[LINK] Research points the finger at PowerPoint

David Boxall david.boxall at hunterlink.net.au
Mon Apr 23 20:44:01 AEST 2007


Given that most PowerPoint presentations consist of slides full of text, 
which the presenter reads in a drone ...

<http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/powerpoint-presentations-a-disaster/2007/04/03/1175366240499.html>

"If you have ever wondered why your eyes start glazing over as you read 
those dot points on the screen, as the same words are being spoken, take 
heart in knowing there is a scientific explanation.

It is more difficult to process information if it is coming at you in 
the written and spoken form at the same time."


-- 
David Boxall                    |  Dogs look up to us
                                 |  And cats look down on us
                                 |  But pigs treat us as equals
                                                   --Winston Churchill




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