do you think students may be too dependent on powerpoint?

OK... so I was sitting in class today and for the first time in years I actually had to take notes. I had about three pages of notes that I had written! Now, I used to write notes a lot when I was in high school and half of college (but even then we had overheads that the professors and teachers prepared that were also handouts) but when I was in my first grad degree program it was all powerpoint with taking extra notes based on the lecture.

Anyway... I was pretty angry that my professor basically didn't prepare a powerpoint for us because she doesn't like technology too much, or she's technologically not inclined as she put it. So she got in front of the whiteboard and wrote all her stuff or gave us definitions for us to know in which she would only repeat once and if you didn't get it, then forget it. So I kind of just stopped taking notes.

But then I got mad because I used to be able to take notes and that maybe I was just so used to powerpoint. I don't know. I guess I'm just venting because I hate my teacher and I hate the class (it's a Human Growth and Development class)

"do you think students may be too dependent"

I'd stop there, and the answer is, "YES!"

On a great many things - which doesn't include themselves, unfortunately.

As a reccent graduate of teacher training in the UK and as a PhD student/TA in my Uni I'd say yes AND teachers are too reliant.

Someone I know teaching in a high school found the kids at her new school couldn't/wouldn't do anything unless it was written on a powerpoint. Teachers also use it as a 'crutch' if it's all on the ppt they don't have to know it as well (not such an issue at University level but happens in school)

I like a bit of ppt, if there's a lot of technical terms/names/dates etc but for example teaching literature or drama class I wouldn't use one.

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i think teachers are too set on having students do all their presentations on power point. i'd actually much rather stand in front of the class and read off of note cards. my power point presentations are always awkward and involve what looked amazing on my computer looking all distorted on the school computer and me saying "oops sorry, the slides aren't in the right order" or "wow i didn't mean for that to be on there."
i don't even try to make the slides look nice anymore. black background and white text. it's going to look like a blackboard whether you want it to or not, ****ers. screw your technology.

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"it was YOUR responsibility"

OOOoooops, you used the bad 'r' word.

PowerPoint is a great tool, but students might be missing out on deeper learning by relying too heavily on it. Interactive platforms like Math Playground can offer a more hands-on approach, especially for subjects like math, helping students engage more actively with the material.

Updated On: 9/24/24 at 03:05 AM