Saturday, December 1, 2007

The Use of PowerPoint

PowerPoint has become a craze in the schools over the years. It is used as a multimedia tool for children to interact and learn to the best of their ability. The program can include images, links, video, and audio. The good thing about PowerPoint is that not only is it updated every year, supplying even more uses, but teachers can manipulate it to carry out many different lesson plans. In the past, teachers have used PowerPoint for tutoring, lesson reviews, simple presentations, reports, autobiographies, and quizzes.
Within my high school, every teacher used PowerPoint; it was an essential. I even took a course my sophomore year to teach me all about the program. Many times, my research papers or book reports would be linked to a PowerPoint presentation. The students themselves had to learn how to use the program too. Luckily, it is easy to use and there are many different ways to make it unique and your own. My favorite way of using PowerPoint was reviews before tests. Many teachers would set up a jeopardy or some kind of game using PowerPoint not only make it fun and interesting, but collaborating with the class and learning as well.

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