PowerPoint As An Instructional Tool

PowerPoint presentations could be used for any topic at pretty much any grade level. Most younger students would not take much time to teach to use the forward and backward buttons and have each slide set to go on its own. I have never thought to use a PowerPoint as a one-to-one teaching tool (You do it all the time, Skip) but it works very well. You could even do a PowerPoint presentation that showed how to do a PowerPoint presentation. If you had the one-to-one computer teaching/learning scenario going on, you could even send to each individual computer the specific presentations for that student. What a time saver during school if you used this. It might take a bit of time to get quick at making them but then during the day the instructor would have more time for extra questions rather than the general teaching. That would be especially helpful in the bush where one class of ten students may have five grades in it. It is hard to teach five lessons at one time in person!
I have used PowerPoint presentations quite a few times but never for use by an individual. I have always used them as an aide in lecturing or in general instruction. I also have used them as a backdrop for ceremonies such as graduation parties and Boy Scout Eagle Award ceremonies. I will never hesitate to consider using PowerPoint again. I had never used all the bells and whistles and really had fun learning what they could do. My husband decided I was a threat to society by my choices in sounds. It was fun and I think that all ages would enjoy learning if WE as instructors learned to make fun AND informative PowerPoint presentations as teaching tools.