Advantages:
Gives a visual dimension to class presentations. Easy to use and available on most schools computers. Text can be combined with pictures, charts, graphs, and other images that are interesting and entertaining. They can also include links from internet resources, and music from u-tube. A short look at the lesson you want to teach.
Disadvantages:
Cannot take the place of in depth discussions. Teachers need time to spend entering the materials before showing it. Computer screens can contain so much information that the students become distracted from the main idea. Students can lose intereat in the presentaion.
Personally I feel that students will keep their interest in the presentaion using power point, although it will take more time to prepare the inforamtion you want to teach. I think the number of students interested in the presentation is more so then the ones that will lose interest or be distracted.
Will you as a teacher use powerpoint? If not why?
I'm not sure yet but I'm open to the idea of using PowerPoint in the classroom. I don't think it would be realistic to use it for every lesson plan but certainly some of them.
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