Powerpoint does not belong in schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was in 8th grade in 1999 and I vividly remember doing a partnered book report via Power Point. My partner and I spent the bulk of our time deciding what music to use during the slide show and we settled on "Gangsta's Paradise." It was a completely worthless assignment in a worthless class, so nothing has changed in 25 years.

3rd and 4th grade doing powerpoints instead of writing is what finally drove us to private school. Hours and hours of child hunting on the internet for cool pictures instead of working on content.

And no, near as I could tell, there was never any instruction or feedback on what makes for a good PowerPoint presentation.

Funny you mention that. My kid is always getting points taken off for not including enough adhd things such as transition effects, sounds, and endless pictures. I have to keep telling them that in the real world, those effects are overused by losers who don't have anything substantive to say.