Class 2

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REFLECTIONS - CLASS 2

I enjoyed learning more about Powerpoint in class on Thursday. However, I must admit that is was disheartening. I'm a visual learner and most of the powerpoint presentations that I have attended have been quite informative and were not boring or degrading. In trying to learn more about developing an effective Powerpoint presentation, I came across this article. It's very interesting. I will print the first paragraph and you can read the remainder of the article from the link below.

PowerPoint Is Evil

Power Corrupts. PowerPoint Corrupts Absolutely.

By Edward Tufte

Imagine a widely used and expensive prescription drug that promised to make us beautiful but didn't. Instead the drug had frequent, serious side effects: It induced stupidity, turned everyone into bores, wasted time, and degraded the quality and credibility of communication. These side effects would rightly lead to a worldwide product recall.

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/ppt2.html

I also found an interesting Powerpoint tutorial site. See link below:

http://www.awesomebackgrounds.com/powerpointtutorials.htm

The information on Presentation Zen is great. The sites give information about how to "spruce up" your Powerpoint presentations and what makes a "bad" Powerpoint presentation. The following link is entitled, Really BAD Powerpoint (and how to avoid it) by Seth Godin. The information will be useful when developing a Powerpoint presentation.

http://www.sethgodin.com/freeprize/reallybad-1.pdf

I found an interesting site on Storyboards. Read through the site and view the the graphics. The graphics are displayed under the Portfolio tab. The work is exemplary.

http://www.storyboardsonline.com/corporate_recruiting.asp?link=sa

Natalie P. Smith Has anyone tried to submit task 1? I have tried using the link & typing in the UUID. But I don't see the folders. In fact, it's saying that it is empty. What I'm I doing wrong? - Talya

Lucille-I'm still not sure how this really works.

TALYA:

Once you click on "Turn in your assignment here" Click Task 1 - Introduction Click Upload Click Browse Highlight the file you want to upload Click Open Click OK You will then see the uploaded file in Dr. Martindale's folder.

Natalie P. Smith