PowerPoint Pitfalls
I attended a training conference with an excellent PowerPoint Presentation. However, the problem is that presentation lasted over 90 minutes and consisted of over 50 slides. It was more like a motion picture than a PPT presentation. All of the attendees were totally overwhelmed by the end, including myself.
Hi AL:
A common mistake instructors may sometimes do with PPT is use it ineffectively. For example, we should never read slides of information to students. That isn't teaching. We should highlight key points, and expound on how those key points relate to the bigger picture of the student's learning.
Regards, Barry
Right, powerpoint is effective if the volume of content is appropriate to the setting.
Being the Program Director for Criminal Justice I have students come to me and state that several Instructors in this field will use power points every class. The students just want to walk out of class. I have talked to these instructors and they said that is how they were trained. I don't know how to handle this problem. I asked them to teach what they know, and they use the power point. Is this telling me that they are not sure of the subject, or they just use the test disk, because they don't want to do the work?
Hi John:
As a tool, PPT can be very helpful, when attention to formatting has occured, combined with other media. It's one piece of the instructional "puzzle".
Regards, Barry
That can be frustrating! In such instances, I think you have a tendancy to shut down and hope they print it out for you at the end! Smaller, more effecient presentations are more effective, for sure.
