ET on NPR

I heard ET on NPR this morning, discussing the use of PowerPoint in schools. Great quote along the lines of – “Teaching kids PPT in school is better than teaching them to smoke”. I wish there was more time to include your thoughts on why it’s a poor presentation tool. But of course they had to give time to the MSFT exec. to present her reasons on why it’s such a great application. The fact that they’re highlighting it’s use in *grade schools* to write stories, says enough. It’s not as if the NPR story was about how it’s being used in high schools or colleges. If this is how kids are being taught to channel their creative energies in school – no wonder home schooling is becoming more popular!

If I find a link to the audio clip, I’ll post.