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Here is Edward Tufte's critique of PowerPoint http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/ppt2.html

If you believe PowerPoint has been overdone, what do you recommend instead?

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Can you help me out with this?

Here is Edward Tufte's critique of PowerPoint http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/ppt2.html

If you believe PowerPoint has been overdone, what do you recommend instead?

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Trufte is accurate in most of his criticism. PowerPoint does take away from informative presentations when people focus too much on its use for content rather than just a supplemental resource. Kids in school should definitely learn how to give first-hand speeches first without the ...

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