tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post151673174773658335..comments2024-02-13T01:25:33.947-05:00Comments on The Gods Are Bored: Hour of PowerPointAnne Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15478513906953607043noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-53048341580648123902014-09-11T15:40:06.645-04:002014-09-11T15:40:06.645-04:00OH yeah. Five words and a photo! The point is to T...OH yeah. Five words and a photo! The point is to TALK.Anne Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18083739996560380258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-15830383202707528692014-09-08T06:45:14.783-04:002014-09-08T06:45:14.783-04:00Actually, PowerPoint is the modern equivalent of t...Actually, PowerPoint is the modern equivalent of the film strips of yore. If they are done right. I feel your pain Anne, because I'm currently guiding my middle school students into the correct way to present a topic using PowerPoint. The trick is to have a picture, a few keywords and then the speaker actually talks about those key items. I sat through 15 PowerPoint presentations where the students read the slides. One kid got huffy when I pointed out that was the wrong way to do it. Google a PowerPoint rubric and you soon will become an expert in evaluating PowerPoint.Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10906846348880205418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-53343511126913637102014-09-06T13:04:20.152-04:002014-09-06T13:04:20.152-04:00Yer, i know, this comment actually refers to a pos...Yer, i know, this comment actually refers to a post several back ... but hey, the internet can compress (or speed up); time.<br /><br />Hadda look at yer 'rappa'.<br />try this fer a <i>precis</i> of Romeo and Juliet.<br />http://www.middlemiss.org/lit/authors/denniscj/sbloke/play.html<br /><br />Written by an Australian long before your 'rappa' was born.Davohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785126939071213905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-17500536244688027972014-09-05T00:29:40.947-04:002014-09-05T00:29:40.947-04:00It sounds from your descriptions that it isn't...It sounds from your descriptions that it isn't really PowerPoint that is the problem, but the presenters who read it to you rather than giving a real presentation. <br />--KimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-68395694557404943402014-09-04T16:24:07.802-04:002014-09-04T16:24:07.802-04:00Lucky Jackiesue, to never have had to watch a Powe...Lucky Jackiesue, to never have had to watch a PowerPoint! Overhead projector, perhaps?Anne Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18083739996560380258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-87413505140669620462014-09-04T11:00:00.192-04:002014-09-04T11:00:00.192-04:00As a slave in the corporate jungle, I agree with y...As a slave in the corporate jungle, I agree with you. Our training classes are this same way. Open email attachment with PPT slides, dial conference number and listen to presenter read from slides verbatim. Or worse, login to website where they are sharing their desktop, to SHOW YOU THE SLIDES?!? Horrible mismanagement and use of what can be a fun and useful technology tool. Use the slides to make pictures and graphs, but speak about the topic without reading rote. *sigh*<br />Maebiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15818255129828936381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-55783448874204771152014-09-03T23:31:50.633-04:002014-09-03T23:31:50.633-04:00you lost me at power point..then you started speak...you lost me at power point..then you started speaking Mandarin.yellowdoggrannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14906624317290990109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-58564316530780441762014-09-03T23:11:56.531-04:002014-09-03T23:11:56.531-04:00Gawd yeah, I've sat through some absolutely ab...Gawd yeah, I've sat through some absolutely abominable powerpoint presentations over the years. The absolute worse was the goofball who had all her PP slides on FLUORESCENT LIME GREEN backgrounds. "Shoot me now," I wanted to beg.Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12171673.post-66391030934285188772014-09-03T19:06:21.865-04:002014-09-03T19:06:21.865-04:00I'm with you! I Powerpoint should Supplement ...I'm with you! I Powerpoint should Supplement the presentation, not BE the presentation. And why waste the paper printing off the PP? <br />I get PP in line classes at work. If they would just let me READ the bloody thing, I could get done SO much quicker.Lori Fnoreply@blogger.com