Interactive Powerpoint

This week I studied techniques on how to teach large classes and how to make lectures more interactive. One of the popular tools in addressing large classes is using powerpoint presentation, yet the presentation has to be interactive enough to retain Ss' attention. Many techniques have been discussed such as, the action buttons, the conceptest, the quickwrite, the hyperlinks, etc. I made one using three interactive elements from those I mentioned. I got he feedback from one of my class mates and I believe the presentation was interactive and should attract the attention of Ss. I also explored other new topics in this week reading material and I am personally attracted to the online assessment tools. I still don't fully understand how they work, is this a kind of soft ware I need to buy or is it a free account to create, still need to explore more, Blackboard is one example. Back again to PPT presentations, I usually a different software to present my lessons which is Active inspire (compatible with the interactive white board I use) however, I start to think now of PPT presentations as an alternative. In case the SmartBoard software crashes, PPT can serve as a good plan B to save the lesson.