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Post #277,772
by drewk
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3/8/07 5:18:19 PM
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New OK, I'll be the one ...
... to ask what the FUCK are they doing teaching them with PowerPoint? <rant> [link|http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0001yB&topic_id=1|$rant] </rant>
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Post #277,782
by static
3/8/07 7:43:40 PM
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New It's actually a good idea.
Because although it teaches them how to do all those gooshy effects and shit, it also usually teaches restraint in using them. That's the key, of course.

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Post #277,783
by Andrew Grygus
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3/8/07 7:54:24 PM
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New Exercise in futility?
Teaching kids to use restraint with "gooshy effects and shit"? I reeeeeally don't think that's going to work.
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Post #277,788
by static
3/8/07 8:10:29 PM
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New No, it does.
I was surprised when I saw it, too.

There's a kid at church, son of the worship minister, who runs the computer sometimes for the songwords. He'd learnt a bit about PowerPoint at school and I was impressed at his attitude. They teach a lot about how to use the program, obviously, but they also teach mundane things that make a presentation look professional. And he understood on his own why you don't go overboard.

I think experience helps a lot and if you give them experience, they learn past most of the newbie mistakes. And really, most of the mistakes people make in PowerPoint with 'too much' are newbie mistakes.

Wade.

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Is it enough to breathe
Somebody rip my heart out
And leave me here to bleed
 
Is it enough to die
Somebody save my life
I'd rather be Anything but Ordinary
Please



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     Switchers roll-call - (pwhysall) - (33) - March 7, 2007, 08:36:25 AM EST
         I have not changed - (bepatient) - (1) - March 7, 2007, 09:30:11 AM EST
             I will add, though, that Vista will never be in my portfolio - (bepatient) - March 7, 2007, 12:18:47 PM EST
         actually backslid - (boxley) - March 7, 2007, 09:32:29 AM EST
         Not really - (JayMehaffey) - March 7, 2007, 12:04:59 PM EST
         No change - still running OS/2 - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - March 7, 2007, 12:18:16 PM EST
             Still running OS/2 as well........ since 1994, in fact. -NT - (n3jja) - March 8, 2007, 11:51:27 PM EST
         You might not need it just for support - (drewk) - (2) - March 7, 2007, 01:00:22 PM EST
             Looks nifty... - (pwhysall) - (1) - March 7, 2007, 01:03:50 PM EST
                 Mostly, yes - (drewk) - March 7, 2007, 01:52:33 PM EST
         Still a combo of warp and windows - (jake123) - (1) - March 7, 2007, 01:36:42 PM EST
             (Dis)agree - (drewk) - March 7, 2007, 01:58:13 PM EST
         Unfortunately, Mac/Windows lacks engineering design tools - (tonytib) - March 7, 2007, 01:47:33 PM EST
         No change. - (Silverlock) - March 7, 2007, 02:33:51 PM EST
         Slight change - (Steve Lowe) - (1) - March 7, 2007, 02:47:59 PM EST
             Ditto - (admin) - March 7, 2007, 02:50:49 PM EST
         Possibly a change coming soon - (drewk) - March 7, 2007, 03:40:38 PM EST
         A bit - (crazy) - March 7, 2007, 04:57:07 PM EST
         I don't think I had a work laptop 12 months ago. - (static) - March 7, 2007, 06:30:59 PM EST
         Re: Switchers roll-call - (tjsinclair) - March 7, 2007, 09:40:06 PM EST
         I'd like the kids' PC to be a mini-Mac - (lincoln) - (7) - March 8, 2007, 04:28:30 PM EST
             Word/PowerPoint run on OSX - (pwhysall) - March 8, 2007, 04:52:17 PM EST
             my son uses a USB flashdrive - (Steve Lowe) - (1) - March 8, 2007, 05:12:03 PM EST
                 I'll ask if the USB ports at school are active - (lincoln) - March 9, 2007, 01:35:23 PM EST
             OK, I'll be the one ... - (drewk) - (3) - March 8, 2007, 05:18:19 PM EST
                 It's actually a good idea. - (static) - (2) - March 8, 2007, 07:43:40 PM EST
                     Exercise in futility? - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - March 8, 2007, 07:54:24 PM EST
                         No, it does. - (static) - March 8, 2007, 08:10:29 PM EST
         Re: Switchers roll-call - (jb4) - March 10, 2007, 11:47:06 AM EST
         Still XP, Win2K and OpenBSD - (lister) - (4) - March 15, 2007, 10:46:22 AM EDT
             Had the bullet in warp for about a year - (jake123) - (3) - March 15, 2007, 12:10:45 PM EDT
                 Which Flash? 7a? -NT - (n3jja) - (2) - March 15, 2007, 06:08:40 PM EDT
                     Exactly - (jake123) - (1) - March 15, 2007, 10:53:11 PM EDT
                         No, but I can still watch YouTube..... for now. - (n3jja) - March 16, 2007, 04:22:12 PM EDT

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