Powerpoint helps teaching

Powerpoint is a widely-used tool in teaching area. It is common that teachers create powerpoint slides to illustrate what they are meant to teach.

Since it is a common tool, we need to use it in an innovative way to attract students' attention. Based on my experience as a student, I have to say that more active those slides are, the more excited those students look. Undoubtedly, students tend to be attracted by impressive visual effects. What's more, their memory can be activated and strengthened because of some sparkles hidden in slides.

By the way, the combination of powerpoint and smartboard in American school is more effective and efficient in my opinion. If possible I would like to recommend schools in China to import this kind of device to promote teaching and learning.

Web 2.0 for education

Since students are always interested in technology in trend, these tools should absolutely not be left out of education. I remembered me as a student in elementary school and middle school was very excited every time when the teacher gave lectures with multi-media tools. So I believe that students will be more interested in the teaching content and more careful about what teachers say in class.

What teachers should do is to make reasonable and practical rules to regulate students' actions when using these tools. For example, when using facebook or twitter in class, specific regulations should be made. Teachers should tell students not to post links or comments irrelevant to teaching content. Moreover, they have to be responsible for what they do and respect their peers' opinions.

With reasonable restriction, educational tools of modern technology can help teaching and learning
 enormously. Teachers can share educational resources with colleagues, which helps educators to update their databases and techniques. Students can share opinions and knowledge with their peers, which will be beneficial for them to make progress together.

Nowadays, no one can escape from the life online. So why not use modern technology in teaching and learning and make a difference?