[extropy-chat] FWD [forteana] Re: PowerPoint is Evil! ...again

[Terry W. Colvin]

Thats 'cos they don't know how to use PowerPoint!

I've devised a way of using it to make interactive multiple choice quizzes with
animated musical cartoon characters that that tell you if you have the answer
right or wrong - clicking on links leading to any page you choose for a more
subtle f conveying complex information ... 

I work with children with emotional and behavioural difficulties and they think
it's "Cool Miss!"  - the equivalent of a Nobel prize as far as I'm concerned.  
(Well, compared with: "f*** this!! f**** c*** !!" and an overturned table,
which is the usual response to work.)
 
This is a bee I have in my bonnet. No one uses it properly.

Jacquie

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Terry W. Colvin 
  To: Forteana /Alternate Orphan/ ; Extropy-chat at extropy.org ;
skeptic at listproc.hcf.jhu.edu 
  Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 3:48 AM
  Subject: [forteana] FWD (Got Caliche?) PowerPoint is Evil! ...again


  http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/14/magazine/14POWER.html

  What if PowerPoint is actually making us stupider? Edward Tufte claims that
  Microsoft's ubiquitous software forces people to mutilate data beyond 
  comprehension. PowerPoint also encourages users to rely on bulleted lists,
  a 'faux analytical' technique that dodges the speaker's responsibility to tie
  information together. PowerPoint is uniquely suited to our modern age of
  obfuscation -- where manipulating facts is as important as presenting them
  clearly. If you have nothing to say, maybe you need just the right tool to
  help you not say it.


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