Here is a quick article that I think summarizes some good practices with power point.
http://www.ncsu.edu/effective_teaching/Columns/PowerPoint.pdf Maxine Atkinson -----Original Message----- From: "Michael Johnston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'teachsoc'" <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 06:56:25 -0700 Subject: TEACHSOC: Effectively using PowerPoint ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C68DED.541E1120 Content-Type: text/plain Dear Jack, Marty, and others, Could you share some tips with us that you personally have found effective and a brief description of why? One tip that I have heard regularly is "Don't put large sections of text into PowerPoint." The argument is that the teacher then just ends up reading, which is even worse than lecturing. This is generally correct. BUT, this can be effective if used sparingly and appropriately. For example, I know an instructor who assigns text by Weber. What he does is to include a few slides with actual text, text that is very hard to understand, and then explains how to read this text. The benefits to this approach are multiple: (1) everyone is on the same page, even if they forgot their book; (2) it takes less time to get everyone at the right place in the text; (3) keywords can be highlighted and easily pointed out; (4) instruction is layered with additional anchors beyond books and the instructor's voice - the PowerPoint Slide and the instructor's body movement as they point to certain keywords, etc. (5) questions about particular sections of the text are more widely understood by the class because the instructor can quickly and easily point to the relevant text (6) more anchors facilitates the instructor to lecture at more abstract levels I'm looking forward to hearing more tips from others! Best wishes, Michael -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jack Estes Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 4:38 AM To: Marty Schwartz; teachsoc Subject: TEACHSOC: Re: lousy lecturing I agree that PowerPoint can be a powerful tool in the classroom if it's not abused. We have workshops all the time in EFFECTIVE use of PowerPoint, not only for business classes but for anyone. I think they' Maxine P. Atkinson, Ph.D. Director, N.C. State's First Year Inquiry Seminar Program Division of Undergraduate Academic Programs, and Associate Professor of Sociology North Carolina State University email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: 919 515 9001 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Teaching Sociology" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
