ppt+albums

=PowerPoint Photo Albums=

For my Fiesta, I decided to use the Photo Album feature of Microsoft PowerPoint. A teacher mentioned it in class the other day, referring to how students are able to make an album, then print it and turn it into a book. I chose to use the albums for oral presentations, but they could just as easily be printed. They are probaby appropriate for elementary school, but could easily be adapted for older students as well.

For the first project, I decided to revise somewhat my idea for an introduction project (see my page in the digital photography wiki section about teaching and learning). This is something that could be done at the beginning of the year, as a "get-to-know-everyone" assignment.

Another use for this kind of template would be similar to the above, but introducing a character from a book rather than a student. It is a way to make the characters and the plot of the book fun for students, and isn't particularly easy to fake (it would be easy to tell whether students had actually read the book by looking at their albums). I chose to introduce Cal, the main character of Scott Westerfeld's //Peeps//, as I just finished that book about an hour ago. :) The book doesn't really align with the example very well, as the book is at far too high a level for elementary school, but that's the book that's in my mind, so that's what I used. It is a great book, though--you really should read it!