PowerPoint As An Instructional Tool

Corel Painter Essential is an excellent tool! When this program is taught properly, students as early as Kindergarten will be able to use it. However, I have designed my power point presentation for grades 4th and up. It teaches students the basic of using the program. If they accomplish the tasks that I teach in the presentation, they will have the tools to start their own creation and experiment on their own. I really think that this program is very easy to use, and can be used as wonderful learning tool in the classroom.

I would like to see this program used to help students broaden their minds when it comes to art. There are a lot of students who think that they are not artistic. I really didn’t care too much for art myself because I’m not very good at it. After playing with this program, I feel like I can express myself through this program in an artistic way. I have never been able to do this because of my comfort level with art.

This program can be linked with writing activities. Students can write stories, and then create a picture that they have drawn using this program. By having this program to be used in conjunction to their writing lessons, it creates a spark of interest that they might have not had for writing before this program. I believe this program will make students eager to write stories, because they know that they can draw a picture to go with their story. This program allows students to become excited about writing, and these are the students that don’t care about literature or language arts. I really believe that this program will allow more students to become more excited about school because they are learning in a way that they can relate too.

We are living in a time where computers are being used at such an early age. Allowing students to draw pictures with this program to go with their writing, will create students who will want to come to school. They’ll be excited for their language arts lesson. I really want to use this program in my own classroom because it reaches those students who are hard to teach. It reaches those who feel that they cannot express themselves through only writing. They feel like they can’t do the writing activity because it portrayed is in a way that doesn’t touch their learning style. Using this program might reach them in a way that is different than the everyday traditional way in school.

Also, I believe that all students learn in many different ways, and as a teacher, it is up to us to figure out how to reach them. We need to come up with original and creative ways to assess them. I believe in allowing students to express themselves in a way that is their style. There are a lot of student out there that would like to draw a picture to help them get out what they are wanting to say, that they can not do in just words. By allowing students to use this program to draw pictures to give an answer is a great idea. When students see that we are trying to work with them, then they will more likely want to listen to us. The limits to using this program in the classroom is endless.

I feel comfortable to teach this program to my own students. I am eager to use this in the class room. This is a tool that I have on my wish list so that I can use it in the classroom. I showed this program to my little cousin who is in the 2nd grade, and she really picked up on it quick. She really liked using the program and thought it was neat that she can use a computer to draw a pretty picture! I felt good that I was able to teach her the basics of using this program. If I can teach her how to use it, then I feel pretty confident to teach it in my own classroom. I’m really excited that this program is out there!