How to Use PowerPoint Effectively

In this session, we’re going to look at the use of PowerPoint as a teaching tool.  PowerPoint is one of the most widely used – and misused – technologies in the language classroom.  There is a common expression in circulation, ‘Death by PowerPoint’, and as the expression implies, PowerPoint often ‘kills’ the dynamics of the teaching and learning process.  We’re going to take a look at some dos and don’ts when it comes to using PowerPoint in the language classroom so that you don’t subject your students to ‘Death by PowerPoint’.