The Power of the Power Point

The power of power point
No technology tool in itself can improve student learning. It’s the strategy the teachers he follows during the use of any program or a tool, especially PowerPoint, which can stimulate and urge student learning by the method employing it to involve the learners in the learning process, mixing classroom assessment techniques and using methods toward reaching multiple learning styles. It is definitely how to use the tool and can make the lesson more effective or boring.
Using power points:-
PowerPoint is a presentation software program that is part of the Microsoft Office for presentations in the form of slide shows that accompany the oral delivery of the topic. This program is widely used in business and classrooms and is an effective tool when used for training purposes.
Learn How to Use PowerPoint
1-Design:- You can learn through the instructions itself found during creating power point presentations like design, new slide, animation...etc.

2- Before Presenting:-
Before presenting, you should ask yourself the following questions;
a) Who are the audience? Their education stage? Ages.etc
b) What do they previously know about the materials presented?
c) What do you want them to learn?
d) Where will the presentation be?
Also you should;
a) Think about the goals to focus in your discussion and presentations on these goals.
b) Minimize the number of slides not to confuse the audience.
c) Mix media.
d) Use animation, sound, video files, images
e) Add visual representations to difficult concepts.
3- During Presentation:-
a) Give time for discussion
b) Do not read during presentation but clarify through graphs and drawings you use to illustrate the points of the topic.
c) Give the audience a rest to let them listen to you and ask questions to make them interact in discussion.
d) Know your moving through slides, next and previous.
e) Help students to remember.
d) Provide more proofs through hyperlinks to the internet websites related to the topic.

4-What are the advantages of power point presentation?
1-To show your point in a manner people can see visually
2. To make you less nervous since audience will be looking at the PowerPoint presentation not you
3. To show you supporting material in a way people can see
4. To help you sell your idea
5- To help the presenter more confident as he will not forget the ideas since the main points are in front of him.
6- To make more tools are available in your hand in one presentation like internet, audio, video, drawings, we can say PowerPoint is all in one.
7-To perform certain functions that can not be done with other programs such as a family tree, make a multiple choice quiz and design Web pages, using PowerPoint.
References:-
1-http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/powerpointtipsandfaqs/f/ppt_overview.htm

2-http://www.uoregon.edu/~tep/technology/powerpoint/powerpoint.html

http://presentationsoft.about.com/od/powerpointlessonplans/PowerPoint_Lesson_Plans.htm