Of PowerPoint and Pointlessness
Wired News on the increasing use of PowerPoint in education:
"One of the criticisms that's been raised about PowerPoint is that it can give the illusion of coherence and content when there really isn't very much coherence or content," said Edward Miller, an education researcher and board member of the Alliance for Childhood, which advocates limited use of computer technology in early childhood education.
To critics, PowerPoint serves largely the same role in the classroom as pre-processed snack food does in the lunchroom: a conveniently packaged morsel that looks good but doesn't match the intellectual or corporeal nourishment of, say, a critical essay or a plate of steamed spinach.
Jamie McKenzie, a former school superintendent and editor of the education website From Now On, likes to use the term "PowerPointlessness" to illustrate the drawbacks of the program