Powerpoint Presentation Evals

There were some really awesome Powerpoints shown in class. It was very hard to choose but I would have to say that my favorites were Lucy's and Tori's. Lucy's presentation on neurology was interesting and intriguing and left me wanting to know more. She had a very creative way of showing us what she is passionate about. Her design was great as she had tons of neat pictures and not a lot of words. Also, the video she showed us was really touching. Overall it was an awesome Powerpoint! Tori's presentation on preschool teaching was really cool. I loved the layout as it went with her theme perfectly. Her videos were interesting and I learned a lot about the underlying lessons hidden in fun preschool games. I loved her design and the content made me want to know more!

Powerpoint

The PowerPoint articles we had to read were very helpful in showing what to do and what not to do when it comes to making a PowerPoint presentation. There were some great pointers in how to make a great presentation such as:
1. Keep it Simple
2. Use high quality graphics instead of Microsoft clip art
3. Use colors in a way that invokes emotion
4. Use fonts that are easily seen and readable
5. Limit the use of text
Something that annoys me about bad PowerPoints are fonts that are impossible to read. I hate when people use font that is too loopy to decipher or font that is too close to the color of the background.

First Photoshop Experience

Today in class we learned how to make a photo collage using Photoshop and our pictures we took last week. I chose to take pictures of emotions and used those emotions to create my collage. I used expressions of exhaustion, sadness, and happiness to show what a college student experiences throughout their day. We go from tired in the morning, to sad and bored in class, to happy that the day is over!

Chris Nolan

Chris Nolan's presentation was very interesting. I learned a lot about Google and why they are so popular. I also learned about websites and how to judge if they are good or not. I was very surprised at the Martin Luther King Jr. website. A seemingly normal website turned out to be something very cruel. It was a site full of hate and derogatory comments that anyone, including children, could stumble upon. It goes to show that you cant trust everything that is online. A useful tip I learned is to look for sources and quality of sources to determine whether a website is academic and appropriate for class. Another useful tip is to use site: to narrow a web search to a certain domain such as .com or .edu.

Pictures That Lie

I chose this picture because it is interesting to see what lengths universities will go to in order to get someone to attend their school. The picture is from a football game in 1993. A black student from a 1994 picture was cropped and put in the picture to make it look like he was also at the at 1993 game. The University of Wisconsin did this in order to show that diversity was prevalent in their school. I think that this picture could be harmful in a way. If a student was looking for a school based on diversity, they would be misled by this picture once they arrived at the University of Wisconsin. Misrepresentation of a school in order to get people to like it and want to come there can be bad because once someone gets there and realizes the lies, they will likely transfer out and tell everyone they know not to go there. In trying to recruit students, the school will end up just hurting itself in the long run.

CLT

The visit to the center for learning and technology was really cool. They have all kinds of software that I would really enjoy getting to know how to use. Once we start working with Photoshop, it will be really helpful to go to the CLT to get help or just to work on some of our stuff. I also think it would be neat to work with some of the video editing software. It was really cool that they offer both Mac and PCs so that everyone can find a computer that best suits them. The presentation room was also really cool, and would be a great resource to take advantage of. The CLT is really organized and seems to be a place where someone could get a lot done and have all the help and resources they need!

Copyright

In class on Thursday we had Jason Hardin come to speak to us about copyright issues. I found his presentation very informative and helpful. I think that the Fair Use Policy in the special case of education was very interesting. I was not aware how much information is unavailable because of this policy. It is a shame that certain things cannot be used for educational purposes if money is involved. I think the owner of the copyright should be more concerned about educating the nation rather than only looking for the money involved. I think that the only valid points in this policy are the intended purpose of the reproduction and the amount that is being reproduced. If someone’s purpose is obviously not educational, then they should be punished for reproducing someone else’s work. Also, if someone is reproducing an excessive amount of copyrighted work, then they are doing something wrong. However, if something is reproduced a few times for an educational purpose only, I don’t think money should be such a big issue. I think the Fair Use Policy is important, but I think they should loosen up the factors involving money.

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