Power points are evil

I both agree and disagree with several of his statements in the reading. The idea that powerpoints are taking the place of formal essays is completely true and we should regulate the use of it. However, the information posted on a powerpoint making it incoherent to the audience is not the programs fault, that is merely operator error.

The reasons I do agree with his idea is because with powerpoints, students are becoming lazy. Rather than write an essay about a topic and then deliver a speech, we make a powerpoint with all the information of it so the audience has to do all the work. Furthermore, making a powerpoint does not give students the proper skills for when the time would come that they would have to actually write a formal essay.

However, I do believe some of his views are a bit critical. He believes that powerpoints are not needed at all when in retrospect they can be quite helpful when made properly. When giving a speech on a particular topic a powerpoint can be a useful tool when giving statistics. It has been proven that information is better comprehended when seen rather than said.