Robert Mayor formed a series of principles under three areas: extraneous processing, essential processing and generative processing. Extraneous processing is the process of reducing things that are irrelevant to our learning, whether that be sounds or images. Essential processing is the process that is needed to get the most important points across. Lastly, generative processing is connecting different subjects with prior knowledge to form new knowledge and construct new ideas.
These three types of processing are crucial to giving PowerPoint presentations in a classroom or business meeting because you want your materials to enhance your teaching. In terms of extraneous processing in a PowerPoint presentation, it is important to only use effects that are relevant to the learning. Excessive sounds, images and animations will deteriorate your material. As for essential processing when giving a PowerPoint presentation, it is important to be blunt with your points. Unnecessary fluff around your material will hinder the learning process for your learners. Lastly, generative processing is crucial for giving a PowerPoint presentation because if you provoke past knowledge in your learner’s with the new knowledge you’re presenting, they will gain a better understanding.
I think that these three ways of processing are crucial to PowerPoint presentation because they will help engage your learner’s and maximize their knowledge. I remember specifically in Bio 184, the slide shows that my Prof lectured with were beyond confusing. None of the media was labelled, therefore a random graph or image would be on the screen and I wouldn’t know why. They tried to use engaging animations with the text and images but it was just exhausting for my eyes. Finally, they assumed prior knowledge and taught off of what they thought our baseline was. However, in reality my classmates and I did not have that base education.
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