THIS IS MY TESTAMENT OF HOW I LOVE POWERPOINT!!!
We were asked to first read an article, Beyond Presentations by Catharina F. de Wet. She speaks about how using PowerPoint can cause the subject matter to take second place to the use of technology (Wet 3). I agree but also disagree with her article. Some teachers just put a bunch of information on each slide and forget to actually teach their subject. However, if a teacher can create an interactive presentation and still teach the lesson then PowerPoint can be useful.
Our assignment was to create a PowerPoint presentation that was not direct teaching. We were asked to pick a standard from the Pennsylvania SAS website for any subject and grade level we want to teach. We were given a template to gather our ideas and make a plan of attack. We were sent on our way to create a PowerPoint that was not direct teaching based. We were challenged to add hyperlinks, pictures, video bites, etc.
I did a presentation on Mountain Building, titled, Do Mountains Grow? For a tenth grade Earth and Space Science class.
I used videos, Easter eggs (hidden links), animations, and pictures to keep my pseudo students involved.
We then had to present our PowerPoint to a small group of our peers who were armed with a rubric to assess us. The rubric was short, sweet, and to the point...the PowerPoint! The other two presentations that I got to assess we very well done!
Even though PowerPoint takes a lot of time, but I believe it is useful in certain ways!
My Plan of Attack!
My Final Presentation!
Source: Beyond Presentations by Catharina F. de Wet
Good post! I agree with your observations about how teachers should use powerpoint in the classroom.
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