I agree, it's not so much the software being inappropriate for its function, but the software being used inappropriately.
As a college student my base curriculum has contained several MANDATORY speech classes. These classes have had, as part of the grade, powerpoint based speeches. Previous to these, the points had been gone through with the students, that the powerpoint is simply a background to your speech/ presentation, and not the basis of the presentation.
After this class which was technically a freshman, or sophomore level class, I don't know how many times I've had to complete a group project where the slides I've gotten from my other group members, or the presentations I've viewed from other groups, obviously do not follow these mandates.
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I agree, it's not so much the software being inappropriate for its function, but the software being used inappropriately. As a college student my base curriculum has contained several MANDATORY speech classes. These classes have had, as part of the grade, powerpoint based speeches. Previous to these, the points had been gone through with the students, that the powerpoint is simply a background to your speech/ presentation, and not the basis of the presentation. After this class which was technically a freshman, or sophomore level class, I don't know how many times I've had to complete a group project where the slides I've gotten from my other group members, or the presentations I've viewed from other groups, obviously do not follow these mandates.