PowerPoint

The use of humor in the presentation made the time pass faster and made the presentation more enjoyable for everyone involved. One this I really enjoyed was all the funny videos in the presentation. It allowed for us to learn the subject in a fun way that engaged us. Jeopardy was amazing. Great idea!

One thing that was not very engaging was when the presenter would just read off a note sheet and not have much variation in their voice. The presentation needs to be more rehearsed and entertaining. Along with not reading off notes the presenter should not read off the slides too. The presenter’s voice get drowned out because it is bouncing off the wall and back to us. During a presentation the speaker needs to be looking to the audience the whole time.

I would make my presentation more adaptable to my short presentation time instead of saying “if you were my class.” I know that I rushed through my presentation and I could have looked at my audience more. Overall I needed to slow my presentation down but because time was short I did my best to make it short and sweet.

Yes, I enjoy using PowerPoint as a tool for presenting. I will definitely use PowerPoint in my classroom to aid in my lessons. It is a great tool for my students to be able to listen to the presentation but also visually see what is happening. A pro for PowerPoint is you can provide the class with an outline of the information. A teacher can post the slide online and students can bring them to class and take notes directly onto the slides. One of the cons for PowerPoint is there can be technology problems and you might have an awesome presentation outlined and when you are in class it could freak out and not work and you will spend more time trying to figure it out then you would presenting it. This could be a very big problem when you are in the middle of class. Teachers always need to think on their feet when giving a PowerPoint presentation expecting something to go wrong.