Teachers and Death by Power Point

I mentioned before that I have a love hate relationship with Excel, but Power Point leaves me in a depressing rut and there is nothing worse than Death by Power Point. I love all things visual and I love a good presentation, so why should I have such strong feelings about this presentation software? Below is the reason why:

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Gizmodo ran an article by Wired Magazine about how Microsoft has sent a consultant to a military base in Georgia (the state, not country) and help teach officers how to properly make a power point presentation. The example to the right is what convoluted nonsense can occur when little appreciation is put into the idea of aesethics.


 We Are Torturing our Students
Within education, I firmly believe that teachers are sapping the life out of their students by presenting crappy Power Points. If we all know that our kids will be subjected to boring presentations throughout their adult life, why would we want to put them through this fate now? But there is a solution to this dilema, teachers should make good presentations! Ditch the Comic Sans font and stock Microsoft clip art and get creative. Here is something for any teacher making a Power Point to remember: just because you are "reaching out" to your visual learning students, it doesn't mean that you can carelessly slap some text and a stock clip art image on the screen and expect learning to happen.
  I would encourage any teacher who utilizes Power Point to do some research about HOW to make good presentations. Seriously, Power Point is a product of the 90's and we need to move on and push the limits of presentation software! Prezi has been such a program to attempt this, but I haven't been able to run it through its paces yet so I can't hold much of an opinion. Below is a presentation about how to make a good presentation, you will be doing yourself and future students a favor by taking in this wisdom teachers:

You Suck At PowerPoint!

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