Presentation Software

Power Point Presentation

Slide presentation software is a good way of presenting information to students.

Waves

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This is a slide presentation I produced, designed to introduce wave theory to Y11 physics students. It comprises my text and a photo combined with some images and animations from my MT. I did try to include some video but the software had compatibility problems with the PAL 1080i mp2 file and still had compatibility problems with the file downsized and converted to a 640 x 480 (VGA) avi file.
Most schools are well set up for PowerPoint presentations from a laptop or desktop PC and this is probably the main advantage of using this software.
The concept of a "slide presentation" is not new. Originally, this was done with photographic (film) slides using a slide projector because this was an effective teaching technique. It increased the retention rate significantly for most students and the effect was even greater for visual learners.
To produce these slides, photographs were taken of printed text and diagrams then the film needed to be processed. A rather slow process. Slide presentation software such as Microsoft PowerPoint has made producing a series of visual images much faster and more convenient. Such software can include photos, animations and movies with some limitations.