Andrea,
Your point about the potential tfor a PP presentation to limit student
participation is well taken, but I believe that it all depends on how
the presenter uses it. Projecting a slide with an image or a quote and
then using it to stimulate a debate or reaction from the class is one
technique to avoid the monotony of standard PP instruction. Again, it
all hinges on the skill and creativity of the user. PP itself is a
tool to bring things not readily available into the classroom to
illustrate/highlight the content of instruction.
On Oct 26, 9:39 pm, Andrea <AndreaB1...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> "PowerPoint is Evil" article:
> I actually really liked this article. I think that when making a
> PowerPoint presentation it is extremely important to remember who your
> audience is. If there is too much writing on a slide, it becomes
> bothersome to the learner because they are too busy reading rather
> than listening to the presenter. On the other hand, if there is too
> little writing on the slides it may be difficult for the learner to
> follow along to the presentation and take notes if necessary. I know
> many times I have watched PowerPoint presentations where I almost
> could have fallen asleep because there was just so much writing and
> the presenter just read off the slides. Although I think PowerPoint
> can be very useful for presentation, it is very important to think
> about how you would react to the presentation if you were the learner.
> "When Computers Leave Classrooms, so does Boredom" article:
> I thought that the results of the studies mentioned were very
> interesting. I would be interested to see a study of relevant colleges
> in the area on the same topic. Although I do agree somewhat with this
> argument, I think that technology can have many benefits in the
> classroom. I think it would be extremely hard to try to change the
> PowerPoint lecture way of teaching which is used in many classrooms.
> Many teacher and students are very used to this way of teaching and
> therefore it is almost expected. I think that one of the most negative
> aspects of these presentations is the lack of student participation
> and the lack of a student/teacher relationship.
