Is Power point crippling our students?

Journal 4

The article is speaking about how power point is changing the way we learn in the classroom. Some teachers are for it and some are not which is pretty much the simple way of looking at it. They break each other down though. Some believe that power point is taking over and not allowing for one on one interaction with each other (teacher and students). One teacher even compared it to watching Television with captions. The MTV generations is so visual and influence with colors and pretty lights that power point is a beauty for this generation. What make me laugh is I thought of this one episode of the simpsons. It is probably season 6 or 7 it is where lisa looks into the Future and sees here wedding day. In the episode Principal skinner goes to talk to Lisa’s old 2nd grade teacher Ms. Hoover and tells them they are invited to the wedding. In the classroom you see an oversized classroom and Ms. Hoover sitting in the corner while Troy Mclure is on the tv teaching the class it’s pretty funny I wonder if that is what this teacher was saying?

1.) the pros of power point

Well the pros of using a power point are that it is a great visual for students. It is not necesseraly a bad tool where kids just see the board and don’t listen. The power point itself has to be presented by the teacher which gives the students a teacher student relationship. The powerpoint is also clear and readable. Some teachers have very sloppy hand writing and sometimes you struggle to see there notes. I think power point is part of the future of teaching mostlikely will not go away.

2.) what is the cons of using power point?

Well I guess the cons can be is that it is too easy. It is spoon feeding the children the information they need. I know that in college some power point presentations are greeted with a head down or a no need to show up I will get the power points later.g