Thank you for the suggestions. I do think the power points may have to much information on them and I'm going to go back to making my own slides due to the ones with the textbook containing to much information at once.
LaTavia,
PowerPoint is an excellent supplement to instruction, however it is important to make sure that it does not take away from the "evenflow" of student-teacher interaction, which can negatively affect engagement. I suggest that you limit the amount of text on each slide (provide visuals and quick "bullet-points"), which will enable the students to focus on listening to you and not being "consumed" with writing down all of the notes. Also, use periodic, Socratic questioning to; increase engagement, assess student comprehension and to clarify specific lecture points. Presenting questions that enable the students to apply the information, will hopefully keep them engaged with the lecture.
Tremayne Simpson
