Back to School PowerPoint Reflection

The Back to School PowerPoint is a great tool to welcome students back to school and to your classroom. With this assignment, I learned how to incorporate a fun, exciting theme, a teacher introduction, and an overview of the class into an interactive PowerPoint. I also learned how to format pictures in PowerPoint. I never knew you could make photos any shape you want! Now my teacher introduction photo matches the rest of my PowerPoint theme, how great!

I love my overall layout, as well as the theme I chose for my PowerPoint. It's so bright and cheery! I think I gave ample information about what to expect in class as well. I give a description of what to expect while reading each work and after we finish each work. This PowerPoint is to be given in-class so that I could fill in the specific information regarding the class overview. I would also email the students or their parents a copy of the PowerPoint to use as a reference at home. The note to the parents at the end invites parents to contact me for any reason. It's always good to let parents know you're available.

While I think I covered a good deal about what to expect in the class, I feel as though it was maybe a bit too vague. As I said before in a previous reflection, I have never actually taught a class, so I have no reference to work off of. I didn't give any examples of works we would cover. I also plan on having students complete a major project to accompany their final exam and final essay. I didn't include that in the class overview, but I should add it in. I left it slightly blank so I could change material if necessary. I would give examples of works we would cover while giving the in-class presentation of this PowerPoint. However, I still find it a bit lacking.

This Back to School PowerPoint shows my ability, once again, to create an effective presentation using PowerPoint. I haven't included everything I plan to cover in class on the slides, avoiding confusion and boredom. I included a sound, a photo, external links, a variation of text angles, and an overall theme to the PowerPoint to show my abilities with this program. I feel extremely comfortable using PowerPoint, more-so than I ever have, and will definitely use it in my professional career for a multitude of projects.