The biggest advantages of using presentation software in the K-12 classroom are being able to incorporate a visual structure for students to remember or incorporating multimedia aspects like sounds or video to make a lesson more interesting. Another advantage is it's easy to save something like a powerpoint presentation to use in later years or to email to students who were absent from class. Disadvantages of presentation software are one, if done incorrectly the presentation might just become a distraction rather then an effective teaching tool and two, if the software does not work for some reason and you base your whole lesson off of it you are stuck with nothing to teach.
I could use PowerPoint to outline material or lessons I'm doing in my classroom and present visual aids for my students to relate easier to the lesson. I believe using PowerPoint slides to summarize ideas and emphasize particular points of my lessons will enhance the students understanding of the material.
Ever since my math teacher my Junior year in high school got a SMART Board in her classroom I've been really interested in it. I think it's a great teaching device. It's easy for teachers to incorporate the internet and multimedia information into the classroom and it's a good way to keep kids interest.
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