Comments on: The PowerPoint Revolution hasn’t gone far enough

By: Olivia Mitchell

Olivia Mitchell — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:51:14 +0000

Hi Lynell

That’s fine to quote me – if you can include a link to my website I would appreciate that, but I know that that’s not always possible.

As for the image, it is an image I created using photos from http://www.istockphoto.com. Each of those individual photos I paid for. Therefore, I don’t have the rights necessary to let you use it. But you could recreate the image using your own photos. I would appreciate an attribution such as “based on an image created by Olivia Mitchell”.

All the best with your book.
Olivia

By: Lynell Burmark

Lynell Burmark — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 01:48:11 +0000

Dear Olivia,

I hope it’s OK to quote you in a book I’m writing for educators! My brother (who is proofing the book for me) will love the Porsche analogy!

Do you have a source for the brain with dual channels image? It’s wonderful and I’d love to be able to use it.

Thanks,
Lynell

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By: Olivia Mitchell

Olivia Mitchell — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:51:24 +0000

Thanks Gavin. I prefer not to use the term learning styles. This is because to many people, learning styles means that some people are visual, some auditory, some kinesthetic. This is not supported by scientific evidence. The dual-coding theory says all of us are visual, all of us are verbal – we all use both channels (there will of course be variations). This is supported by scientific evidence.

But you’re right as presenters (and trainers of presenters) it is helpful to have an understanding of the theories as to how the mind works.

By: Gavin Meikle

Gavin Meikle — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:22:31 +0000

Thanks for this stimulating article Olivia. Clear, Concise and Thought provoking and I loved the example slide. We need to keep sharing this message as so many people have only seen powerpoint as a bullet point ridden information dump. You have prompted me to think about the need to give presenters a grounding in learning styles as a rationale for using more visual channels too.