Presentation Tips

I found all the tutorials and tip sheets full of helpful and informative suggestions on how to make a PowerPoint Presentation have a powerful impact. Generally I agree with most of the points brought up by the websites. The five main guidelines that I think are most important are:

1) Long text blocks are not good-- It's better to have a few bulletin points with key words rather than everything one is going to say on each slide. If one will just be reading off the slides verbatum, you might as well just hand out a printout of the slides and let the audience read them instead of taking the time to do a formal presentation.
2)Pictures are better than text-- Following the above rule, it is much better to have captivating images rather than blocks of text. It also give a point where you can tell a story and explain the meaning of the picture(s), rather than reading off the slide, which will be more interesting to the audience.
3)Have notes to refer to during the presentation-- This will make it easier during the presentation for you to remember all your points for each slide. This will also make it less tempting to write down more than keywords on each slide.
4) Image choice is important-- Depending on the type or presentation you want to give and the audience you are giving it to, this will change the type of images you will wont to use in your presentation. It is best to stick with professional images rather than clip art (which can come off as corny) for all of work related presentations. Only for certain audiences, such as children and a more relaxed/professional audience, can one use clip art and other more comical images in your presentation.
5)Video and audio is best when used appropriately-- Use of video and audio can boost the wow factor in your presentation and make the presentation more entertaining for both you and the audience. As long as the video and audio is extremely relevant and not annoying, it is a great addition to any presentation.

Best Pic Collage

My collage is tried to show the background cat having some slight fuzzy memories of some of its friends with fun thought bubbles.

Searching the Internet

Nolan's presentation on internet searching and how to properly navigate the web was very thought-provoking. I liked how we went over all the domain names, such as .com, .org, .edu, .gov etc. I generally had certain connotations about which domian to use for more accurate researching. I found it very interesting that some non academic sources or non authoritative sources could obtain a .org url, but it makes sense since it is basically denoting a non-profit organization. I always thought that those site would generally be extremely accurate and generally truthful. But the www.martinlutherking.org completely blew that assumption out of the water. I mean just read through what they say. It's awful. And if you look through enough you'll find that the site is sponsered by a white power group. Not cool. Not cool at all.

Pictures That Lie

On August 2006, a picture of the aftermath of the Israeli bombing of Lebanese capital by the photographer Adnan Hajj was published by the Reuters news agency, depicting dark black smoke wafting from the capital buildings.The picture interested me since it was another way to skew people's opinions on the Middle Eastern war front. The picture was manipulated to make the clouds of smoke look more numerous and darker, making it look like a more horrible and catastrophic event. Hajj denies that he manipulated the photo for this purpose, claiming he had used bad techniques to get rid of some dust marks. The manipulation of the photo was not harmful persay, it just skewed the perspective of the bombing, making it appear more devastating.

CLT Visit

The Center for Learning and Technology (CLT) was filled with a variety of resources available to students. I had personally never been to the CLT before this visit and was quite impressed by their facilities. I was glad to see that they have both Macs and PCs available. Though I personally can use both fairly proficiently, it is nice that if you prefer one type of computer over the other you can have a choice. I also liked the way the CLT was organized. The computers were divided up into sections depending on the software that was on them, such as a graphic design section. I was surprised that they had so many other types of equipment for sound recording and such. The presentation room was also extremely nice. I am looking forward to utilizing the graphic design area for our class. Also it is nice to have a group of technicians to help out if I have problems with any of the programs or computers.

Copyright Presentation

The copyright presentation by Jason Hardin was extremely interesting and I learned some interesting facts. It was fun to use the clickers during the lecture and see what everyone thought the answer to the questions were. One of the things Hardin talked about that I knew nothing about was the Higher Education Opportunity Act created in 2008. I was really greatful that HEOA made such provisional exceptions for education and made colleges and universities have alternative resources to prevent illegal downloading. What I found most interesting was the Disney Corporation's role in changing copyright law. When Walt Disney's 50th death-day was coming up, the Disney Corporation lobbied at Congress and was able to lengthen the years that the copyright was valid from 50 to 70 years. I can't wait for the 70th death day of Walt Disney to come up and watch that political debate go down. When it comes to the illegal downloading of music, there are usually two kinds of people: one who think that downloading music for free is no big deal and the second who thinks its wrong, but still does it when given the opportunity. I myself fall in the second group and I think copyright over music is nessecary and that the authors should be given the deserved profits from those songs. I personally think that the best way to discourage illegal downloading is the go after the sites that can facilitate such activities rather than the people that may be doing it. It would make it harder for people to illegally download music if such sites and applications did not exist and it would discourage the activity all together.


Copyright Presentation by Chelsea Lewis is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Based on a work at clewis1300.blogspot.com.

My Trinity Network Diagram

In my Network Diagram, I chose to go for simplicity and straightforwardness rather than looks. The textboxes hold the majority of the information about what is available in each location and I have 3 types of arrow pathways to show how the signals get from one place to another. Although I probably could've done more with colors and photo editing techniques, I decided I didn't want to fill the entire page with clutter and such. Hey, at least I'm OCD enough to make sure everything is color coordinated and flows in a somewhat logical fashion. Although i just noticed that the arrows keeps getting thicker the closer to the bottom they get... Weird.