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Legacy
You can use Legacy instead of PowerPoint to present slides. Legacy doesn't have PowerPoint's fancy animation tools, but it has a built-in Inquiry Cycle that can help students carry out investigations and present their results. You can also use Legacy as a template or guide for carrying out and reporting cases, problems, and projects.
A. To create a slide presentation
B. To pose a problem for students to solve jointly
D. Key Features
A. To create a slide presentation
- Use
the Tool Bar to create your screens.
Open the toolbar from the File menu; choose Show Toolbar.
Use the Arrow icon to edit your screen. (see Figure)
Edit Browse Add Draw Group
Use the Finger icon to browse your screen.
Use the Page icon to add text, video, images, Web pages, or menus.
Use the Pencil icon to draw on your screen.
Use the Shapes icon to group your screens.
<question for the team: How do you add a new slide/screen?>
<question for the team: How do you move from one slide/screen to the next?
Can you create buttons?>
<question for the team: Can you animate a slide/screen?>
B. To pose a problem for students to solve jointly
- Use "Challenge" to pose a question for students. (See Figure)
- Use "Multiple Perspectives" to provide opinions of experts as text, Web links, or video clips, for example.
- Have students use "Go Public" to post their solutions for others to see.
- Use
"Challenge" or have students use it to pose the research question.
(Multiple challenges at different levels allows for progressive deepening of inquiry.) - Have
students use "Generate Ideas" to suggest possible solutions
or strategies.
(Here students record their initial ideas, make notes, collect resources. Helps students assess what they know versus what they will learn.) - Have
students use "Multiple Perspectives" to record views of various
stakeholders.
(Prompts students to identify experts with relevant knowledge and record what they have to say about the challenge.) - Have
students use "Research & Revise" to guide their study.
(Prompts students to consult resources, use material from class, build their skills.) - Have
students use "Test Your Mettle" to evaluate their knowledge
(Prompts students to see how much they understand and to identify gaps in their knowledge or understanding.) - Have
students use "Go Public" to post their solutions for others
to see.
| Key Features | Explanation |
| Simple format | Similar to PowerPoint in a presentation format. Able to include, video, text, sound, lists, web links, and images |
| Tool bar | Simple tool bar with just the few necessary items. |
| Inquiry cycle | Guides user through an inquiry cycle which includes the following categories: 3 levels of challenge, generate ideas, multiple perspectives, Research & Revise, Test Your Mettle, Go Public, and Look Ahead & Reflect Back. |
| Challenges | Allows the presenter to post challenges that help foster inquiry and reflection in the students. |
| Assessment | Formative assessment is included. |
