowledge.

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References
Direito, A., Dale, L. P., Shields, E., Dobson, R., Whittaker, R., & Maddison, R. (2014). Do
physical activity and dietary smartphone applications incorporate evidence-based
behaviour change techniques?. BMC Public Health, 14(1), 1656-1672. doi:10.1186/14712458-14-646
Pyle, B., & Esslinger, K. (2013). Utilizing Technology in Physical Education: Addressing the
Obstacles of Integration. Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, 80(2), 35-39.
Sinclair, M. H. (2013). Using Technology to Engage Students and Empower Communities through
Authentic Tourism. Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, 80(2), 13-20.