Microsoft Teams Final Presentation Access Tools

Technology Lesson Demonstration: Microsoft Teams The Black Board (BB) collaborative learning and teaching platform is becoming outdated for the Department of Defense (DOD) students to use when they are enrolled in the foreign language acquisition program nationwide. The new platform that has been utilized since 2021 is Microsoft Teams. Microsoft Teams improves collaboration and communication among everyone, students can have access to Microsoft Teams anywhere in the world, and so much more. At the end of the refresher course, my students are assigned to present a final project of their choice. A final presentation can range from Russian culture, customs, traditions, folklore, cuisine, tourist attractions, and other topics within Russia. Most students do not know how to utilize Microsoft Teams sharing screen/application with or without sound. This is why I have decided to make a video tutorial for my future students, so on the day of the final presentations, everything will go as planned without any delays. Differentiation Everyone felt the pain of technology failures. Historically speaking, technological innovations have advantages and disadvantages (Schneider, 2017). Sometimes it is simple as a website glitch, sometimes the whole platform goes down. Due to the possible technical issues with Microsoft Teams, our students are aware to refer to the BB in case of a complete shutdown. The one case of technological issues I come across the most is when students are using their work computers, with outdated government programs, which do not support upgraded Microsoft Teams. This is when students can send their final projects via BB to me or their peers, and their projects can be uploaded on Microsoft Teams in class. The modern college student population has always known a world with smart electronic devices (Schneider, 2017). Sometimes courses run flawlessly, sometimes with little surprises. References Schneider, D. E. (2017, November 30). Unstructured personal technology use in the classroom and college student learning: A literature review. Community College Enterprise. Retrieved February 16, 2023, from https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1207810