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anonymous

Slide -- slideshow creator - 1 views

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shared by anonymous on 22 Feb 10 - Cached
  • anonymous on 22 Feb 10
     
    Nice web based tool for embedding slide shows into blogs, web pages, etc.
anonymous

Effective Professional Development - 2 views

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shared by anonymous on 12 Aug 10 - Cached
  • anonymous on 12 Aug 10
     
    Excellent resources and slide deck for facilitating effective professional development.
Rhys Daunic

Enemy Lurks in Briefings on Afghan War - PowerPoint - NYTimes.com - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...27powerpoint.html

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shared by Rhys Daunic on 27 Apr 10 - Cached
  • PowerPoint’s worst offense is not a chart like the spaghetti graphic, which was first uncovered by NBC’s Richard Engel, but rigid lists of bullet points (in, say, a presentation on a conflict’s causes) that take no account of interconnected political, economic and ethnic forces.
  • behind all the PowerPoint jokes are serious concerns that the program stifles discussion, critical thinking and thoughtful decision-making.
  • “I have to make a storyboard complete with digital pictures, diagrams and text summaries on just about anything that happens,” Lieutenant Nuxoll told the Web site. “Conduct a key leader engagement? Make a storyboard. Award a microgrant? Make a storyboard.”
    • Rhys Daunic
      Rhys Daunic on 27 Apr 10
       
      Sounds like the exercise has become about the tool, and the tool is meant to stand in for someone who is putting the simplified/bulleted content in context.  Powerpoint is not the enemy, it's being misused.  
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  • hierarchical ordering of a confused world
  • the slides impart less information than a five-page paper can hold, and that they relieve the briefer of the need to polish writing to convey an analytic, persuasive point
  • “Dumb-Dumb Bullets,
  • vague PowerPoint slides
  • oes come in handy when the goal is not imparting information
  • Rhys Daunic on 27 Apr 10
     
    Sounds like the exercise has become about the tool, and the tool is meant to stand-in for someone who is putting the simplified/bulleted content in context.   Powerpoint is not the enemy, it's being misused as a replacement for rigorous critical thinking around complex issues.  It's a visual aide, not a complete platform for stand-alone communication.  
anonymous

Thirty-Eight Interesting Ways* to use Wordle in the Classroom - 1 views

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shared by anonymous on 19 Oct 09 - Cached
  • anonymous on 19 Oct 09
     
    Excellent slide show with numerous tips for integrating Wordle into the classroom.
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