Group 3 Tools: Power Point

This week I also had a play with Power Point. I created two presentations which can be viewed on my wiki space.

Below is my PMI analysis of Power Point:

POSITIVES:

• easy to use.
• can embed texts, links, audio, video and images.
• Many themes to choose from to make your presentation stand out.
• many layouts to choose from when creating each slide.
• Can record your own voice and embed it into the slide.
• Can add slides at any interval with a click of a button.
• can create a storyboard in word as an outline and then can import it into Power POint to create an instant presentation.
• can be printed in note format for students to take notes on.

MINUSES:

• too much information on power point can disengage audience.
• cannot embed into blogs.

IMPLICATIONS:

• can be a time consuming task to create a very graphic and interactive presentation.
• power points are very linear in nature reducing the topic into bullet points and does not allow audiences to further explore an idea like Prezi does.
• people use power point to have something to present and deviate from focusing on their message.

Although there are some minuses and implications of using Power Point, I still believe it is a very useful tool to use in the classroom. It is easily accessible by everyone who has Microsoft Office on their computers. It is very easy to use and there are many great ideas out there on how to make the most of it in your classroom.