SOUTHERN MINDANAO COLLEGES

PAGADIAN CITY

Name: Manap T. Alam

Semester: 2nd semester
Subject: EDUC. 242 (Information Technology in Computer Education)
Topic: Microsoft PowerPoint
Professor: Rosana Adan Wooton, Ed. D

Benefits of PowerPoint Presentation in Teaching

Interactive Classes

PowerPoint is perfect for making your lessons more interactive! This tool
allows incorporating different types of fun activities that will contribute to faster and
better learning in the classroom!

Quizzes

One of the easiest ways to start using PowerPoint in the classroom is to

prepare fun, interactive quizzes with its help. It will be fun for the whole class
because instead of the piece of paper and a pen, students can interact with each
other and watch a neat visual presentation meanwhile.

Instructions for Lab Sessions

As a rule, during any laboratory session, a teacher needs to provide the

students with detailed guidelines for further assignments. Doing so with the help of a
slideshow is easy and convenient.
First of all, this automates the learning process and, most importantly, when
all the instructions are displayed on the monitor for the whole class to see, this
minimizes the number of mistakes to be made by students.
Charts and Graphs

Statistical data is always a great way to support a specific statement or fact,

so this is something teachers are dealing with all the time. Providing this data in a
visual form helps learners perceive and memorize the material better. Thus, using a
presentation for sharing graphs and charts is a great idea!

Educational Games

Speaking of younger learners, they also can benefit if teachers start using
PowerPoint for educational purposes. It is not a secret that youngsters perceive
information the best in the form of games, and this tool allows teachers to prepare
fun, interactive, and educational lessons with ease!

Final Words

PowerPoint has been around for a while. However, it seems like we are just
getting started discovering its full potential.

This smart tool for creating presentations can actually come in handy in
numerous ways, be you at home, workplace, or school!

Wrapping up, let's look at some of the biggest pros of integrating PowerPoint
into the educational program:

● It motivates students when used right;

● It allows adding more creativity and interactivity into the classroom;
● It is fun, so students should enjoy both watching and making such presentations;
● With the right approach, it can help schools accommodate all learners' needs.

These are just some of the most significant pros of using PowerPoint! Thus, it
is fair to say that this tool should be integrated into every modern learning program
for creativity, engagement, and performance boost!