I'm not a fan of powerpoint and prefer to see actual text that especially when explain complex, interrelated concepts. The military has come to the same conclusion as reported in this article by the NY Times with the now infamous "spaghetti" slide of U.S. military strategy in Afghanistan; see:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/world/27powerpoint.html?th&emc=th Quoting from the article, here is where the evil lies: |“PowerPoint makes us stupid,” Gen. James N. Mattis of the Marine |Corps, the Joint Forces commander, said this month at a military |conference in North Carolina. (He spoke without PowerPoint.) |Brig. Gen. H. R. McMaster, who banned PowerPoint presentations |when he led the successful effort to secure the northern Iraqi city of |Tal Afar in 2005, followed up at the same conference by likening |PowerPoint to an internal threat. | |“It’s dangerous because it can create the illusion of understanding |and the illusion of control,” General McMaster said in a telephone |interview afterward. “Some problems in the world are not bullet-izable.” But do not be of the opinion that Powerpoint is without utility. As the military makes clear in the following quote: |Senior officers say the program does come in handy when the goal |is not imparting information, as in briefings for reporters. Perhaps this should give teachers who use powerpoints in class some pause. -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=2227 or send a blank email to leave-2227-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
