Innovative
educators know that teaching and learning is shifting. Today students can watch
lessons on their devices and progress at their own pace and teachers don’t have
to waste time giving the same lecture multiple times a day. While watching
lessons automates what is done in the traditional classroom, there is a new
tool called Microsoft Office Mix
which brings lectures and lessons to life by turning PowerPoints into interactive
lessons called “Mixes” that are very simple to create.
All you
need to do is record lectures while you write and draw on your slides, and add
audio, video, assessments or labs, and also the stuff that really makes lessons
pop, like as animations, live links, or quizzes.
Fitting
into teacher’s lifestyle is analytics, and OfficeMix has built that in so you
can track every student, quiz, and slide to see how they’re performing.
OfficeMix is free if you have PowerPoint 2013 for Windows. Or if you have a Mac, then you can run
Windows on it, and still use Office Mix with PowerPoint 2013 on your Mac.
But really
the coolest thing (at least your students will think so) is that Mixes play
like YouTube videos and can be viewed on phones, tablets, or personal
computers. Students can watch them online or on their phone or iPad -- which
fits their lifestyles.
Here are seven
great ways to use Office Mix:
1. Add
audio or video to your mix – using Office Mix’s recording
2. Add
animations - using PowerPoints built-in animations functionality
3. *Add
inking – which can be synced to your voice (if you have a touchscreen or style)
4. Add
quizzes and assessments to engage your students
(This mix
has all of the examples above: https://mix.office.com/watch/2dhwh9vlfmfx)
5. Add
an interactive lab. See 1:47 in this mix for example: https://mix.office.com/watch/obibkt80fj52
6. Use
PowerPoint’s hyperlinking features to make your mixes offer an adaptive “Choose
Your Own Adventure” style experience. Example: https://mix.office.com/watch/bp0w4lbn3dhl
7. Have
your students make a Mix.
As innovative
educators look for new ways to reach students and increase focus in the
classroom, Office Mix is a great way for students to interact with lessons on
their own and use classroom time for doing, discussing, and receiving focused
guidance and support from their teacher and peers.
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