My Favorite

My two favorite powerpoint presentations were Hannah's and Jenny's. They were both well made and they both ensured my attention for the duration of their presentations.
Hannah did a great job presenting her powerpoint like a television set when her topic was of media broadcasting. Transitioning her slides like TV channels was very different and captured my attention (and I'm sure others) completely. Her use of the video was also very neat, and again made me want to watch her presentation even more.
Jenny's I liked just because her she discussed a subject close to what she wanted to do with her life and not the actual subject. This saved me from being bored since I would rather learn of why she chose this field rather than hear her drone on about the field. Her slides were very neat with a white background and her font color was very playful, matching her topic of a summer camp.
Both presentations were well made and I enjoyed listening to them more than any other.
Another presentation that I really liked was Ellen's. I really like how her theme and color remained the same. The pictures matched her subject really well and her presentation grabbed my attention the whole time.

No More Boring PowerPoints

After reading the three articles about PowerPoint presentation I discovered that all three of them were generally saying the same thing. Most of the points the articles made were points that I was learned never to perform in high school with my own PowerPoint presentations. In the past I've learned my lesson with long and drawn out power points that without helpful hints such as these I would have struggled through some parts of school. Five important guidelines that I believe should ALWAYS be executed in a PowerPoint presentation include:
1. Simple is best
Try not to overload the slide with too much information, instead limit the amount of info and embellish it with your own words. This will make it easier on the audience and yourself.
2. Be creative
Don't try to use the preset themes on PowerPoint. I love to see different styles and I'm sure other people agree that unique slides draw the eyes more.
3. Limit noise
I really dislike any presentations with noise, especially sounds with slide transitions. If your going to include sound, please make it professional and part of your whole point of the presentation.
4. Pictures are key
The more pictures you have the more attention your presentation will bring. Pictures draw interest so try to replace words with pictures if possible.
5. Big font
Some people, like me, have horrible eyesight and as a result sometimes get stuck straining our eyes for itty bitty font that by the time we read it all we don't know what we read. The bigger the better when it comes to font, try not to harm your audiences eyesight.

The Powers of Excel

Excel is a powerful tool that provides multiple means of computing data. Through this class I've learned many things that I have never known or have forgotten in the two years since I've taken a computer class. I had forgotten what anchoring the cell meant, a very important tool of computing data. I also freshended up on creating tables using excel, another VERY important feature that is useful for powerpoints and on word documents. Excel can be used in the future to create company spreadsheets and to compute data in a fast and easy way that would otherwise take a lot of time. Even now I'm using Excel for my workstudy job and which I wish I knew some of the info that I know now for excel; I would have saved a lot of time and hassel. Businesses and companies use excel to keep track of employee salaries, business statistics, employee numbers, etc.

CLT

Today in class we went to the CLT center, a place that I had never been. I learned that the CLT center is good for projects that require any media photoshopping and recordings. CLT is also a good place to go and work on projects due to the quiet lab and helpful assistants. I also learned that CLT provides all of the equipment found in the classroom from the projectors, screens, and computers rather than ITS.

"Pictures that Lie"

Apparently National Geographic warped this cover photo in order for the Great Pyramids of Giza to better fit together in the photo. I chose to analyze this picture because National Geographic magazine is my favorite magazine and I religiously read it every month. I especially admire this magazine for its amazing photographs it produces and although this photo has been manipulated and I feel let down, I still think I should defend their cause. This particular photo appeared on the February 1982 issue. The magazine altered the photo by squeezing together the two pyramids pictured so that they can be pictured in one shot. National Geographic obviously wished to enhance the look of the cover by capturing both pyramids in one shot and making the magazine more known for its superb photography. In the end this picture was not harmful at all to the audience although the readers might feel jipped. The manipulation of one photograph of a scene that merely depicts two pyramids instead of one ultimately does not cause any harm to anybody. The only harm done, in this instance, was to the magazine and to their reputation rather than to the readers.