PowerPoints when done well can be very effective and people can learn a lot from them. Unfortunately, there are some PowerPoints that have just gone all wrong. The thing that bugs me the most is when there is too much text on a given slide. I do not want to sit there and read a slide full of text. That makes them extremely boring! I also don’t like it when the person who is presenting the PowerPoint just reads off the slides. The slide is supposed to just have the main points and the presenter is supposed to elaborate on them. PowerPoints are not effective when the thoughts are unorganized because when they jump around it is difficult to follow. Also, because I’m a visual learner, when the PowerPoint lacks visuals it is harder for me to see what is going on in the PowerPoint. Visuals, if used effectively can make the PowerPoint very strong. Lastly, I don’t like it when there isn’t any color in the PowerPoint. Color helps to keep the audience’s attention.
Some of the best PowerPoints I have seen have minimal text with a lot of visuals. The presenter then explains the significant of the visuals and how it relates to the text. My environmental geology professor does a great job of this. They can communicate a lot of information with very few words and it can do it very efficiently. They are appropriate for a classroom or professional setting so it is important that we know how to use PowerPoint effectively.
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