Ironically, critics say that the main problem with PowerPoint is that it's too easy to use. Ninety-nine percent of speakers just clean up their notes and put them on screen, so it becomes a crutch for a nervous speaker to get through a presentation. Perhaps the biggest gripe of the critics involves design. One businessperson described a presentation from hell. Bullet points, about 18 to a slide, careen in all directions.
Words assemble themselves from colored fragments.
A typewriter clatters, brakes squeal. . . . Strange stick people shake hands and dance around a flowchart. Typefaces morph into Word Art. In terms of pedagogy, most instructors believe that student presentations are generally better when they include PowerPoint slides. However, instructors should caution students to avoid letting the slides upstage their presentation content.