Friday, March 7, 2014

Power Pointless

PowerPoint:  Digital slideshows are the scourge of higher education.  On Slate, by Rebecca Schuman.


Amen.
I've been to enough PowerPoint presentations in my work life to see that most people don't know how to use PowerPoint as a tool rather than a visual aide.  For humans, it seems a natural step to go from using the tool to achieve a goal, to making the tool the goal itself.  (I bet there's a better way to write that sentence)
It takes an aware person to keep their eye on the true goal and not become emotionally attached to the tool.

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