Hi Atilla:
Well prepared PPT presentations can be constructed to fill just about any time period or duration. The challenge is, from a students stand point, if that's the best method to present material and lessons. Viewing slide after slide with lots of information leans towards passive learning and even great slides begin to lose their significance after a time.
For me, spending a some time with PPT, and mixing it up up with other media such as the whiteboard, overhead, flipchard, class exercises, group discussions, or student led discussions - these add variety to an otherwise passive lesson. When students are involved in their learning, they retain more and the lesson are more meaningful and memorable.
Regards, Barry
An entire lecture can be easily performed using powerpoint without fear of loosing the class. Make sure to incorporate picutures, video, animations, etc to convey meaning and keep interest. Its fairly simple to do nowdays and students like the breakup of presented text.
Like they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.
Hi Bernie:
I can do an hour with 5 slides. I use bullet point and the reveal function so each bullet appears as a separate point to be discussed and involve the students in. Publisher slides are not that interesting, unless they're from the image library.
Regards, Barry
Although PowerPoint is now getting overused. Recently I read an article saying that they were going to limit the number of slides to 5 of less for an entire presentation! Interesting.. But you can get excellent sets of slides from your book publishers.
powerpoint can be very helpful for teaching a class important information. A lot of students are visual and thats why it helps with retaining the class material to be learned.
Powerpoint presentation can be helpfull when you have some images and little animation video clips that you want to show the students.
Hi Marita:
Very true. Not one media is adequate to teach a whole class. In fact, mixing up presentation with some PPT, whiteboard, discussion, exercises, etc., makes for an interesting and enjoyable class.
Regards, Barry
Hi Shoaib:
PPT can be a great way to express ideas in a colorful and creative manner. It can like a double-edged sword, though, in that poorly prepared slides, too many, too much information on a slide, or too long duration with one media (PPT), like a two-hour PPT presentation is not conducive to learning.
With PPT, I find mixinig it up with discussion, use of the whiteboard/orverhead, class exercises, or text reference helps keep attention and focus, without spending too long on any one media choice.
Regards, Barry
I agree, power point is one the best tools depending on how and what you are presenting.
I agree with Walter. I think that power points have there place, but that students also benefit from handouts and discussion.
I absolutely agree. PP is the trickiest instructional support for me. As much as our sight will process 81% of the information, PP can be very boring very quickly. As I am in front of the class, I always pays close attention to my students' level of interest.
I was very happy to read the tips. Thank you!
Many times I find power points boring,even when presented well. I use power points in my classes but never more than 5 min. at a time I will mix them up with lab demos or class had outs.
I agree... "Powerful Points" are shared with this presentation method. Powerpoint slides are fun to create and can give instructors the opportunity to create a vivid picture in the mind of the student and bring boring words to life by adding depth and dimension.
Hi Melanie:
PPT can be helpful or distracting. Timing, lebgth, formatting, duration at each session, and student involvement (static "giving of information vs. active discussion by students) all contibute to better PPT presentations.
Regards, Barry
