Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Thing 18

Death by PowerPoint
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Haven't we all sat through an interminable PowerPoint? One where you wonder what exactly the presenter was trying to communicate? Then in case you missed it, there's a handout with all the slides that weren't particularly informative duplicated in the unlikely event you might one day have a sudden need to refer to them. Trees in the forest hope for a better fate than to be used for slide show handouts. Besides the subject, I liked the sophisticated look of the presentation; mine look minor league in comparison!

I can see classroom uses in finding engaging presentations to use with students; I can also see using it as a way to share work, although since there isn't the collaborative editing capacity, it still seems that Google Docs or Zoho Show would be more beneficial for student-generated projects.

2 comments:

RESA 23Things said...

Isn't that a beautiful PowerPoint? If only they were ALL like that!

The Hippo Saved My Life by Mr. Brown said...

I live in Ann Arbor, so I really appreciated you comment about enjoying the band more than the football team. You seem to have it all together on your blog. Nice job!

I teach High School science in Dearborn. I'm struggling with figuring out how to add new "Things" after Thing 1 and Thing 2. I can just seem to add posts to old things.

Good luck and happy Turkey Day.