Powerpoints

Responding to TJ's post on powerpoints I just wanted to put a little bit of my opinion about powerpoints. I do agree with him by saying that they are pretty cliche and they can be overly boring, however I think that powerpoints can be a success or a fail, depending on the person. Powerpoints can be the worst way to teach if the presenter is reading the information off word by word and not involving or connecting to the audience, because reading off of a slide is not informing the audience, it's very robotic and it simply bores them. I think that powerpoints can be a great way to teach students if it's done correctly, meaning they aren't monotone, they show passion in what their teaching, and they don't fill up the powerpoint with pointless paragraphs, but short and quick phrases or sentences. So, concluding all of this, I agree with TJ that yes they can be boring as all get out, but I think that they also can be very entertaining and informational depending on the presenter. My opinion is pretty neutral!