POWERPOINT
PRESENTATION ON
TEACHING AIDS
– PRESENTED BY
Asst Prof. Ms. Manpreet Kaur
Babe Ke College Of Education,Daudhar(Moga)
Effective Use of
Teaching Aids
Introduction
Stage One
Stage Two
 Find a partner, preferably
someone you don’t know.
 Find out a few things about
them, e.g.:
 Prepare a brief presentation to
introduce the person to the
group, and illustrate it with
with either:
 Who they are,
 Which school/unit they work
in,
 What they do.
 Time for task - 5 minutes
 flipchart, or
 overhead transparencies.
 Time for task - 10 minutes.
Stage Three
 Make your presentation to the
whole group.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this session, you should be able to:
 Choose the most appropriate visual aid for your purpose
and context,
 Use the black-/white-board effectively,
 Make the most of the overhead projector,
 Produce a basic presentation with MS Powerpoint,
 Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of other
media.
Why use teaching aids?
Teaching aids are useful to:
 reinforce what you are saying,
 ensure that your point is understood,
 signal what is important/essential,
 enable students to visualise or experience something
that is impractical to see or do in real life,
 engage students’ other senses in the learning process,
 facilitate different learning styles.
WHITE-/BLACKBOARD
Advantages
Disadvantages
 No advanced preparation
required,
 except when displaying a
complex table/chart/ diagram.
 Technology is not dependent
on electricity or other possible
glitches.
 Can be used by students for
problem-solving, etc.
 Time-consuming if you have a
lot to write.
 Handwriting may be difficult to
read (legibility, size, glare,
etc.).
 Turn your back on audience.
 Cleaning the board (chalk
dust, permanent marker, etc.)
 Can’t go back to something
you’ve erased.
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OVERHEAD PROJECTOR
Advantages
Disadvantages
 Allows you to prepare all your
slides in advance.
 Particularly suited for complex
diagrams, charts and
illustrations.
 Can build up information
point-by-point through the use
of overlays.
 Don’t have to turn your back
on the audience.
 A blown bulb or power failure
can spoil all your hard work.
 Image quality can also be a
problem.
 Can be disorienting to
manipulate transparencies on
projector plate.
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OVERHEAD PROJECTOR
Tables are best avoided:
East
West
North
DCU
1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr.
20.4
27.4
90.0
20.4
30.6
38.6
34.7
31.5
45.9
46.8
45.0
43.9
Office of the Dean of Teaching
and Learning
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OVERHEAD PROJECTOR
Use Charts/Graphs instead:
200
150
North
100
West
50
East
0
1st Qtr
2nd Qtr
3rd Qtr
4th Qtr
OVERHEAD PROJECTOR
Beforehand
During the Lecture
 Get to the room early to
make sure the OHP is
working.
 Check the aim and focus.
 Walk to the back of the
room to see whether the
smallest print is readable.
 Relax (if possible).
 Keep used and unused
slides in separate piles.
 Cover the slide with a
piece of cardboard and
slide it down to reveal
text as you go.
 Use a pen on the OHP
glass rather than pointing
to the screen.
Other Media
AUDIO TAPES or CDs
When to USE:
TIPS
 Particularly suited for language
learning, media studies,
English literature, etc.
 Valuable when referring to
recorded historical events (e.g.
Martin Luther King’s “I have a
dream” speech).
 Background music can also be
played before class starts and
during group activities.
 Check the room and
equipment beforehand.
 Can it be heard from the back
of the room?
 Find the right spot on the
tape/CD and queue it up in
advance.
 Don’t play more than a few
minutes of audio at one time.
 Break up longer clips into
segments, interspersed with
discussion or other activities.
Other Media
VIDEO TAPES or DVDs
When to USE:
TIPS
 Adds a dimension not available
through audio alone - helps
students to visualise.
 Essential when illustrating
things that are impractical to
do in real life.
 Particularly suited for language
learning, media studies,
engineering, etc.
 Valuable when referring to
recorded historical events.
Same as for CDs/audio tapes
 Check equipment beforehand.
 Can images be seen from the
back of the room?
 Queue up the tape in advance.
 Break viewing into short
segments, interspersed with
discussion or activities.
Making the most of the
DATA PROJECTOR
A brief introduction to
MS PowerPoint
Further information can be found on the CSD web-site:
http://www.dcu.ie/internal/csd/sms/webguides2000/power2k/power.htm
TASK: Choosing Media
Stage One
Stage Two
 Work individually.
 Think of a lecture/ tutorial you
will be giving. What media
will you use to support it?
 Time for task - 2 minutes.
 Form triads.
 Share you plans with each
other. Why did you choose
specific media?
 Time for task - 5 minutes.
Stage Three
 Raise problems/issues in plenary session.
TASK: Stop - Start - Continue
 Work individually.
 Take out a piece of paper, and answer the following:
 STOP - What would you like me to stop doing?
 START - What would you like the facilitator to start doing?
 CONTINUE - What would you like the facilitator to continue
doing?
 Fold over and hand in on your way out.