There was a tweet on the Larry Press twitter feed the caught my eye. It was about a serve done by students that attend the University of Pittsburgh about there opinions on PowerPoint. I somewhat agree with the majority in response to some of the questions asked.
160 students were asked to respond to 12 questions about PowerPoint and its uses in the classroom. They could respond to the questions with disagree strongly, disagree somewhat, neutral, agree somewhat or agree strongly. Most students agreed at least somewhat to things like PowerPoint holds their attention or that the visual images in the presentation lecture helps them recall content during exams. They disagree to things like prefer to use a black or whiteboard over PowerPoint.
PowerPoint is a great tool to help teach and is wonderful that it is implemented in schools today. Students and professors alike agree that PowerPoint is a wonderful application to assist in lectures.
I chose this tweet because it had statistics in it that I was actually interested to know about. I found it interesting because My generation is one of the firsts to be taught using PowerPoint throughout my schooling.
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