Reply #63: I so agree with you.

[AngryOldDem]

I went back to a community college after being out of school for some years, taking generally personal interest classes. I was shocked and dismayed at the number of instructors who used PowerPoint as their **only** teaching tools. They didn't vary one iota from the script, and even acted lost if they had to go off that script. Some even copied their presentations, bound them, and sold them for their own profit as "study guides".

PowerPoint, if used responsibly, has its place. But more often than not, it's a lazy way to teach.

(But I do admit to paying close attention to the slide numbers at the bottom of the screen -- it was a good way to gauge how much more hell I had to sit through.)