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PowerPoint: Do No Harm
by Dan Meyer
who writes at blog.mrmeyer.com
presented to CMC-North
on 2008 December 5
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Resources
http://delicious.com/ddmeyer/
cmcnorth08
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Wiki
http://cmcnorth08.wikispaces.com/
ddmeyer
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I store old instructional
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content by:
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the benefits of which
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are:
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though, the sliabilities of
which are:
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Dear Future Dan:
Kids confused height with SLANT
height on these problems.
Do NOT blow this next time.
xoxo,
Present Dan
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When I see PowerPoint in a
presentation, grips my spine
and I feel a -pound weight
crushing my chest.
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinroell/298122830/
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My Story
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My Story
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My Story
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My Story
★ Born 1982
• 26 Years Old
★ 5th year teacher by way of:
• Ukiah High School
• UC Davis
★ Hobbies Include:
• Filmmaking
• Writing
• Graphic Design
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My Story
★ Born 1982
• 26 Years Old
★ 5th year teacher by way of:
• Ukiah High School
• UC Davis
★ Hobbies Include:
• Filmmaking
• Writing
• Graphic Design
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The PowerPoint Postulate
If it’s a little bad after one day, it’s
AWFUL after 180 days.
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Corollary to
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the PowerPoint Postulate
As time increases, the probability
that anyone still enjoys your clip
art, sound effect, or animation
approaches zero.
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The sum of The sum of fourteen
fourteen and twice and twice a number
a number is five is five less than
less than nineteen
times the sum of nineteen times the
that number and sum of that number
one. and one.
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Euclid Euclid
inventor of the cotton gin,
inventor of the cotton
cross country roller derby gin, cross country
champion. derby champion.
Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler mortal enemy of the
mortal enemy of the puma,
puma, indigenous only
indigenous only to Hawaii. to Hawaii.
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2. Orthocenter
Construct the altitudes.
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3. Centroid
Construct the medians.
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4. Circumcenter
Construct the perpendicular bisectors.
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinroell/298122830/
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Charts
Text
Tables
Pictures
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√ Charts
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X Charts
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“
Here is just one example of the total wrongness of something I tend to be
automatically sure of: everything in my own immediate experience supports
my deep belief that I am the absolute center of the universe; the realist,
most vivid and important person in existence. We rarely think about this
sort of natural, basic self-centeredness because it's so socially repulsive.
But it's pretty much the same for all of us. It is our default setting, hard-
wired into our boards at birth. Think about it: there is no experience you
have had that you are not the absolute center of. The world as you
experience it is there in front of YOU or behind YOU, to the left or right of
YOU, on YOUR TV or YOUR monitor. And so on. Other people's thoughts
and feelings have to be communicated to you somehow, but your own are
so immediate, urgent, real.
David Foster Wallace. Kenyon Commencement Speech. 2005.
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Starbucks
Date
Stock Price
25 - Mar - 08 $17.99
24 - Mar - 08 $17.89
23 - Mar - 08 $17.89
22 - Mar - 08 $17.89
21 - Mar - 08 $17.89
20 - Mar - 08 $17.53
19 - Mar - 08 $17.50
18 - Mar - 08 $18.24
17 - Mar - 08 $17.26
16 - Mar - 08 $17.26
15 - Mar - 08 $17.26
14 - Mar - 08 $17.39
13 - Mar - 08 $17.63
12 - Mar - 08 $17.61
11 - Mar - 08 $17.74
10 - Mar - 08 $16.80
09 - Mar - 08 $16.80
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=SBUX
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Where to add armor?
Abraham Wald. http://www.jstor.org/pss/2288257
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√ Charts
√ Text
√ Tables
√ Pictures
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X Charts
X Text
X Tables
√ Pictures
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosefirerising/556514186/
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Where to add armor?
Abraham Wald. http://www.jstor.org/pss/2288257
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Lokesh Dhakar. http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/2007/08/20/an-illustrated-coffee-guide/
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Lokesh Dhakar. http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/2007/08/20/an-illustrated-coffee-guide/
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Lokesh Dhakar. http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/2007/08/20/an-illustrated-coffee-guide/
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http://www.xkcd.com/388/
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Jefferso
Clad Lincoln n FDR GW JFK Anthony Sacagawea
$ 0.01 0.05 0.10 0.25 0.50 1.00 1.00
grams 2.5 5 2.268 5.670 11.340 8.1 8.1
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Day 68
1. Opener
a) Which duct tape is the better deal?
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/25895170@N03/2434081350/
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The Office. NBC.
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How I Met Your Mother. CBS.
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HOT V. CRAZY
length
name crazy hot (months) start date 10
amy 2 3 6 2001 9
emily 9 9 0 2006 8
catherine 3 1 4 1999 7
inga 7 4 1 2003 6
HOT
barbara 6 7 2 2005 5
felina 4 1 3 2000 4
hannah 2 5 5 2004 3
jocelyn 8 8 1 2006 2
devandra 1 0 7 1998 1
graciela 0 3 9 2002
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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
CRAZY
CRAZY V. LENGTH HOT V. START DATE
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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
LENGTH START DATE
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length
name crazy hot (months) start date 10
amy 2 3 6 2001 9
emily 9 9 0 2006 8
catherine 3 1 4 1999 7
inga 7 4 1 2003 6
HOT
barbara 6 7 2 2005 5
felina 4 1 3 2000 4
hannah 2 5 5 2004 3
jocelyn 8 8 1 2006 2
devandra 1 0 7 1998 1
graciela 0 3 9 2002
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0 1
CRAZY V. LENGTH
10 10
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PowerPoint: Do No Harm
by Dan Meyer
who writes at blog.mrmeyer.com
presented to CMC-North
on 2008 December 5
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