PowerPoint+learning

In order for students to learn effectively, they must make connections between what they already know (prior knowledge) and new content to which they're exposed. Using PowerPoint can support student learning by presenting information and activities in a highly visual way. Having a strong visual presence can help to ensure students are attentive and interested from the beginning of a lesson. Having visual aids can also help students to focus on the task at hand and act as a bridge between text and reality. They have the potential to encourage student collaborative work as well as catering for individual work.
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PowerPoint is perhaps best known for its use in presentations. Students can use PowerPoint to present information, a project, a book review, or a portfolio of their year’s work. The possibilities seem endless, and importantly the students can become the creators and reflective learners.

PowerPoint learning can involve: · Think-pair-share: an active learning strategy that engages students with material on an individual level, in pairs, and finally as a large group · Interaction with the medium and the activity · Engaging visual learners · Supporting learning with additional audio resources · Students creating and evaluating their own PowerPoint’s · Connecting and sharing with the global community · Exploring and developing ICT skills