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.