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Engage your Students with PowerPoint Activities
Salama Alketbi 2010
What is PowerPoint?
Why should we use PowerPoint?
Effective use of PowerPoint in teaching
Examples of PowerPoint activities
Create a multiple choice activty
Table of Content
What is PowerPoint?
As an educational tool :
As a software: It is Microsoft application used to create interactive
presentations containing text, art, animation, and audio and video elements. (Starr L. 2000).
Is a tool as Jonassen said that helps the learners to present their knowledge and share it together.
Why should we use PowerPoint?
1. Captures the students' attention.
2. Presents information or instruction to whole
class.
3. Give the chance to be creative.
4. Creates tutorials, reviews, quizzes for students.
5. Displays student’s work.
6. Creates active classroom environment.
(Starr L. 2000).
Effective use of PowerPoint in teaching
Engagement Stage
Oral language
Activity
Quick Quiz
Examples of PowerPoint Activities
How To Create Multiple Choice Activity
Activity
Starr L. (2000). PowerPoint -- Creating Classroom Presentations. Retrieved December 4, 2007 from http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech013.shtml
Montecino V. (1999). Creating an Effective PowerPoint Presentation. Retrieved December 4, 2007 from http://mason.gmu.edu/~montecin/powerpoint.html
References:
Nettlebeck, D. (2005). Computers, Thinking and Learning. Victoria: Acer Press
Kyriacou, C. (2001) Essential Teaching Skills. Cheltenham: Nelson Thornes.
Jonassen, D. (2000). Computers as Mindtools for Schools. Prentice Hall: London.