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PowerPoint - Pros and Cons

Using PowerPoint today in classes has become so usual that we question ourselves : When did we become so accostumed to it ? How is that we adapted to it so fast and made it part of our daily lectures at school ? I guess the answer is simple , we just needed it , we just needed help in changing teaching method , in embracing a different method from the traditional one and of course that PowerPoint is to be thanks about this. As any other subject , object, thing , person , even using PowerPoint as part of our learning has its advntages and disadvantages and above I am going to provide you with some pros and cons about PowerPoint. Firstly , PowerPoint is an application program of presentation found in Microsoft Office and we don’t need to buy any new software . The icons used are very simple because we find a lot of similarites with those in Microsoft and in this way we as users can use it without studying the program previously. Secondly , PowerPoint is fun to watch and fun...

Reflection on Webinars

From day to day this subject is becoming more and more demanding and this week’s task was about Webinars. We were presented with two webinars on our blog , one about ‘ Discovering Grammar with Consciousness-raising Tasks’ and the other one related to ‘ Proverbs and Quotables’. So far , all the lectures have had one thing in common , the massive usage of Technology, and with no exception, Webinar deals a lot with technology. I have to admit that using the latter in a classroom may be a little bit challenging, mostly here in Albania I think, because I guess that also for us as students was somehow new and it’s not so common to be seen in practice   around here. To begin with , I would say that this new form of presenting information to students would be embraced by them, taking into consideration that this is the era they live in, so why not to deal with something of their level ?   So , next I am going to present some opinions on why and how to use this in a classroom. ...