Power point "eh"

I have always feared this logo.1

In this project we were told to create a lesson that envolved the use of Power Point.  So i set out to make a Geography lesson as fun as possible.  This turned into an awfully difficult task, and half way through I saw horrible visions of my class full of student falling asleep while I lectured.  Somehow I made to the other side though and have created what I think is a rather interesting and fun Power Point.   Although this Power Point was much to time consuming to be practical for every day lessons I believe that if I were to supplement my lessons with little "games" like the one I created my students would be willing to participate in the class more.  My initial thoughts as I began this project took me back to long hours sitting in my A.P. U.S. History class in high school.  My teacher, who shall remain nameless for his or her own protection, stood infront of my class with powerpoint and lectured about the information on the slides.  Yawn!  It is impossible to count the number of students that fell asleep in that class due to how boring our teachers style of teaching was.  So as I approached this project I was not excited, BUT the more I worked on my project the more I began to enjoy working on it.  I believe that I have created a slide show that the students will find to be fun as well as one that they will be able to learn from.      So in conclusion I still have a grave fear of Power Points putting my students to sleep but I also believe that with the right slide show the students will not only learn from the lesson but also have fun with it.  So my general thoughts towards POwer Point are as follows: "eh."