The Wall Street Journal has an interesting story in the November 12th issue on the use of PPT in schools. They say even 2nd graders use it now. They also add the software tool also has its doubters, who worry that it is reducing writing to phrases and talking points and covering up weak content with dazzling graphics. “Writing has eroded seriously,” says C. Peter McGrath, who heads the commission and previously was president of the universities of Missouri and Minnesota.
“We have children begging” to present their PowerPoint projects, adds Sandra Mammenga, principal of Central Heights Elementary, “You don’t see that with a little report that they put into the teachers’ basket.”
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