Why PowerPoint should be banned

Re:Why PowerPoint should be banned by samspot on Tuesday May 26, 2015 @02:40PM (#9606729)

People who currently use powerpoint to be ineffective will find other ways to be ineffective without it. People also write terrible emails and create horrible documents. Ridiculous books are written. Zero-content instant messages are sent. Some people don't get how to use the phone. Shall we discard them all?

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Re:Why PowerPoint should be banned by collyw on Tuesday May 26, 2015 @04:13PM (#9607342)

I am sure it wasn't as bad back in the day with transparent sheets and a marker pen. (Whatever those things were called).

Most diagrams were drawn on the fly - meaning a minimalistic approach, only conveying the information necessary.

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Re:Why PowerPoint should be banned by ghaff on Tuesday May 26, 2015 @05:51PM (#9607916)

Those had their own limitations. But, yes, today's equivalent--whiteboarding--can be an effective communication tool for someone who knows and understands material having a discussion with a (preferably small) audience.

That said, I remember lots of transcription from a professor's notes to a blackboard to students' notebooks with very little value-add along the way.

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Re:Why PowerPoint should be banned by Vexs on Tuesday May 26, 2015 @04:43PM (#9607529)

We always called them transparencies or "the overhead". I suppose the modern incarnation is the smartboard, which isn't too bad.

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