Some of the discussion in my recent post giving example slides made me realize a problem with the way I posted them-- converting the slides to PDF loses the transition effects, which are a significant part of the lecture.
In an attempt to address this, here's a crude simulation of the effect, done by making incremental copies of two slides, to show how the text is revealed. The slides in question are from the Camp College lecture, if you want to see them in context.
(Somebody else in comments suggested using SlideShare, which I would've tried, if the page had successfully loaded in, say, the eight hours that I left it running yesterday...)
This will probably be the last PowerPoint post for a good while, unless something else comes up...
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