Comments on: Step away from the powerpoint… http://www.librations.us/2009/07/26/step-away-from-the-powerpoint/ Get here fast and then we'll take it slow. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:37:32 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: kdt http://www.librations.us/2009/07/26/step-away-from-the-powerpoint/comment-page-1/#comment-22 kdt Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:09:57 +0000 http://www.librations.us/?p=326#comment-22 Meredith, you're fabulously insightful, especially for an Art & Architecture Research & Instruction Librarian. I am so incredibly pleased and grateful you're here. Meredith, you’re fabulously insightful, especially for an Art & Architecture Research & Instruction Librarian. I am so incredibly pleased and grateful you’re here.

]]> By: mkahn http://www.librations.us/2009/07/26/step-away-from-the-powerpoint/comment-page-1/#comment-21 mkahn Mon, 27 Jul 2009 02:44:45 +0000 http://www.librations.us/?p=326#comment-21 Yes, yes, a thousand times yes! I'm old enough that I completed undergrad before PPT took over the classroom, and I wax nostalgic about the days back when being able to take notes was a finely honed SKILL. But seriously... As a librarian, the worst instruction sessions I've ever seen involved PPT. When used appropriately, it can be a powerful tool. But mostly it just makes the presenter seem infinitely more boring. Your usage of the term "crutch" is spot on. I think PPT often replaces time spent prepping for the lecture, thinking about teaching/learning strategies, and creating coherent/elegant/persuasive lectures. I think we all need to take a step back and remember what PPT started out as: a tool for "pitches" in the business world. Teaching is not a sales pitch, and it shouldn't be treated as such--something that needs to be simplified, distilled, and made to fit into bullet points. Yes, yes, a thousand times yes! I’m old enough that I completed undergrad before PPT took over the classroom, and I wax nostalgic about the days back when being able to take notes was a finely honed SKILL.

But seriously… As a librarian, the worst instruction sessions I’ve ever seen involved PPT. When used appropriately, it can be a powerful tool. But mostly it just makes the presenter seem infinitely more boring.

Your usage of the term “crutch” is spot on. I think PPT often replaces time spent prepping for the lecture, thinking about teaching/learning strategies, and creating coherent/elegant/persuasive lectures.

I think we all need to take a step back and remember what PPT started out as: a tool for “pitches” in the business world. Teaching is not a sales pitch, and it shouldn’t be treated as such–something that needs to be simplified, distilled, and made to fit into bullet points.

]]> By: kdt http://www.librations.us/2009/07/26/step-away-from-the-powerpoint/comment-page-1/#comment-20 kdt Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:14:27 +0000 http://www.librations.us/?p=326#comment-20 Powerpoint as a narcoleptic crutch! Too much truth. Love it. Powerpoint as a narcoleptic crutch! Too much truth. Love it.

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