Following from discussions I've been involved with around powerpoint karaoke, I've realised that a brilliant way to teach students about the perils of powerpoint would be to have them:
a) Write slides
b) Give the presentation (for which they had written the slides) blind and
c) Get the audience to design/summarise the slides that they think should have accompanied the talk.
Hmm. Could be fun as an exercise in presentation skills, but perhaps a bit mean for undergraduates.
I've seen lots of links on what's wrong with powerpoint, but far fewer on the advantages of it. Do you know any good sources for that?
(I take it you've seen this - http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/000931 ?
Posted by: James | 03/01/2007 at 12:50 PM
Actually I don't, although I am sure they must exist.
Slides themselves are a useful tool. Powerpoint was only worse than traditional slides because people were sucked in by the exciting things they could do with it, and this novelty has now mostly worn off in my opinion.
The general problem isn't with powerpoint it's with presentation skills and training.
Posted by: Joh | 06/01/2007 at 04:07 PM