Monday, April 4, 2011
I don't think so.
I disagree strongly with this article. I think he is looking way too heavily on the slideshow. While I can see what i he is trying to get at, he only describes, what I think, to be poorly done and executed presentations. Using powerpoint is only meant to aid a speech or lecture, he talks as if people only have the ability to marvel at a piece of technology while completely ignoring the content. I was taught, that when using a powerpoint to never make it distracting or that you shouldn't even glance at it during. This article has a total focus on the negative and barely even considers the positive.
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Cogent argument against Tufte's article.
ReplyDeleteHe definitely glosses over some of the benefits to make his point here. Obviously, Power Point can be used in more productive ways that he doesn't talk about - but I suspect he thinks Power Point actually invites misuse because of the way the technology works.