Powerpoint

Powerpoint is a program created by Microsoft, which is included in the Microsoft Office package. It allows for anyone doing an oral presentation to help put across their point by incorporating a slide show. The slide show can range from basic text slides to the incorporation of images, videos and audio into the slide to make it more appealing.

This program is an essential learning tool for teachers because it allows for engagement of their students. Students in the 21st century have been said to be more enthusiastic about learning, if some form of technology is incorporated into the learning design. By using Powerpoint for any class, we are able to engage our learners, whilst still getting the neccessary information across.

It also allows for the teacher to summarise information into dot points, which can help clear things up for students, as well as support any arguments or ideas with different information types such as a video or audio clip.

Students can also benefit from the uses of Powerpoint because the dreaded oral presentation can be made more fun for both the speaker and their peers who are listening. Once again, it can be used as a medium to prove points other than use text facts. It also can summarise main points of arguments in order for peers to gain a better understanding of what the speaker is saying.