Being able to go back and add animation to your power point presentation make it more interesting than reading a plain text.
Hi Anis:
Sometimes animations can contribute to a presentation if we remember a little goes a long way. Sort of like seasoning in a meal - if you can taste the salt, it's too salty.
With PPT, annimations can be distracting or even annoying for some students. PPT is a tool to convey information. We don't want to have the focus on the tool, but the information it carries. True learners will be seeking the information, others won't care if there are animations or not.
Regards, Barry
Powerpoint is a great tool as long as the slides are easy to read. In the professional environment I find that we use powepoint so much that is becomes hard to look at the slides because they all start to look the same. I find it easiest to follow a presentation when the teacher provides powerpoint handouts with no more than 2 slides to a page. Printing the slides as handouts gives the student a place to take notes and the slides are large enough to read.
Hi Jennifer:
That's true. There should be a balance of information with any presentation tool we use in the classroom.
Regards, Barry
