Toasted Post-Its

Q:
Is it more embarrassing to be the last person on earth to learn Power Point, or to admit abandoning my sworn vow to never use PowerPoint?

I would rather watch an acne-blooming eighth-grader deliver a tortured exposition holding 3 x 5 index cards down in the windowless Hall B classroom of Mrs. Walker's Speech 1 class than sit through a Power Point with photocopy handouts of the whole dang thing. Just shoot me full of bullet points.

• prostituting my art
• compromising my positions
• choreographing my images
• collaging my objectives
• when Power Point is outlawed only outlaws will Power Point
• slow marinading in preparation for cooking, but no MSG
• collaborating across genres to set the mood
• Joni Mitchell with Herbie Hancock
• trio jazz combo in smoky venue meeting Romper Room ABCs and 123s

Arm-twisted I am, by kindly experienced educators to use this allegedly user-friendly tool in my presentations instead of slideshows. No, not those View Master slideshow reels or the neighbors' tent-camping trip to Yellowstone!



© 2014 Nancy L. Ruder