The Overdue Blog Post about PowerPoint

Given that the purpose of this blog is to disseminate information about technology and techniques for learning, it would seem a glaring oversight that I heretofore have said nothing about the most commonly-used presentation tool, PowerPoint. However the ubiquity of PowerPoint made mentioning it seem less important than newer, less famous technologies.

Nevertheless, the devil must be given his due. PowerPoint was recently in the news. A New York Times article, "We Have Met the Enemy and He Is PowerPoint" details the phenomenon of PowerPoint burnout in a military culture that overuses and misuses slide-ware. This article brings to mind Seth Godin's meditation on the uses and misuse of PowerPoint. Also, the tech-sensible Farhad Manjoo over at Slate points out that PowerPoint isn't evil if you learn how to use it.