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Some times things aren’t what they seem. Mae West recognized this when she asked,
“Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just happy to see me”?

I’ve been encouraging my students to use the 6 x 6 rule when creating their PowerPoint presentations- a maximum of six bullets of six words per slide. I keep telling them that they’re not to write paragraphs on the slides. That’s not what PowerPoint presentations are about. PowerPoint presentations aren’t books. Boy was I wrong. Who knew.

Take a look at this cool site. You can log in as a guest and read books, poems, etc in PowerPoint format. That’s right- books in PowerPoint format. Now, that’s thinking outside the box.

The idea behind this is that you can read for pleasure at work and not get caught because what you’re reading looks like a PowerPoint presentation. I’m not encouraging that, but it’s interesting to see a book or poem in that format. Maybe, I can work this idea into a lesson come September.

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3 Responses to “A PowerPoint presentation is not a book- or it wasn’t til now”

1. Kevin Hodgson on August 2nd, 2009 4:17 pm

   We do digital picture books (on science and math themes) with Powerpoint as our platform. It’s familiar and pages move (plus, you can embed other media and animation).
   Kevin
   .-= Kevin Hodgson´s last blog ..Sharings Songs: Achilles’ Heel =-.

2. Tracy Rosen on August 2nd, 2009 8:43 pm

   Powerpoint is not always bad. If you were to try to chop down a tree with a hammer, that wouldn’t be very effective but a saw is great. Powerpoint can be the hammer or the saw, just depends what you’re trying to achieve.

   I tried to look at the site you linked to but it did some strange things to my computer. I’m never a big fan of websites that try to take over my screen. But, I do know that Powerpoint is great for hyperlinked storytelling!
   .-= Tracy Rosen´s last blog ..It’s basically about shifting from getting people to love you, to you loving them. =-.

3. Elona Hartjes on August 3rd, 2009 8:33 am

   Tracy,
   Point well taken.

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