(This powerpoint was created using Microsoft Powerpoint and then uploaded onto Authorstream)
Personally, I love Powerpoint. It might be due to the fact that I am largely a visual learner, and I love the way information can be condensed into a few slides of text. I emphasise a "few" slides because I am all too familiar with being bored to death in the classroom when viewing slide after slide of words that could be summarised to avoid the entire class falling asleep.
I recall an assignment on Canada I had in grade 6 where I recorded my oral speech and had it play over my slides with pre-recorded transitions. While this is very basic in ways to use Powerpoint, the class thought I had the help of my dad to make it, which I did not! After doing some research I have found Powerpoints can be used for so much more than just oral speeches.
In the classroom, using an interactive element is a fantastic way to engage the user, rather than simply clicking through slides of information. Some examples of interactive Powerpoints are virtual tour/museums, interactive tutorials, embedding videos/sound clips and "make your own ending" stories. Some of these could be made by the teacher as a means to learn, or they could be created by the student as a means to display and integrate information.
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