Long Live Power Point

Using power point presentations in a high school or middle school class can either be a stimulating teaching tool that leads discussion and incorporates interesting visuals, or if done wrong, can be the kiss of death!
It is super important for a power point to be be eye catching and engaging. Color, simplicity and organization are crucial! Ryan Michael Johnson’s power point had very simple, clean lines with text that was easy to read. It was very straightforward. Nicole Virginia Accuardi’s power point was also a good example of ‘simple is better.’ I really like how she incorporated color to make it even more visually stimulating.
Being too busy, having too much text, or being hard to read can be the kiss of death for a power point presentation. I noticed that Rachel and Alexis, while having very interesting content, had very busy slides which made it hard for me to engage. Kim and Kelsey had a ton of really cool pictures but the text over the pictures was hard to read and distracted from the actual slide. Overall, I noticed that having a legible font and color were two extremely important elements to an effective presentation.
After viewing everyone’s presentation I would probably add some cool slides about my childhood like Josh did. It was really interesting and drew me into his slide show. I will definitely use power point in my future classrooms whenever I want to incorporate stimulating visuals!!!