PowerPoint

PowerPoint is a program that allows users to create presentations with ease. In schools I have been to I have witnessed some teachers incorporating PowerPoint into their lessons. PowerPoint I find quite similar to the 'talk and chalk' style of teaching except instead of information being displayed on the board it is displayed on a screen. I have also witnessed that some educational professionals label certain slides which students need to copy down. I find this method encourages students to become off-task and that students don't really have an understanding of what they are learning. Students sort of just do the motions without really 'being there'. For me personally I can see the feasability of using such a resource now and again but using this resource in most lessons I believe wouldn't be in the students best interests especially those students who are kinaesthetic learners. But for me, I prefer trying to have many hands on activities during lessons that teach/explain to the students the various concepts and information they need to understand and retain. For me PowerPoint is nothing more than a modernised 'Chalk and Talk'.