It's interesting, as the underlying cause (IMHO) is that People are
Lazy!
- people want data spoonfed to them beacause it's too hard to analyze
and think
- people don't communicate clearly because it takes work
- people blame the software instead of working within its limitations to
communicate clearly, or finding another tool (or a combination, say a
slide show and a handout) if this one is unsuitable.
I'm not saying Powerpoint is perfect, or that it doesn't have its place,
but you can obfuscate anything if you want to. I certainly sat through
enough confusing lectures in college being confused by chalkboards,
whiteboards, or old fashioned overhead-projector slides! :) (especially
the ones where there was a roll of cell-sheet. The TA would scribble
something, wind the scroll so you couldn't read it, then scribble some
more...)
Just my ha'penny.
-=Chris
Chris King
http://home.comcast.net/~kvcbk/
<-----Original Message----->
From: Geoff Branch
Sent: 12/17/2003 2:15:15 PM
To: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Fw: Powerpoint makes you dumb...NO LBC content whatsoever
Sorry for wasting the list's bandwidth, but for those of you who have
sat
through one too many PowerPoint presentations, I submit the following.
Geoff Branch
PowerPoint Makes You Dumb
By CLIVE THOMPSON
Published: December 14, 2003
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