{"id":25148,"date":"2011-10-13T09:57:23","date_gmt":"2011-10-13T14:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=25148"},"modified":"2011-10-13T09:57:23","modified_gmt":"2011-10-13T14:57:23","slug":"powerpoint-tips-is-the-presentation-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/powerpoint-tips-is-the-presentation-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerPoint Tips: Is the presentation dead?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20110628powerpointtips.jpg\" alt=\"pptips\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"attachment wp-att-7652 alignleft\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Ellen Finkelstein<\/p>\n<p>An article in Training magazine, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nxtbook.com\/nxtbooks\/lakewood\/training_20110910\/#\/22\" target=\"_blank\">Dawn of the Social Cyborg<\/a>,\u201d by Joe Campbell and William Finegan, struck a chord with me.<\/p>\n<h3>Learning has changed<\/h3>\n<p>The authors suggest a \u201cnew species of learner that we call the \u2018Social Cyborg.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Who are the social cyborgs? They are often young and have \u201cintegrated social networks and information technology into the way they think, learn, and solve problems.\u201d The authors compare the extinction of the Neanderthal in the face of climate change and competition with the new species, homo sapiens, to what might happen today to those of us who don\u2019t adapt.<\/p>\n<p>Social cyborgs function differently from those who aren\u2019t part of the new, connected world. They learn differently, solving problems by connecting to social networks. 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