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shared by Ed Webb on 03 Aug 09 - Cached

The idea is that we  should challenge thinking, inspire creativity, and stir up discussion with a Powerpoint presentation – not present a series of dry facts. 
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More than any thing else, Mr. Bowen wants to discourage professors from using PowerPoint, because they often lean on the slide-display program as a crutch rather using it as a creative tool. Class time should be reserved for discussion, he contends, especially now that students can download lectures online and find libraries of information on the Web.
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shared by Vicki Davis on 07 Sep 09 - Cached

shared by tee1962 Reagan on 06 Jul 09 - No Cached

or says, is to "maximize the likelihood that students will get the pleasurable rush that comes from successful thought.
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So the challenge for a teacher is to find that sweet spot of mental difficulty, and to find it simultaneously for 25 students, each with a different level of preparation.
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Rather, we remember what we think about, and that can have non-obvious consequences. During frog dissection, are students thinking about anatomy or that they find it gross?
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One way to help ensure that students think of content is to view teaching in terms of a story structure.
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Good teachers design lessons in which students unavoidably think about the meaning or central point.
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People differ in their abilities and in their interests, but there is no evidence for differences in learning styles.
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The secret to getting smarter is really not a big secret: Engage in intellectual activities. Read the newspaper, watch informative documentaries, find well-written books that make intellectual content engaging. Perhaps most important; Watch less television. It's rarely enriching, and it's an enormous time-sink.
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