What is a PowerPoint?
PowerPoint is the most widely used presentation software in the world. It provides a way of displaying information visually so that a group of people can easily see the information whether it is in a classroom, a university lecture theatre or a presentation that a teacher has posted up on the internet for viewing. PowerPoint presentations can also include audio and animations making them engaging for viewers. PowerPoint presentations can easily be printed out so the information is in a hard copy if the reader prefers. They are much more interesting than staring at a boring black and white piece of paper with, if you’re lucky, a black and white picture on it.
Theory and classroom uses for PowerPoint
PowerPoint is often used in classrooms as a way of engaging students in a new topic. However, allowing students to create their own presentations to show understanding would better student’s knowledge of the technology as well as engaging students.
Kearsley & Shneiderman’s (1999) Engagement Theory discusses making learning creative and purposeful under the second principle, “Create”. “”When students have a sense of control over their learning (Kearsley & Shneiderman, 1999)” such as creating their own PowerPoint they are participating in this phase of the Engagement Theory.
References
Kearsley, G. & Shneiderman, B. (1999), Engagement Theory: A framework for technology-based teaching and learning, viewed 31st August 2009 <http://home.sprynet.com/~gkearsley/engage.htm>
PowerPoint is the most widely used presentation software in the world. It provides a way of displaying information visually so that a group of people can easily see the information whether it is in a classroom, a university lecture theatre or a presentation that a teacher has posted up on the internet for viewing. PowerPoint presentations can also include audio and animations making them engaging for viewers. PowerPoint presentations can easily be printed out so the information is in a hard copy if the reader prefers. They are much more interesting than staring at a boring black and white piece of paper with, if you’re lucky, a black and white picture on it.
Theory and classroom uses for PowerPoint
PowerPoint is often used in classrooms as a way of engaging students in a new topic. However, allowing students to create their own presentations to show understanding would better student’s knowledge of the technology as well as engaging students.
Kearsley & Shneiderman’s (1999) Engagement Theory discusses making learning creative and purposeful under the second principle, “Create”. “”When students have a sense of control over their learning (Kearsley & Shneiderman, 1999)” such as creating their own PowerPoint they are participating in this phase of the Engagement Theory.
References
Kearsley, G. & Shneiderman, B. (1999), Engagement Theory: A framework for technology-based teaching and learning, viewed 31st August 2009 <http://home.sprynet.com/~gkearsley/engage.htm>
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