The Downfalls of Powerpoint
March 16, 2017Planning Strategies Standard
While scrolling through social media, I noticed a shared link from a colleague: Powerpoint Makes Professors Boring and Students Stupid. While the wording is quite provocative, the general premise has merit. Whether primary, secondary, or post-secondary, students are not learning from Powerpoint. Additionally, Powerpoint slides do not engage students. Powerpoint is engrained in education (even if in the form of SMART notes or Prometheus slides) similar to chalk and erasers – this is just how we do things. But how do we change this constant? [...]