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Monthly Archives: June 2021
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- June 21, 2021
The advent of computer technology has revolutionised the way we get our message across, and in training, there is no doubt that one of the most controversial is PowerPoint.
I remember the first time I witnessed a PowerPoint presentation; I thought, wow, this looks good. But, of course, please remember that we had Overhead Projector Slides (OHP) before we had PowerPoint or any other presentation tool. No wonder I was excited. To make an OHP slide took forever and involved photocopying the picture you wanted to make onto the clear plastic acetate. You then had to attach the plastic to the frame of the slide; yes, it took forever. But, saying that, it still didn’t matter to some people how long it took, and these people still managed to produce (what appeared) 100s and 100s of slides. Yes, it was ‘death by OHP’!
Of course, the introduction of PowerPoint allowed us to go to town on our creativity. Soon, we could do swish transitions and have pictures and even animations when we want to. But,