http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_pp
Apparently there are quite a few resources that outline the dos and don'ts of powerpoint and slideware presentations in general. If you follow the link above, you'll see one author's opinion as stated in his essay entitled "PowerPoint Does Rocket Science--and Better Techniques for Technical Reports".
Basically the site explains how we have been using visual presentations for many years, and now with the invention of different slideshow software, they are nearly everywhere. This author claims that "slideware often reduces the analytical quality of presentations. In particular, the popular PowerPoint templates (ready-made designs) usually weaken verbal and spatial reasoning, and almost always corrupt statistical analysis". Hmm...makes you wonder about teachers using this in their classrooms on a regular basis, doesn't it?
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