Weekly Reflection: PowerPoint

What?
In this weeks shortened class session (and thanks for that by the way,) we learned in our groups, just a few of the things that can be done with Microsoft PowerPoint. Although I would consider myself to be somewhat familiar with PowerPoint, I have to admit, the two activities that we did showed me that there is more to this program than just doing simple presentations. For example we made flashcards (which can be very handy in a Spanish class), and made a comic strip (which could also be useful.)
So What?
What this means to me is that I should look at PowerPoint as more than a presentation tool. Judging by the few things that I have learned how to do, I would bet there are a lot more things that this program can be used for that would be useful for my content area. (did I mention it is Spanish?) This has also made me think that there are probably other programs out there for which I believed there was only one use, when really there could be endless possibilities for these programs.
Now What?
Now I need to find out some more ways that PowerPoint, and other programs can be used. I can do this by consulting the manual as well as looking online and of course asking professors and classmates. Once I find out some of these uses I can begin to apply my own core curriculum and think of the different ways each function could be used.