Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Introductory Chemistry Chapter 1 Power Point

Check out this SlideShare Presentation:

I have to say that I really like the slide show account. I don't normally use powerpoint slides because:

1. the television in my room is too small for viewing
2. I have difficulty formatting a slide show exactly the way I want it.
3. Students become lazy and want me to print out slides for them rather than taking notes. Normally, I wouldn't have a problem with this but I find that the students don't add things to the printed out slides. Thus, they appear like vegetables in class and there isn't much participation.
4. Creating slides for a topic can be very time consuming.

There are some topics that would be good for this. For example, the introductory chapters of chemistry don't have any math in them. It will be easier for students to participate in this kind of power point because it is basically definitions with demonstrations in class or on screen.

Another good thing about slide show would be that my students could access the slides outside of class if they were absent. They won't get all of the information but it would be a start rather than hearing "What did we do yesterday?"

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