I thought that this article made a good point about some PowerPoint
being badly constructed which results in their general pointlessness. During my
practicum I noticed that whenever my SA used a PowerPoint all of the students started
behaving better. They were quiet., looking at the screen and seemed completely
comatose. I tried to find ways to use PowerPoints in a way that kept them awake
and actively learning but found it difficult because of the necessity of
turning off the lights. It seemed to encourage napping more than anything. I
started making them more interactive (guessing vocab games, fill in the blanks
etc…), which seemed to help.
I would like to see some more research on whether students
actually absorb then information better through PowerPoint or whether it is
just a pretty picture in the background.
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