Is PowerPoint really evil?: A future educator's thoughts


When I read this article, I was very surprised people felt this way about a tool that I have been using since I was in elementary school! I have always found PowerPoint to be a fun, easy way to present to my class for all of my school subjects leading up to now, and my classmates this semester agreed! After compiling a list of pros and cons, we concluded that the pros most definitely outweighed the cons of our beloved tool. We even researched a bunch of ways that PowerPoint is beneficial in the classroom such as students have the subject material right in front of them, it improves student focus because there is less note taking and more paying attention, videos can be inserted into the presentation to create a deeper real world connection to content, it can be of great use for study guide material later on (I do this all the time!), and it is a confirmation of information portrayed to students.
Check out our collaborative PowerPoint presentation here!

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  1. Daley O'KeefeJuly 25, 2019 at 6:37 AM

    I completely agree with you! PowerPoint is a fun tool that makes it easy to get information across to students. You are right on with the idea of using them as study tools, but as a student myself, I always felt as if I had to scramble to write everything down on the teacher's presentation. I think there's probably a better way to go about it. What about giving the students a brief lesson on how to take notes at the beginning of the year? This way students aren't hurrying writing their notes and only wright down what they need, so they can be more focused on everything else.

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