PowerPoint+possibilities

Used in support of clearly articulated pedagogical goals, PowerPoint can enhance student learning in several ways. First, it can substitute for more cumbersome technologies like the overhead projector or a slide projector. A CD ROM loaded with images is a lot simpler and more portable than a collection of slide trays. Similarly, complex mathematical and scientific drawings or formulas can be clearly and simply presented. PowerPoint can also vividly show processes: animated slides, for example can illustrate a chemical reaction, or reveal how a poet edited and changed a poem. PowerPoint slides can provide starting points for interactive processes that promote learning. For example, prompts for writing or discussion, instructions for in-class activities, lists of talking points, or student comments can be clearly displayed to an entire class in large and easily legible type. In addition, PowerPoint can enhance a discussion by providing supplemental materials for a variety of learning styles, including photographs, illustrations and graphs in colour, and charts that reveal relationships. Outside of the classroom PowerPoint can be used to provide review and supplementary materials to students: for example, notes with references to important passages discussed in class can be posted to a website and downloaded by students after class. For the disorganized teacher or student, PowerPoint can support preliminary organization of data. ** PowerPoint possibilities: ** ** Students can show what they have learned: **
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 * Addresses multiple intelligences by using colour, images, shapes, sound, music, video (multimedia) etc. to reinforce the important points
 * Students can see, hear, or “feel” the concepts etc.
 * As an interactive tool. (Group or class games to practice or review concepts)
 * When students share ideas and learn with PowerPoint, they are often more interested in a quality product.
 * creating on-line presentations of directions or procedures (build effects)
 * visual display of comparison studies
 * present charted data collected from spreadsheets
 * creating games with immediate feedback through hyperlinks