PowerPoint- Death of Visual Literacy

Dear Students,

We would be learning the effective way of making Power Point Presentations during the course as a visually aided tool for communicating our ideas.

Therefore the question is that if PowerPoint is a visual tool, and if we are a visually illiterate society, why is this method gaining such importance.Is this kind of visual sophistication literacy? Is it a powerful tool being used wrongly?

PowerPoint: A powerful tool poorly used or a poor tool overused?

I would be happy to hear your thoughts on what other ways we can use to communicate our points impactfully to an audience. We can try these out in the class and then arrive at a conclusion on this debate. so lets explore alternate mediums to convey our thoughts.

Where does the line blur?

Where do you all think the line blurs, when it comes to Serious Learning vs. Fun Learning? Is it a better way to learn while having fun at the same time? If so, at what cost? What about learning in a very serious environment, where there is nothing that you can count as fun? What would be the advantages and disadvantages there?
Let me know what you think...... then I will also give you my views.