PowerPoint: Do No Harm (CMC-North 2008)
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Dan Meyer presented to CMC-North on December 5, 2008 about the harms of overusing PowerPoint in presentations. He argues that PowerPoint can confuse and distract audiences when used excessively. Meyer advocates storing old instructional content in ways that benefit learning while avoiding PowerPoint's downsides, such as boring or confusing students. The document provides resources and examples to illustrate Meyer's perspective on using PowerPoint sparingly and effectively in teaching.
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- 2. PowerPoint: Do No Harm by Dan Meyer who writes at blog.mrmeyer.com presented to CMC-North on 2008 December 5 2
- 5. I store old instructional s content by: 5
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- 7. though, the sliabilities of which are: 7
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- 11. Dear Future Dan: Kids confused height with SLANT height on these problems. Do NOT blow this next time. xoxo, Present Dan 11
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- 15. When I see PowerPoint in a presentation, grips my spine and I feel a -pound weight crushing my chest. 15
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- 20. My Story 20
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- 23. My Story ★ Born 1982 • 26 Years Old ★ 5th year teacher by way of: • Ukiah High School • UC Davis ★ Hobbies Include: • Filmmaking • Writing • Graphic Design 23
- 24. My Story ★ Born 1982 • 26 Years Old ★ 5th year teacher by way of: • Ukiah High School • UC Davis ★ Hobbies Include: • Filmmaking • Writing • Graphic Design 24
- 25. The PowerPoint Postulate If it’s a little bad after one day, it’s AWFUL after 180 days. 25
- 26. Corollary to s the PowerPoint Postulate As time increases, the probability that anyone still enjoys your clip art, sound effect, or animation approaches zero. 26
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- 31. The sum of The sum of fourteen fourteen and twice and twice a number a number is five is five less than less than nineteen times the sum of nineteen times the that number and sum of that number one. and one. 31
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- 33. 2. Orthocenter Construct the altitudes. 33
- 34. 3. Centroid Construct the medians. 34
- 35. 4. Circumcenter Construct the perpendicular bisectors. 35
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- 41. “ Here is just one example of the total wrongness of something I tend to be automatically sure of: everything in my own immediate experience supports my deep belief that I am the absolute center of the universe; the realist, most vivid and important person in existence. We rarely think about this sort of natural, basic self-centeredness because it's so socially repulsive. But it's pretty much the same for all of us. It is our default setting, hard- wired into our boards at birth. Think about it: there is no experience you have had that you are not the absolute center of. The world as you experience it is there in front of YOU or behind YOU, to the left or right of YOU, on YOUR TV or YOUR monitor. And so on. Other people's thoughts and feelings have to be communicated to you somehow, but your own are so immediate, urgent, real. David Foster Wallace. Kenyon Commencement Speech. 2005. 41
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- 43. Where to add armor? Abraham Wald. http://www.jstor.org/pss/2288257 43
- 44. √ Charts √ Text √ Tables √ Pictures 44
- 45. X Charts X Text X Tables √ Pictures 45
- 47. Where to add armor? Abraham Wald. http://www.jstor.org/pss/2288257 47
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- 73. length name crazy hot (months) start date 10 amy 2 3 6 2001 9 emily 9 9 0 2006 8 catherine 3 1 4 1999 7 inga 7 4 1 2003 6 HOT barbara 6 7 2 2005 5 felina 4 1 3 2000 4 hannah 2 5 5 2004 3 jocelyn 8 8 1 2006 2 devandra 1 0 7 1998 1 graciela 0 3 9 2002 0 0 1 CRAZY V. LENGTH 10 10 9 9 8 8 7 7 73
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- 76. HOT V. START DATE 10 9 8 7 6 HOT 5 4 3 2 1 0 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2006 2007 2007 START DATE 76
- 77. PowerPoint: Do No Harm by Dan Meyer who writes at blog.mrmeyer.com presented to CMC-North on 2008 December 5 77