One: I recently heard about this strategy called the Scottish Storyline Method. I am actually going to do my lit. review on it. In a nutshell, it basically has students describe what they know about a subject before a teacher even lectures or comments on it. For example. In math, a teacher would put a problem on the board, perhaps a complex problem, and have the students try to solve it on their own, without any prior instruction in the way to solve this problem. This way, they are using their prior knowledge, what they already know about math, to try to figure it out on their own.
So basically, we are not spoon-feeding them in this method. They try to solve the problem and then JUSTIFY why they tried to do it in that manner. Whatever the outcome, THAT is where the discussion with the teacher comes in. The teacher acts as a guide to fill in the gaps of knowledge, instead of just forcing it down their throats that this is the one and only way to solve a problem. In this way, students can see multiple ways to solve anything. This method, obviously, applies to all content areas.
Two: I really like PowerPoint presentations. They can be fun. However, there is a certain teacher I have observed (and I'm sure you have seen this too) where they simple read word for word what they have on the PP and do not go into any further detail. Plus, the students are expected to come in day in and day out and simply learn from the PP. No games, no review, none of that.
This simply would not work with my teaching style. I think using a PowerPoint is a great idea, but it is just a tool!
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