The joy of learning... PowerPoint?

I've had a revelation this weekend thanks to our youngest son.

He's somehow become enamored with creating PowerPoint presentations. When he found out this week that his Mom's computer has PowerPoint installed he started planning his computer time for the weekend and he's been using it exclusively to play with creating presentations. One about his family, another one about him, yet another about how to improve his cub scout pack. He's used just about every feature of the application and I have no idea where he found some of the clip art (Sarah has a pretty large collection she uses for newsletters). The transitions and sound effects actually don't seem out of place when used by a youngster.

His joy is infectious in some ways. First thing this morning, he was crowing about how great PowerPoint is and how he thought he could do so much more than he'd already done. To him, PowerPoint is entertainment!

Can you remember the last time you woke up wanting to work on a presentation? Sadly, I can't. I've got one I'm working on this weekend which may be part of why the difference in our attitudes is so startling but I'm trying to remember what it was like when it was new.

Kids can rock your world is so many interesting ways.