Information Literacy

Like most I believe that literacy now more than ever is very important. It seems that this is always a topic that is being talked about, how technology is prohibiting students from traditional learning of literacy. I believe that technology is just another tool that should be implemented into the classroom to help develop then student learning.
When reading the article PowerPoint is Evil I was disagreeing with it quite a bit. I believe that the use of PowerPoint as a tool for giving presentations is a great idea. I believe that it is a more beneficial way to get information across to an audience rather than standing up in front of a class with a poster full of information that most times they cannot even read. I really disagreed when it was said that power point turns everything into a sales pitch with an attitude of commercialism. In the classroom I do not think this is the case at all. I just simply believe it is a more advanced way to get information across, in students prospective, rather than having the poster board up behind you as you present something. I liked how the article Scoring Power Points talked about the different ways in making a power point the most beneficial and effective as it can be. This is where the teaching of using this technological tool comes in hand. It is the teacher’s responsibility to thoroughly explain to a class how they want them to use the power point in a project or whatever it is they are doing. It is important for the teacher to explain the rubric to the students on how the information provided is what is most important rather than the “cool” special effects that they can put onto their slide show. To go back to the PowerPoint is Evil article when it was said that “rather than supplementing a presentation it has become a substitute for it” I do not agree with this statement that much. To explain, I do think that a presentation could end up as said, but it is up to the teacher to make sure that it doesn’t.