Powerpoint has now become a method of teaching in itself. Scholars should put it in their science books and have it taught as part of glottodidactics. It is so common that if you're bad at PowerPoint u should fail as a teacher or student. And while I am just kidding, I'm also being dead serious about the reality and the importance it has gotten. I remember 8th grade maybe, buying colorful posters, printing out images, gluing them on, handwriting the text and sometimes pushing it to the limits using the poster as a book or have it opened as a window in front of the class. Do I miss that time? Yes. Would I like to go back? No, don't expect me to say no, because I would love to if I continue being exposed to the PowerPoints I am being exposed to. The mass usage of the PowerPoint has made it so boring to look at them and be interested in when the presentations are dull. You have to be extra creative and invest a lot of time and effort in it to really make a difference, because theyre no longer something special. They are everywhere, in every class, in every company, in the military. I've even seen kids communicating to their parents in a powerpoint presentation why they needed a new instrument. Ema Stone told her parents that she decided to be an actress using a ppt presantation. What I am trying to convey, is that you just have to be imaginative with them. Experiment with them. Be authentic by not using the same animations and designs and fonts and structures everybody else uses. Bad powerpoints just offer an alternative something to look at. Instead a good PowerPoint presentation is created specifically to BE the thing you would want to look at and not want to miss out. I truly believe in the power of a beautiful presentation in the learning process of the students and any audience in general, and the effect it has in their attention and visual memory people funcion with. It's crazy. We remember best how the information was presnted to us rather than the piece of information itself. It happens subconsciously. This is why with PowerPoint being around for more than 30 years now, I belive in the 3 main ideas related to it, to make its usage more effective. USE IT LESS, USE IT DIFFERENTLY, and USE IT BETTER.
Until next time, thank you.
I really enjoyed your post because of your original way of writing.Your last sentence not only serves as a summary of your post but even helps to get the message and the purpose of this reflection.I also think that if u use PP less,differently and better than others,u will of course make it effective in the classroom.Well done!!
ReplyDeleteThankyou for reading my post Sui, and of course thanks for the support you always show :)
Deletei agree with you when you say that you have to creative in order to create a good presentation, it is just like that if you work on it and try to do the best it will never let you down. Maybe you could have divided them into paragraphs as I found it a little bit difficult to follow the lines. Good job :)
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