Week Three has been crazy and hectic. The homework was extensive and thought provoking. The reading assignments were enlightening (the before/after slides in Chapter Six of Presentation Zen were very interesting).
We watched videos on ANIMOTO and also delved into the various functions of this program. So far this seems to be a pretty straightforward and cool program that is rather easy to use and understand.
The reworking of a previously completed and conducted powerpoint presentation was quite a task. I was actually rather happy with my original (though I don't know whether or not my audience would share that sentiment or not!). I recalled the process of making it some year or so ago. I sort of storyboarded it in my mind at least. I knew of the broad subject upon which I wanted to touch. I went on a fairly detailed search for high-quality images that I could use to increase the effectiveness of the presentation. I formulated the slides to introduce the concepts that I would cover but not in an overly wordy manner, for the most part. I'm sure that there are slides that could have been better... and it is there that I am expending most of my efforts for this rewrite.
Thinking about the Pecha Kucha idea was different. I was able to come up with several ideas for me to attempt... I can't promise that any of them will be overly interesting though!
Still having problems with the photography segment of this class. I've taken numerous pictures but now they are all digitized under some unknown file extension that even the WWW is silent on (what the heck is a .GENC file?). I guess that I'll be playing catch-up on this assignment.
We watched videos on ANIMOTO and also delved into the various functions of this program. So far this seems to be a pretty straightforward and cool program that is rather easy to use and understand.
The reworking of a previously completed and conducted powerpoint presentation was quite a task. I was actually rather happy with my original (though I don't know whether or not my audience would share that sentiment or not!). I recalled the process of making it some year or so ago. I sort of storyboarded it in my mind at least. I knew of the broad subject upon which I wanted to touch. I went on a fairly detailed search for high-quality images that I could use to increase the effectiveness of the presentation. I formulated the slides to introduce the concepts that I would cover but not in an overly wordy manner, for the most part. I'm sure that there are slides that could have been better... and it is there that I am expending most of my efforts for this rewrite.
Thinking about the Pecha Kucha idea was different. I was able to come up with several ideas for me to attempt... I can't promise that any of them will be overly interesting though!
Still having problems with the photography segment of this class. I've taken numerous pictures but now they are all digitized under some unknown file extension that even the WWW is silent on (what the heck is a .GENC file?). I guess that I'll be playing catch-up on this assignment.
Will---
ReplyDeleteI agree with you up to this point, the work has been crazy/hectic, but certainly fulfilling. I'm sorry to hear about your picture taking problems, but maybe Dr. Loeffler has a solution. Also, what were your Pecha Kucha ideas? I'd be curious to hear another person's perspective, as mine wer pretty much based on family and work.
One good way to test your revised slide show would be to show both the before and after to someone and ask which one they preferred and why. Kind of like public speaking, it helps to practice in front of an audience. Of course it should be someone you trust....
ReplyDeleteThe picture extension .GENC is very curious. I know it is an absolute pain, but I use a website to convert all my images when I need them in another format. You can check it out at: http://www.online-utility.org/image_converter.jsp
ReplyDeleteI hope this helps!