On Thu, 29 Apr 2010, Claudia Stanny went:
Interesting discussion of this in Insider Higher Ed today.
One commentator raised an important point: Would we have a discussion of
the evil of Word because people who use word processors frequently write bad
papers?
Power point is a tool. It can be used well. It is often used badly. The
point is to figure out how to use it well and to know when some other tool
is better suited to our communication needs and goals.
Exactly. If what you mean to criticize is bullet-point slides or
unhelpful flowcharts, criticize those. Powerpoint is just fine for
showing pictures. More people need to know about the "b" key, which
will tell Powerpoint to show a black screen until you hit "b" again
(presumably when you need to show another picture).
It beats overhead transparencies.
--David
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