Fight The Power: A Medium Message
Abstract
This research project will examine the benefits and limitations of PowerPoint software in the college classroom. Through a synthesis of recent research in conjunction with our study of PowerPoint use by faculty at our institution, we maintain that PowerPoint privileges the facile, bestows undo authority on presenters, and reanimates the “banking education” model pilloried by Paulo Friere. We can trace today's “PowerPoint crisis” as the result of the software's genesis, the technology boom of the 1990s, the university budgetary process, and the ubiquity of the software. These elements have combined to create an “imaginary demand” for PowerPoint classroom use. This presentation will include an interactive component in which all attendees will participate in a small group project designed to create a set of guidelines for responsible and effective uses of PowerPoint technology in the classroom, the ultimate learning outcome and goal of this presentation.
Location
Room 1908
Recommended Citation
Janssen, David and King, Mark, "Fight The Power: A Medium Message " (2011). SoTL Commons Conference. 25.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sotlcommons/SoTL/2011/25
Fight The Power: A Medium Message
Room 1908
This research project will examine the benefits and limitations of PowerPoint software in the college classroom. Through a synthesis of recent research in conjunction with our study of PowerPoint use by faculty at our institution, we maintain that PowerPoint privileges the facile, bestows undo authority on presenters, and reanimates the “banking education” model pilloried by Paulo Friere. We can trace today's “PowerPoint crisis” as the result of the software's genesis, the technology boom of the 1990s, the university budgetary process, and the ubiquity of the software. These elements have combined to create an “imaginary demand” for PowerPoint classroom use. This presentation will include an interactive component in which all attendees will participate in a small group project designed to create a set of guidelines for responsible and effective uses of PowerPoint technology in the classroom, the ultimate learning outcome and goal of this presentation.
