Slide design

[BCS]

Reply to Sean,


> Some professors seem to think that lecturing about material that isn't
> presented anywhere else will force students to attend class.  But in
> my experience it also creates a class that takes notes furiously
> rather than engaging the material and asking questions.  Overall, I
> think it's a counterproductive strategy.

At the other end, if the professor *only* lectures on what's in the book, 
what are they being paid for? Just talking? Better would be for the professor 
to lecture on application, the what/why (and not the how), how ideas are 
related, anecdotes and the like.