Teaching with Technology Portfolio
Generally speaking from a personal preference, I don't prefer to use Powerpoint in the classroom but there are times when it works better than any other presentation format, especially in a such a highly visual field as media studies. Here is a recent powerpoint presentation I used for a lecture on representation and ways of seeing.
I often also use a blank Microsoft Word document as a chalkboard of sorts, and we as a class highlight the important points. This allows for the class (alongside myself) to determine together the key points and facilitates student involvement. You can see a sample of this on my lecture on media reform here.
My courses do rely heavily on webpages during lectures to illustrate points, but also on ANGEL as a supplement for class material, as a distribution point for information, as a communication hub, and as a clearinghouse of resources and links for students to use in their own work. A major component of the course in participation in online discussion boards, where students use ANGEL to respond to a prompt and other students' comments.
The screen shots below are from the ANGEL page for Communication 405 - Political Economy of the Media in Spring 2008 (student names have been blacked out).
