I am a college professor myself, and absolutely hate using PowerPoint presentations to try to convey a point to my students. Often times, because you have to turn the lights low in order to see the presentation, students will take that time to catch up on a few useless minutes of sleep, and often will not even pay attention to what I, nor the presentation are attempting to relay to them.
Unfortunately, I encountered the constant belief that PP presentations were a good way to provide knowledge to students while I was earning my degree. When questioned beyond the scope of the presentation, any of the "professors" could not answer, what seemed to me, simple questions. It was this experience which has led me to use no PP presentations during instruction now. I may occasionally put up a single slide to easily convey a table of data, but will not teach an entire lesson from one of these abominations. Much to my chagrin, I am one of the few professors at the college that feel that way; a fair estimate suggests that 90% of professors throughout the U.S. still use PowerPoint presentations to teach their classes.
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I am a college professor myself, and absolutely hate using PowerPoint presentations to try to convey a point to my students. Often times, because you have to turn the lights low in order to see the presentation, students will take that time to catch up on a few useless minutes of sleep, and often will not even pay attention to what I, nor the presentation are attempting to relay to them. Unfortunately, I encountered the constant belief that PP presentations were a good way to provide knowledge to students while I was earning my degree. When questioned beyond the scope of the presentation, any of the "professors" could not answer, what seemed to me, simple questions. It was this experience which has led me to use no PP presentations during instruction now. I may occasionally put up a single slide to easily convey a table of data, but will not teach an entire lesson from one of these abominations. Much to my chagrin, I am one of the few professors at the college that feel that way; a fair estimate suggests that 90% of professors throughout the U.S. still use PowerPoint presentations to teach their classes.