Sunday, May 22, 2011
Week 3 posting for Digital Story Telling
First of all, I would like to apologize for getting this posting up so late. I was gone this weekend and was only able to get to work on the time frame I had on the airplane coming back from Boston. Before I knew it I had to stow my computer away and couldn't get to my blog. Anyway, to this point, my favorite activities of this past week has been revamping my powerpoint presentation and watching the example Pecha Kucha and thinking of what I will be able to do for my own later in this class. As for my presentation, I think I really did some great things. I made sure that I opened up some free space in my slides. I also added a lot of contrasting text, to make it more visually appealing and to help my audience understand the main point of my presentation with out having to read a whole lot of text. I took away bullet points that were once very prominent in my original presentation. I also made sure that the slide backgrounds were not all the same and there were some unique slides put into the show. Overall, I am happy with my presentation, but am open to any constructive criticism. I still have to add some voice work to it, which I will do tomorrow evening. As for Pecha Kucha, I am really looking forward to putting one of those presentations together. I think I will be able to produce an interesting show, though I think it will take a lot of time and I may get frustrated. I'm not going to let that stop me, I will make something really great. Anyway, this week has been fun and I still have to look at the Animoto. It seems like there are a lot of people who have done it already and have enjoyed it, so I look forward to getting at that.
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I am glad you had a great trip to Boston. You will have fun with the Animoto program; it doesn’t take long to get a nice finished product. I also liked making the “zen” presentation. I found that making a few simple adjustments made the presentation much more inviting and enjoyable to watch (removing lists and bullets, having more open space, using contrasting sizes/colors.) I wish I shared your enthusiasm for the Pecha Kucha presentation, what ideas do you have at this point? Do you think you will be able to complete it in the required time allotment or do you think you will need to constantly edit and change your work?
ReplyDeleteYou'll really like Animoto. So far it's one of my favorite programs. I introduced it to my students today. Wish me luck as I tackle this new program to me, to them. The presentation was a lot of work, but overall I like the results. I know I still have a ways to go, to make mine "zen" like, but it's a start. Do you think you'll go back and change your previous presentations? As for Pecha Kucha, I like the ones I've seen, but I'm nervous about this project. I too think I'll need a timer.
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