PowerPoint for learning and presenting information
PowerPoint is a fabulous tool for learning in both a student and teacher-directed situation. It can add a new element to learning allowing teachers to explain new mental concepts, while catering for all students learning styles. Used appropriately, PowerPoint can be one of the most influential tools for distributing information and achieve learning gain from all students. Knowing how to employ this tool and understand its benefits is extremely important because if used inappropriately, it could possibly make learning a difficult process.
Benefits of PowerPoint in the classroom
· Visual aid presentations are more engaging
· Great way to present charts and graphs
· Can add text, art, animation audio and video elements
· Student friendly (easy to use)
· Great technology skills
· Students can construct create presentations for projects and assignment s
· Cooperation and collaboration
· Students in charge of their own learning
· Critical thinking
· Creativity
Can you identify the ways you could use PowerPoint in your classroom beyond a mundane presentation of content?
· Creating graphs and table
· Display a set of images, words or phrases
· Presentations for parents
· Presentations for instructions
· Flash cards
· Field trip slide shows
· Awards system
· Documentation walls/student daily work
· Science presentations
· Interactive book reports
· Poetry readings
· Student portfolios
· Class year book
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