Sunday, February 24, 2008

Power Point as an Instructional Tool

Before doing this assignment, I knew how to make a basic power point presentation, the boring ones that don't have any special effects or neat backgrounds. But this assignment really opened my eyes to all the different features that are in the power point software. I had so much fun making this presentation and playing around with all the different backgrounds and pictures. I think that a power point presentation is a really good tool for teachers and students to learn. It's a great teaching tool also.
Students could use this to present a report that they had to do to the class like we are doing. They will continue to make power point presentations through out their lives. Even kindergartener's could make a power point presentation about a book they are reading and have to write a little summary about the book, with the teachers help of course.
I really enjoyed doing this power point presentation because it was something I have experience with to an extent. All the new things I learned are going to get put to use when I have a power point presentation due in another class in two weeks!!

1 comment:

skipvia said...

I'm glad you had a good experience with PowerPoint. It's a versatile tool that can, as you suggest, be used by just about anyone for any topic. It does get overused, and one challenge I always set for myself is to try and make my PowerPoint presentation not look like a typical PowerPoint presentation. But it's a tool that teachers must know how to use--and how to evaluate when it's used in their own classrooms.