Reflection Journal Entry #5: Presentation Software

Previously, I had only used the presentation software to create the normal presentations for informational projects. I never really used any of the different transitions effects and I had just made the slides go in order. Now that I know how to link different slides together that are not in sequential order, I could make many different kinds of presentations. I could make different sorts of trivia games or more fun filled ways to involve student interaction. This software would keep kids entertained if the presentation were created in a creative and interactive way for the students. I had never really liked the idea of using the presentation software when teachers wanted a "creative" way of presenting something because I thought the whole idea of slide after slide with information was really boring. However, I think through this assignment I was able to learn more entertaining ways to use the software and therefore it would keep my audience more interested. Word and the publishing software would be a good introduction to using this software because then one would know how to add text boxes and photo boxes. Also, knowing how to link pages to one another is also a very useful tool. I think there are more interesting features of the presentation software that I have yet to explore.