There is a difference between using PowerPoint and using it effectively.
Technology can help differentiate instruction. Many times teachers get caught up in thinking that programs are so complex that they don't think about how they could use it in their instruction. Technology can provide more intellectual engagement with the content they are learning. Teachers need to adapt the use of technology to their style and their curriculum.
Teachers need to be the facilitator and students the investigators. Teachers should provide opportunities for students to understand how the concepts, principles and skills to work to make meaning and to be useful.
PowerPoint Applications for instruction.
-Advance organizers
-Review tool- games
-Introduce new concepts
-Enrichment tool- open students' minds to the possibility of further study through hyperlinks
-Learning centers- give students choices of where their learning goes through the use of the action buttons
-Assessment tool- multiple choice tests with use of the action buttons
-Step by step manual or a work at your own pace tutorial
Many times teachers make PowerPoint less effective because they dump too much information into the shows or add to many bells and whistles that distract students. There needs to be a balance between the information provided and the activity on the PowerPoint. Teachers need to make it a part of the teaching not to do the teaching for them.
Technology can help differentiate instruction. Many times teachers get caught up in thinking that programs are so complex that they don't think about how they could use it in their instruction. Technology can provide more intellectual engagement with the content they are learning. Teachers need to adapt the use of technology to their style and their curriculum.
Teachers need to be the facilitator and students the investigators. Teachers should provide opportunities for students to understand how the concepts, principles and skills to work to make meaning and to be useful.
PowerPoint Applications for instruction.
-Advance organizers
-Review tool- games
-Introduce new concepts
-Enrichment tool- open students' minds to the possibility of further study through hyperlinks
-Learning centers- give students choices of where their learning goes through the use of the action buttons
-Assessment tool- multiple choice tests with use of the action buttons
-Step by step manual or a work at your own pace tutorial
Many times teachers make PowerPoint less effective because they dump too much information into the shows or add to many bells and whistles that distract students. There needs to be a balance between the information provided and the activity on the PowerPoint. Teachers need to make it a part of the teaching not to do the teaching for them.
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