Reflection #5

Last semester in my speech class we had to give a presentation with a visual aid, which for most people ended up being a powerpoint slideshow. It really irks me that teachers just give us an assignment with powerpoint as a visual aid because I think most people are not taught how to do them correctly. In high school and middle school no one ever corrected students and said these are to enhance your presentation, not have every single thing you are going to say on them. I think there might be a place for powerpoint in the classroom, but only minimally. For an ESL class this could be helpful for taking notes because teachers tend to talk a lot faster then they can understand, especially when they first start learning English. Visual representations of the language form could also be provided for added clarity.