tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5678945.post114429346766393580..comments2023-11-05T04:51:42.511-05:00Comments on Blonde Champagne: On Teaching PilotsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5678945.post-1144427537473389672006-04-07T12:32:00.000-04:002006-04-07T12:32:00.000-04:00I love PowerPoint. Don't know how I'd present wit...I love PowerPoint. Don't know how I'd present without it.<BR/><BR/>But I've seen people who make REALLY bad PPs and think they're the epitome of computer wizard; when, in reality, they're like those annoying relatives who show vacation slides for four hours, except the PP people have only words on their slides, and no bad pictures that you could at least laugh at.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5678945.post-1144425848824749942006-04-07T12:04:00.000-04:002006-04-07T12:04:00.000-04:00This proves that the powers that be really do hate...This proves that the powers that be really do hate us students. Why else would they allow the evil that is anything that Bill Gates has touched in colleges, where because they have so many bugs they have to have the evils that are tech people come in? As if it’s not bad enough that they let counselors and then let them teach orientation courses (I tell you I suffered though that). The best Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5678945.post-1144372492844950102006-04-06T21:14:00.000-04:002006-04-06T21:14:00.000-04:00You've officially been discovered: pyramid schemer...You've officially been discovered: pyramid schemers are leaving comments. What's the term for spam left at a blog? Splog?<BR/>Blam, I suppose.<BR/>I use PP in my job for professional education, but the best days are when the "students" get so interested in my non-ppt info that we forget to forward the slides.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5678945.post-1144358616677671302006-04-06T17:23:00.000-04:002006-04-06T17:23:00.000-04:00klroan, hi. I'm so glad you're here... thanks for...klroan, hi. I'm so glad you're here... thanks for the kind words. Welcome to the family :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5678945.post-1144356734281684012006-04-06T16:52:00.000-04:002006-04-06T16:52:00.000-04:00I'm still of the opinion that those of us who got ...I'm still of the opinion that those of us who got our degrees prior to the INTERNET and Power Point presentations should be bumped up a level. My BA should be an MA, and so on. It's only FAIR.gryphonessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10802845725589497829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5678945.post-1144353037042979212006-04-06T15:50:00.000-04:002006-04-06T15:50:00.000-04:00MB- I'll stick around... in the meantime I recomme...MB- I'll stick around... in the meantime I recommend the movie Hackers-<BR/>Memorable Quotes from <BR/>Hackers (1995) Thank you IMDB<BR/><BR/>Cereal Killer: Spandex: it's a privilege, not a right. <BR/><BR/>Cereal Killer: When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child, but when I became a man, I put away childish things. What? It's Corinthians one, chapter Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5678945.post-1144352321819529992006-04-06T15:38:00.000-04:002006-04-06T15:38:00.000-04:00MB said: "Okay, now that oven-door-as-flat-screen-...MB said: "Okay, now that oven-door-as-flat-screen-TV thing in South Bend doesn't sound so stupid."<BR/>I couldn't believe that article either. I want to see a picture of what it looked like all wrapped up. Seriously, how gulible would you have to be to believe that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5678945.post-1144351068137125012006-04-06T15:17:00.000-04:002006-04-06T15:17:00.000-04:00Hi, j, and welcome :)Much as I would like to, I co...Hi, j, and welcome :)<BR/><BR/>Much as I would like to, I could not in good conscience steal from the Killers. Glad you caught the reference... please stick around for a while!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5678945.post-1144348926358418332006-04-06T14:42:00.000-04:002006-04-06T14:42:00.000-04:00MB, I just have to say I am thoroughly impressed, ...MB, I just have to say I am thoroughly impressed, First by your article Confessions of a Neilsen Viewer- after reading it I linked over here to find an interesting bit on PP (A subject upon which I could filibuster for days) then finally to the comments where I have to ask are you claiming originality for the metaphor of PP to Spandex or are you aware it's a Cereal Killer quote? The latter would Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5678945.post-1144348569848176302006-04-06T14:36:00.000-04:002006-04-06T14:36:00.000-04:00"Critics say the use of pink demeans women, perpet..."Critics say the use of pink demeans women, perpetuates offensive stereotypes about women and homosexuality, and puts the university in the uncomfortable position of tacitly supporting those messages."<BR/><BR/>Okay, now that oven-door-as-flat-screen-TV thing in South Bend doesn't sound so stupid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5678945.post-1144347897404512752006-04-06T14:24:00.000-04:002006-04-06T14:24:00.000-04:00Hadn't followed the link yet. But who better to de...Hadn't followed the link yet. But who better to defend proper use of PP than someone from the school that supported the pink locker room (and I do as well). People need to stop being offended by every other thing they see. (Especially visiting professors who came to Iowa because they were highly unpopular where they used to teach for starting this kind of crap!)<BR/>For those of you who don't Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5678945.post-1144346226479209002006-04-06T13:57:00.000-04:002006-04-06T13:57:00.000-04:00Jcat2323 said... "I live near Iowa City, Iowa (hom...Jcat2323 said... "I live near Iowa City, Iowa (home of the University of Iowa, Go Hawks!) and there are waaaay to many college chicks that believe that if they can fit into it (or mostly into it), it's ok to wear. "<BR/><BR/>I'm in Iowa City and I definitely agree!! Did you notice that the "PowerPoint is NOT evil" is by a U of I professor?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5678945.post-1144341589473548062006-04-06T12:39:00.000-04:002006-04-06T12:39:00.000-04:00I agree, but people who think Microsoft Office mak...I agree, but people who think Microsoft Office makes for better teachers are themselves tools.Dantelopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13726380236477402085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5678945.post-1144340593983480892006-04-06T12:23:00.000-04:002006-04-06T12:23:00.000-04:00"Technology can't help bad teachers be better, but..."Technology can't help bad teachers be better, but more tools can always help a good teacher be better." <BR/><BR/><BR/>WORD, 2xgtld!<BR/><BR/>Or should I say... EXCELlent? ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5678945.post-1144337600497648662006-04-06T11:33:00.000-04:002006-04-06T11:33:00.000-04:00PowerPoint doesn't kill people. People who misuse...PowerPoint doesn't kill people. <I>People</I> who misuse PowerPoint kill people.<BR/><BR/>Do us a favor and talk to the students, not to the slides.<BR/><BR/>Talk to the subject, not to the rigid words on the screen.<BR/><BR/>And for god's sake, show more cleavage!<BR/><BR/>Hmmm... maybe that's why I was never paying attention to what the teacher said in school... great, now I gotta go back to Dantelopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13726380236477402085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5678945.post-1144336971418932412006-04-06T11:22:00.001-04:002006-04-06T11:22:00.001-04:00LOVE, LOVE the Gettysburg powerpoint- thanks Gramm...LOVE, LOVE the Gettysburg powerpoint- thanks Grammar Queen! I use PP all the time when I teach- but I use it to keep ME organized and to get them to stop with the notetaking and start asking questions. I think teaching Power point is useless- how many of us were taught PP in school? It's like the value I got out of my Basic programming classes in high school- oooo, cutting edge stuff! <BR/><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5678945.post-1144336952571031902006-04-06T11:22:00.000-04:002006-04-06T11:22:00.000-04:00It's not the size of the PowerPoint, it's how you ...It's not the size of the PowerPoint, it's how you use it. Biggest faux pau: it's a tool, not the main focal point of the lecture. Profs who have bad PP often are bad lecturers without it. The ones that read of the PP now used to just read off their notes. Only difference is now students have a pretty colored screen to look at.<BR/>And Spandex is definetally a privilege. Can we add short shorts Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5678945.post-1144334121165174992006-04-06T10:35:00.000-04:002006-04-06T10:35:00.000-04:00Psych 102, freshman year. Entirely in PP. No extra...Psych 102, freshman year. Entirely in PP. No extra lecture, no discussion, barely a question and answer period. I hate being taught by grad students.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5678945.post-1144331725639477892006-04-06T09:55:00.000-04:002006-04-06T09:55:00.000-04:00You should get combat pay.You should get combat pay.Miasyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15773847153306858548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5678945.post-1144330552690280232006-04-06T09:35:00.000-04:002006-04-06T09:35:00.000-04:00I agree with kelebek - if I can walk in to class w...I agree with kelebek - if I can walk in to class with the ppt slides, that's fewer notes I have to write and the more I can pay attention. However, it's taken graduate school for me to realize that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5678945.post-1144327241188925912006-04-06T08:40:00.000-04:002006-04-06T08:40:00.000-04:00PowerPoint is a double-edged sword. Most people h...PowerPoint is a double-edged sword. Most people have a natural tendancy toward the sucky edge.<BR/><BR/>Check out this site to see what would have happened <A HREF="http://www.norvig.com/Gettysburg/index.htm" REL="nofollow">if Abraham Lincoln had used PowerPoint</A>.<BR/><BR/>You might also like <A HREF="http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/ppt2.html" REL="nofollow">Power Point is Evil</A> Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06472828272764788137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5678945.post-1144326576841738442006-04-06T08:29:00.000-04:002006-04-06T08:29:00.000-04:00Yes, that's the difference. You CAN do cool thing...Yes, that's the difference. You CAN do cool things with it, but too many people just don't use the thing correctly. Like wearing Spandex, PowerPoint is a privilege, not a right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5678945.post-1144307336110533672006-04-06T03:08:00.000-04:002006-04-06T03:08:00.000-04:00I actually enjoy a well done power point presentat...I actually enjoy a well done power point presentation. It helps if the teacher puts the slides up online before class. Then I can download it to my laptop and take notes as the prof goes through the slides. <BR/>I does drive me crazy though when some profs have entire lectures on the slides and stand there and read the slides off. Then it is a snooze fest waiting to happen!OSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07783013835305527745noreply@blogger.com