Anti-Cyber-Bullying

1. friends meet up at lunch and talk bad about a person sitting right at their table. that person just sits there, faking not to hear them. really, she's crying but won't and can't do anything against them.

2. the bell rings, and the main mean fake friend says bye to her as if they're friends

3. actual conversation on msn talking bad...

4. "cyber-bullying same thing as" people physically abusing each other.

Photo Essay Reflection (?)

The thing that I liked about the photo essays was that they made sense without having to use words. The pictures told the story and all the photos were relevant to the subject. They also had pictures of the event from different perspectives. The music put emotion to the slide show. Especially with the sad history events, the music made sense.

What I didn't like about some of the essays was that stuff was written ontop of the pictures which made it hard to see. And also the color didn't go well with the picture or it was too bright. It may have been better if the captions were under it where it didn't really matter and the picture was still clear.

On my essay I would've not have the irrelevant video game stills. It kind of interuppted the story. I would've added the R.I.P. thing at the very end, because it would've made more sense. The finger breakdancing was cool, but didn't exactly fit with the photo essay itself. It went well with the interlude of the song though. We should have put more stuff about the salmon and clearly too and put words to help for each group of pictures.

I think it was actually easier not to have to write stuff on the actual essay. But that would only work if the pictures were in the right order. Our music had words to it and fit perfectly to the subject and most of the time it was about what we were trying to say on the essay. Even having just the pictures and instrumental music, gave some emotion if it fit with the essay. When it the music was sad and melancholy, the story was also.

YouTube "Evolution of Dance by Optimus Prime"

1) I like how Optimus Prime is dancing all the different kinds of dances from the 80's and so on.
2) Really funny and pretty much exact and exagerrated dance moves.
3) I love how he turns into a fire truck in the end.

YouTube Blog: "I.A.S.I.P. Parody of FRIENDS promo"

1) It makes fun of the F.R.I.E.N.D.S. intro.
2) They start off happy and then start bullying each other.
3) When the police comes, Dee turns off the light as if that would help hide them.

YouTube Blog: "The Simpsons Evolution"

1) It makes fun of evolution in a really creative way.
2) I love how it takes Homer that long just to get home and he goes through a bunch of phases.
3) They made Bart and Lisa dinosaurs and then their skeletons are lying around after the meteor hits.

How to Addict Your Audience to Your PowerPoint

Don’t use templates b/c they make the presentation look boring.

Put color and pictures b/c text will make them not pay attention to you.

Know the needs of your audience so you know what to tell them.

Make it for your audience and good for them. Like about their problems. You’re the one providing the solution.

Don’t give too much information. Give it in easy steps. One point per slide.

Make the audience interesting in your presentation.

Keep the slides simple and less to let them have imagination. They’ll depend on you to tell them more. If you need to give details, put them on a handout for them.

Be mysterious. Good presentations don’t make sense to anyone unless you tell them.

Have conversations so you interact with your audience.

Keep the slides easy to understand for the audience.

Tell a story about their state.

Give the best point at the end.

Leave them wanting more.

The Science of PowerPoint Overload

Richard E. Mayer researched about how the brain learns and what the best way to present something is. People process information either visually or verbally but not both, limited capacity. We can only take in so much information at a time, active processing. Slides with bullet points are too much on a screen since the brain takes long to organize everything in their head. Therefore you shouldn’t put too much on a screen and instead describe the content. More work is required to make an understandable and good presentation. If your slides only have words, put pictures. Don’t repeat what’s written. Erase unnecessary things. KEEP IT SIMPLE.