Simulation in PowerPoint

Simulation.

Simulation is one way of involving child in active learning and participation. Simulation making requires ICT skills to make the picture beautiful and it imitates a situation or process to make others understand its meaning. It can be designed using many ICT tools one of which the effective one is using PowerPoint. It does requires skillful knowledge of ICT techniques but we can learn it easily. All we need to do is use the effects, shapes, colors, and adding sounds in PPT and the final output will come awesome.

Here I have designed one simulation on the 'Specialty of my locality'. I can teach this topic in Social Studies class V and English subject class VI, topic 'Celebration'. Not only celebration I can teach children using this simulation in many other subject like in English stories, History, science and Geography. I can create other simulations related to the content subject. Designing simulation is not only an option to teach children but if a teacher teaches only the text and reading it will be a monotonous environment. Therefore, if a teacher take some steps in designing a simulation to activate child's background knowledge and if it helps their learning, teachers' role will get fulfilled.

The video below is the simulation of specialty of my locality of Bumthang. It explains about the celebration of Mewang (blessing from a fire) and it is celebrated by lighting a big fire. I designed this simulation using shapes and effects. Added audio for understanding and even from the animated effects it is understandable. Like I have used here, we can design creative and attractive pictures to make children's learning interesting and watchable.  After I finished designing this simulation in PPT I saved it as windows media video and the output came as a video. 

I will use this video to introduce and recapitulate children's knowledge on celebration. I will tell them that this is my specialty in my locality and I will show them how I designed the simulation. Then I will let children design their own simulation showing their own specialty in their locality. I can take them to computer lab and help each children design their creativity. I can show them how to use shapes and effects to make their content lively. I will teach them how to record and add audio and many ICT tools. This activity will not only help children understand different celebrations in different places but also give them ICT skills which will be useful in their daily life. Likewise, ICT is not just a subject and it can be integrated in other subject as well.