powerpoint is evil??

The title of this article alone is a bit ridiculous to me. how is it that someone can honestly think a Microsoft Office program is "evil"? The author gives little detail of such a name calling. He says that for students, Powerpoint is substituting a presentation and little is accomplished when students are assigned a powerpoint presentation. I do agree, however, that they make a speech/presentation much easier on the presenter because it allowed little bits of information to help move you along. The slides become a crutch if you forget your place in the speech. Where I disagree with the author is that he considers it a bad thing. Powerpoints allow the audience to visually see what the speaker is saying and acts as a reinforcement of the information. If you miss a statistic the speaker just gave, typically you can glance at the slide and see what you had missed. I also think powerpoints are vital for teachers. In a lecture setting, powerpoints help the students grasp the important context that the professor is trying to get out. Powerpoints also allows students to take accurate notes to ensure that when studying, you have the right information and materials to do so. I think that little of what powerpoint offers is evil, in fact, I think powerpoint is very useful.