First Assignment

The value of the technology depends on the ways in which it is used. Each technology has certain strategies. And it is useful to know what pedagogically useful things we can do with a particular
technology such as Powe Point. Much of what we can do with Power Point can be done with
blackboards, whiteboards, overhead projectors, photographic slides and so on. Professor Pearl
started a project. He handed out the handouts among the groups of students. Then he used
Tracy´s slides and did a mini lesson. It somehow worked but there were still problems. Then he
used Power Point and the result was much better. He believes that Power Point is really well-
adapted to preparing lectures, helps someone stay organized, and is flexible as to what kind of
output we want. He believes that Power Pointcan help teachers help their students learn.
Some people believe that Power Point is not as good and useful as people think.The standard
Power Point presentation elevates format over content, betraying an attitute of commercialism.
Power Point, which was created in 1984 and later acquired by Microsoft, seeks to set up a
speaker´s dominance over the audience. Using Power Point at schools rather than learning to
write a report using sentences, children are being taught how to formulate client pitches and
infomercials.
In a Power Point presentation of three to six slides- a total of perhaps 80 words is equal to 15
seconds of silent reading.
Presentation largely stand or fall on the quality, relevance, and integrity of the content. If your
words or images are not on point, making them dance in color won´t make them relevant.
Audience boredom is usually a content failure, not a decoration failure. So respect your audience.