Re: it's been a while since we discussed the use of PowerPoint in meetings

Henning G Schulzrinne <hgs@cs.columbia.edu> Wed, 19 March 2014 03:16 UTC

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Subject: Re: it's been a while since we discussed the use of PowerPoint in meetings
From: Henning G Schulzrinne <hgs@cs.columbia.edu>
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And

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/education/2014/03/powerpoint_in_higher_education_is_ruining_teaching.html


On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 9:44 PM, Tony Hansen <tony@att.com> wrote:

> I ran into this article and felt it worth sharing:
>
> Physicists, Generals And CEOs Agree: Ditch The PowerPoint
> http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/03/16/
> 288796805/physicists-generals-and-ceos-agree-ditch-the-powerpoint
>
> Actually, the article is not all one sided -- it does also discuss some
> times when they feel that PowerPoint *is* useful.
>
>     Tony Hansen
>
>