PowerPoint Reform: a first chapter

After 10 years, it was time.  We could not sit through another bullet-ridden, brain-numbing student presentation.  We interviewed the kids.  For them it was just as bad.

They dreaded each others' PowerPoints.
Though we've been using other tools for communication, sometimes the slideshow really seems the best choice.
We knew that presentation styles had changed.  At conferences and on websites we'd seen so many effective examples.
But we knew that breaking 10 years of bad habits was going to be a process.  And with PowerPoint so ingrained in our culture, we also expected a fight.
So, with Senior Seminar research presentations looming, about two months ago we began our focus on change.
Technology coach Ken Rodoff and I worked with classroom teachers to break bad habits. We worked with one English class preparing presentations on Ethan Frome and four Senior Seminar classes.
What we shared:   http://bit.ly/a4K2Ct