How this thread got started I have no idea but since you brought it up...
I am in the A/V business and sit in hotel ballrooms "behind the curtain" on
a regular basis, running powerpoint for corporate presenters as they speak
to their audience. Before powerpoint (in the 80s) it was multi-image
slideshows. Same thing. The bottom line for any of these media is that
they are "speech support", that is, they are meant to illustrate and
reinforce what the presenter is saying, and nothing more. If using
powerpoint means "dumbing down" a presentation, it is because the presenter
is using it incorrectly, or simply doesn't know how to present. The
information on the screen, no matter what you use to get it there, is best
used to present the headlines and main points of a topic - the presenter
fills in the details.
If you would like to discuss this further please write me privately. OK,
back to the Little British Cars...
Steve
78 Midget
www.1978mgmidget.com
----- Original Message -----
From <TeachJP at aol.com>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 9:12 PM
Subject: Powerpoint Makes you Dumb
> I know that this is not in the best interest of our LBCs but I couldn't
agree
> more about Power Point being a program that makes us "dumb down" the
> material. As a teacher, I cringe everytime I walk past a teacher's room
and the
> teacher or a student is making a PP presentation. And making one is a
graduation
> requirement. The only ones that I have made use the first slide to
caption
> a picture of a picture that has some historical significance, some of the
> pictures have 2 slides because you can't get enough info on one slide.
Of
> course, since Microsoft is trying to take over the world, it is in their
best
> interests to get us to dumb down everything.
>
> John Poynton
> 79 Midget, Yellow Fever
> Havertown, PA
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