Powerpoints

I do not agree with Tufte's arguments. i think that powerpoints are very usefull in everyday learning. they help people understand what they are talking about better by seeing what the presenter is saying and also maybe by a picture or a graph that relates to the topic. Powerpoints help children as well. not all kids can just learn from reading from there book, like me i needed to see the material infront of me also pictures on the powerpoint helped me connect what were talking about to a real life situation. I think that powerpoints help large groups of people understand something a lot better than just having someone read off the information to them, because they could get bored easily and not be paying attention then when the presenter stops talking about it the bored people dont know whats goin on. at least when you have a powerpoint up you can leave it up and expand on the topic so that people who dont write as fast or just came in from the bathroom can catch up at there own pace. All in all i think that powerpoints are a good way of teaching and that it gets the point across to most people a lot faster than someone just reading from a book at you.