Powerpoint is Evil Response

I do agree with most of Edward Tufte's points about...well...Power Point. I would not go to the extreme he does by claiming that it is evil, and doing serious damage to our students. However, I do agree with idea that the presenter, not the audience is receiving the benefit. One can give a seemingly, organized, and visual stimulating Powerpoint presentation, without providing any real quality information. By quality, I mean information that requires the listener to have a deep understanding of a topic, and its relationship to other criteria.

In retrospect, I can remember hundreds of powerpoint presentations in both my corporate career and education. Today I can not recall the details of any particular one that had any valuable contribution to my intellectual growth.