I'm not just reading the screen. My lecture isn't much different whether I'm writing it on the projector or narrating a PowerPoint. The difference is how the students react.
When students have to listen to me, process the words, and write them down, it leaves at least a bit of an imprint. I'm convinced that when they sit and watch a PowerPoint, the content disappears into a black hole.
“When students have to listen to me, process the words, and write them down, it leaves at least a bit of an imprint.”
Agree totally. I have always felt that one-third the value of taking notes is being able to review them later, and two-thirds the value is in the actual taking of them.