{"id":3503,"date":"2008-09-02T13:39:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-02T13:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/09\/sharing-powerpoints\/"},"modified":"2008-09-02T13:39:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-02T13:39:00","slug":"sharing-powerpoints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/09\/sharing-powerpoints.html","title":{"rendered":"Sharing Powerpoints"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/140\/367384537_d8b5448801.jpg?v=0\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/140\/367384537_d8b5448801.jpg?v=0\" border=\"0\"><\/a>I\u2019ve had requests from students in the past, asking me to make my <a href=\"http:\/\/rds.yahoo.com\/_ylt=A0WTb_yme71IQX0BrFSjzbkF\/SIG=12qdonmcc\/EXP=1220463910\/**http:\/\/www.maniactive.com\/states\/2007\/04\/could-powerpoint-besatan.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">powerpoint<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/scienceblogs\/ScienceblogsSelect\/~3\/381522733\/is_this_the_most_evil_powerpoi.php\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">presentations<\/a> available to them. But this is the first semester that I\u2019m seriously considering doing so. I wonder whether other educators and students who read this blog have feelings about and experiences related to this subject that they might be willing to share. On the one hand, I\u2019d love to have students listen and interact rather than frantically scribble down notes during class periods. On the other hand, I\u2019ve shared powerpoint content with colleagues and they have shared theirs with me, and I\u2019ve often included (hopefully) amusing elements and pop culture references that will make no sense if removed from the context of their use in class. 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