Powerpoint Projects
As an English teacher, I have a love-hate relationship with Powerpoint. I love to use it in my lectures. I wrote about that already. But I don't love getting student work submitted in Powerpoint format. Why? Because I'm teaching them grammar. No one uses correct grammar with Powerpoint.
Powerpoint does not encourage you to write in complete sentences. It does not promote paragraph development. Worse yet, Powerpoint encourages students to spend more time on the "look" of their material than on the content.
Powerpoint does encourage idea progression. Powerpoint is an effective way for students to outline their ideas. (They don't even realize that's what they're essentially doing!)
Note to self: For all future Powerpoint projects, insist that students a single background. Also create a rubric for grammar issues.
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