This week we had a lot of different things to look at. We are working on redoing a presentation to make it more "zen," animoto, and pecha kucha.
I still am enjoying our book Presentation Zen. The ideas we read about this week will be very helpful in redoing my presentation. One thing that really caught my eye in this chapter was about empty space. This is something that I discuss with my yearbook class. Those students typically think they need to fill every inch of space on the page. I inadvertently thought about this with presentations. After viewing many student presentations, I have realized what distracts viewers, therefore learning what not to do in a presentation. Obviously, I don't know it all when it comes to creating effective presentations, but this was at least one thing I knew about.
I enjoyed using animoto. I found this sited very easy to work with, since there is very little technologically that I have to do. Simply choose a format for the video, upload photos, organize them, add text, choose music, and animoto does the rest. I created a video that could be used to introduce myself to new students.
Pecha kucha is an interesting concept, 20x20. 20 slides for 20 seconds each. A concept that could be very challenging for me! I am a fast talker, even my dad has to tell me to slow down. Timing will be everything for me in creating a pecha kucha. I have come up with three options for my pecha kucha: vacations, pets, and evolution of my music tastes. Each of them would allow me to have ample information. My parents always took us on family vacations, insisting that it was important for us to see things, experience our country, and spend time together. Some of my favorite memories are from family vacations. As a child, we only had one pet, but now I have three. I have also had some others a long the way to my life now, i.e. two raccoons, roommate's pets. All have had an effect on my life and make, or have made, my life more interesting.
