PowerPoints by: Aaron Eichenlaub

PowerPoints. The go to lesson planning for teachers. Just slide after slide after slide, with boring pictures. I learn best with hands-on lessons, and I don’t get anything from boring slide shows. It all disappears from my mind, and that’s the problem. A teacher has to teach the material, but if they can’t get that material to stick in your head the whole lesson has been a waste. Why waste time making a lesson when students will forget it the next day. To teach the teachers have to know the students, know how they learn, and make the material stick. Teachers have to know the students and how they learn and create lessons around that. Create a lesson that works for the whole class. Make a lesson fun and interesting, so the students will remember it on test day. Let the student have fun and let them enjoy the class. It’s no fun to sit for an hour watching slides, but it is fun to be engaged in a cool activity with your friends.

            You don’t remember a good movie because it was like all the others, you remember a good movie because it was different and interesting. So, the same should be said for the lesson. The students won’t remember a boring slide show, but they will remember a fun engaging lesson. The teacher should know how the students learn and create a lesson the perfect lesson for them.