While some in business see Powerpoint as a powerful presentation tool, and others see it as a crutch that reduces the analytical quality of presentations, schools see it as a learning tool when the students create them:
Teachers say the PowerPoint presentations are superior to the old-fashioned report in many ways. The assignments help students learn to synthesize large amounts of information into a clear, concise format; bring people, places, and ideas to life with pictures and sounds; and spark students’ interest and creativity. - full Boston Globe article here.
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I'm in favor of enabling people to express themselves with graphics as well as words.
PowerPoint can be a crutch, but blaming bad presentations on PowerPoint is like blaming conterfeit on fountain pens.
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