IS POWERPOINT EVIL? oO

The downfalls of PowerPoint presentations are that they waste time and bore the viewers. However, it is very popular and used commonly around the world. Teachers also make their students use PowerPoint presentations, instead of allowing them to write their reports on paper instead! PowerPoint presentations can also give too little information, and people usually don't understand the context of the whole report. If one were to create a table of different rates and numbers, the PowerPoint will result in a mess of inaccurate numbers. It can also be presented as meaningless with boring colors, be not comparative, uninteresting, indifferent to content, and simply, pointless. This can be changed, however, if the presentation is created in good-quality, and if it has relevance to the topic that is being presented. The words included in them should be on point, and the colors should be pleasing to the audience. PowerPoint is overall a slide manager and helper. One has to be professional when making presentations, however. The advantages of PowerPoint are that they tend to entertain and be more interesting than simple textbooks that students have to read from at school. For the presentation to be considered "good", it has to be relevant to the topic and practical. PowerPoint has many useful applications that can make teaching more easy and accessible. A lot of what can be finished with PowerPoint can also be completed using white/blackboards, projectors, and flip charts, etc. So why not just simply use PowerPoint? ClipArt images from PowerPoint can also give students an apparent visual of what they need to learn. In addition to this, handouts can be easily printed through PowerPoint. Animations to give a clear view of a topic can be used, along with colors (that can go with your topic). You just have to use it in the correct way. Students tend to become less bored when PowerPoint is used because it is shorter, and makes the work 10 times faster. It helps the teacher stay organized and prepared for what they want to teach. So is PowerPoint truly evil?
You decide.