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Universities should ban PowerPoint — It makes students stupid and professors boring
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Universities should ban PowerPoint — It makes students stupid and professors boring

Yeh it sounds like what I had mentioned. The guy was trying to use the powerpoint to cover up his lack of knowledge, rather than using it to make it more interesting. I mean, a lecture can be made more interesting wtih powerpoints. Say we're being taught about some WW2 battle. It'd be far more attention-grabbing if while you gave your lecture, you had a powerpoint with some great clear images of the battle scene, battle map, and perhaps even a basic gif on the action.

Unfortunately students have the habit of slapping all the info on the powerpoint and then use it like their own notes. I personally never even use notecards or my powerpoint to give me cues. If I haven't memorized all aspects of my topic and have myself prepared for potential questions, I clearly haven't done my studying right. Professors however usually let the student slide because it's like "well powerpoints aren't going to be important in his career" but I find such presentations are excellent at demonstrating the skills of the student.

That's why I enjoy watching people in class make presentations. It's that moment I can tell how seriously they're taking the work and even how diligent/intelligent they are.

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