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Can DOD really defeat PowerPoint?
Federal Computer Weekly ^
| April 28, 2010
| Kevin McCaney
Posted on 04/29/2010 6:19:38 AM PDT by SLB
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The Gettysurg Address in PowerPoint
http://norvig.com/Gettysburg/
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posted on
04/29/2010 6:19:38 AM PDT
by
SLB
To: SLB
PowerPoint makes us stupid. That's so good I might just adopt it as a tag-line!
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posted on
04/29/2010 6:21:56 AM PDT
by
WayneS
(Respect the 2nd Amendment; Repeal the 16th)
To: SLB
PowerPoint is the enemy of learning.
I’m a teacher at the college level. When I lecture, students engage (usually) and take notes. When I run a PowerPoint presentation, they put their pencils down and act like they’re watching TV.
To: SLB
This is what happens when you tie your hands behind your back to prevent yourself from winning.
To: SLB
If used properly, PowerPoint is a fantastic tool. Trouble is, most have no clue how to use it properly.
To: SLB
see, I knew there was a reason that Bill Gates was evil -g-
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posted on
04/29/2010 6:24:29 AM PDT
by
MCCRon58
(Freedom does not mean you are free from the consequences of your own freely made decisions.)
To: SLB
Here's the PPP in question...good Lord!!
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posted on
04/29/2010 6:25:09 AM PDT
by
Bean Counter
(The man who sits on the most exhaulted throne is still seated on his own arse, (Anon))
To: SLB
![](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_KkGWcCYUemE/R1BxgdUwtaI/AAAAAAAAAGA/J5JMMLFPQzc/s1600-R/Desktop_Overhead_Projector.jpg)
PP isn't as bad as the old fashioned overhead projector........................
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posted on
04/29/2010 6:26:38 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Education makes people easy to lead, difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.)
To: poindexter
I teach students how to use powerpoint. I also caution them to only use it when it’s necessary. Sometimes visuals help students, anyone, understand what is being said. But unfortunately, it is way overused and often, poorly designed.
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posted on
04/29/2010 6:27:06 AM PDT
by
twigs
To: poindexter
When I run a PowerPoint presentation, they put their pencils down and act like theyre watching TV.
And when the TV goes on, the brain gets turned off.
When voters were asked who won the Nixon-Kennedy debate, TV viewers picked JFK ... radio listeners picked Nixon.
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posted on
04/29/2010 6:28:07 AM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: SLB
Its dangerous because it can create the illusion of understanding and the illusion of control. Some problems in the world are not bullet-izable. McChrystal didn't say this. BG H.R. McMaster said it.
To: SLB
Every time I try to use PowerPoint I spend more time fighting against PP idiosyncrasies than actual work on my presentation.
No wonder Glenn Beck use blackboards.
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posted on
04/29/2010 6:29:17 AM PDT
by
BitWielder1
(Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
To: Bean Counter
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posted on
04/29/2010 6:30:01 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
("We beat the Soviet Union. Then we became them." -- Lazamataz, 2005)
To: SLB
"Some problems in the world are not bullet-izable.
MBA grads worldwide disapprove of this statement.
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posted on
04/29/2010 6:34:45 AM PDT
by
indthkr
To: Lazamataz
I was just slightly confused before. Now I fully don’t understand. Guess another cup of coffee is in order.
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posted on
04/29/2010 6:38:13 AM PDT
by
SLB
(23rd Artillery Group, Republic of South Vietnam, Aug 1970 - Aug 1971.)
To: RightOnline
No. No. It’s Powerpoint’s fault.
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posted on
04/29/2010 6:38:48 AM PDT
by
swain_forkbeard
(Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
To: RightOnline
If used properly, PowerPoint is a fantastic tool. Trouble is, most have no clue BINGO!!!
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posted on
04/29/2010 6:41:14 AM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(Iran should have ceased to exist Nov 5, 1979, but we had no president then either.)
To: SLB
Ballad of the PowerPoint Rangers
(To the tune of “The Green Berets”)
Requests are made, from day to day,
Briefings held, and changes made.
Graphics slides, a must they say,
and PowerPoint is the only way.
Computers crash, and printers stall,
Overloading protocol.
Network’s down and soldiers cry,
Briefing’s late so heads will fly.
Pin PowerPoint Slides upon my chest,
Full-color slides, they look the best.
One Hundred Slides were made that day,
But only 3 were ever displayed.
A smile came on the General’s face,
Slides were done and looked just great!
T’was up all night, worked really late,
Just to hear, the General state:
My soldier son, your slides were great,
Briefing’s done, slides up to date.
One problem son, the color’s wrong,
One more chance, or you go home.
So tell my mom, I’ve done my best.
Pin PowerPoint Slides on my chest.
One hundred slides were made that day,
But only 3 were ever displayed.
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posted on
04/29/2010 6:41:16 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: poindexter
Aren’t you lecturing when you run a Powerpoint presentation? You’re not just reading the screen are you?
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posted on
04/29/2010 6:42:42 AM PDT
by
swain_forkbeard
(Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
To: poindexter
Im a teacher at the college level. When I lecture, students engage (usually) and take notes. When I run a PowerPoint presentation, they put their pencils down and act like theyre watching TV. I spent years in college classrooms on both the undergraduate and graduate level. What a waste of time it was for me to sit there and take notes on what the professor said. I much preferred the professor who would assign reading and just give me his/her notes instead of presenting them to me and making me write them down Class room time should be for discussion not taking dictation. All too often I suspected it was professorial ego which made them insist I write down what they said. Give me PowerPoint!
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posted on
04/29/2010 6:45:11 AM PDT
by
rhombus
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