 Using Images and Links in Your Lessons
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so why not use photos and pictures during your lectures and lessons?
You can download images from governmental and organizational websites to your computer and insert them into your PowerPoint presentations, or you can create a link to them from your PPT slides. Be careful of proprietary photos and pictures, as they require permission to use. I have found that most people are happy to let you use their photos, clips, and pictures for educational uses in the classroom, but do ask permission.
To use links for your lectures, you must have Internet connections from the classroom. To capture a link, find the site you want to capture, go to the address window, and highlight the web address. While it is highlighted, right click your mouse and select “copy.” Then go to your PPT slide, right click again, and select “paste.” Then, during your presentation, you can simply click on the link and it will take you directly to that website.
If you do not have Internet connections from your classroom, you can copy the pictures and place them into your slides. To capture an image or picture, follow basically the same process. Find the image you want to capture, right click on it, and select “copy.” Then go to your PPT slide, right click again, and select “paste.” There are many places to find images, but make sure you are aware of and respect ownership and copyright laws.
For wonderful detailed images of pathogens and diseased organs, as well as microscopic and scanning micrograph images, go to http://www.cdc.gov and put the word “images” into the search box. Then click on the related link to get to the public Health Image Library.
Another way to get great images is to go to Yahoo, Google, or another search engine, click on the “images” button, and key in the image you are looking for. Try terms such as phagocytosis, otitis media, tuberculosis, WBCs, and trichomonas —anything you want to show students images of. You can even find surgeries (try sebaceous cyst ) and surgical instruments. Along with images, you often get a lot of information about the image. This is truly a great teaching tool!
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