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I feel the biggest advantage of using presentation software is the K-12 classrooms is the ease of use, creation of and ease of learning for the students. Presentation software is relatively easy to put together but looks very nice and pleasing to the eye. Using the software is very easy as well which makes it easy for students to follow the lesson and / or take notes. Students learn very easily with the software because it is so clear and easy to go back and forth between slides. The biggest disadvantage is that the software is not available everywhere. Not all schools and teachers have access to the software and neither do students. Also, teahcers can only work on projects using the software where they having appropriate computer access.


I might use PowerPoint to support student learning as a mean of lecturing. Students can easily follow along and take notes from my PowerPoint notes. A lesson on animals could be made easier because I could include pictures, animations and sounds.


Education technology that interests me is the online grading programs. Teachers can more easily keep track of grades and not have to do all the mathematical problems to figure out averages. Students can also follow along with their grades to check for errors. For example, Pinnacle is an online grade viewer for parents, students and teachers to keep track of.