That kind of slide, however can benefit from a presentation system such as Prezi. (www.prezi.com). Prezi can be great to organize information for a presentation while avoiding the 'slide by slide' death by bullet points. It can better show comprehensive and complex relationships, but allow delving into them while maintaining the big picture.
However, it is not good for teaching, often, because it is difficult to develop printable versions for handouts. I used it as a demonstration lecture in a class the other day and it worked OK, but the limitations were apparent. On Apr 27, 2010, at 8:00 AM, Rick Froman wrote: > I just saw the slide on my iPhone and can confirm that it is just as > incomprehensible in that format. Maybe the problem is compressing so much > information into a single graphic. If the point was to communicate the > complex quagmire that is Afghanistan, the graphic is very effective. As a > tool of understanding the details, it might well be improved by breaking it > up into numerous slides or even creating a web page with such a concept map > linked to more detail on the various points (if you don't want to cover them > linearly). > > > Rick > > Rick Froman > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > On Apr 27, 2010, at 6:44 AM, "Beth Benoit" > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > > But the "slide" that's shown in the story is a "mind map" diagram - it > doesn't really have anything to do with PowerPoint except maybe the person > who shows it could use PowerPoint to display it. > > I did agree with the point made in the later part of the story that sitting > through a PowerPoint presentation can be "just agony" because the person > presenting may just put up the slide and read it. BUT a person can do the > same thing with a transparency, with writing on the board, or just reading > notes. > > Beth Benoit > Granite State College > Plymouth State University > New Hampshire > > On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 7:28 AM, Mike Palij > <<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > 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>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 > <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: <mailto:[email protected]> > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. > To unsubscribe click here: > <http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72&n=T&l=tips&o=2227> > > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72&n=T&l=tips&o=2227 > or send a blank email to > <mailto:leave-2227-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> > > leave-2227-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-2227-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: <mailto:[email protected]> > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. > > To unsubscribe click here: > <http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13039.37a56d458b5e856d05bcfb3322db5f8a&n=T&l=tips&o=2228> > > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13039.37a56d458b5e856d05bcfb3322db5f8a&n=T&l=tips&o=2228 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > <mailto:leave-2228-13039.37a56d458b5e856d05bcfb3322db5...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> > > leave-2228-13039.37a56d458b5e856d05bcfb3322db5...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-2228-13039.37a56d458b5e856d05bcfb3322db5...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263003&n=T&l=tips&o=2229 > or send a blank email to > leave-2229-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. 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