Sunday, November 14, 2010
Digital Storytelling - Week Three
I have mixed feelings about this week's lesson. First, I am very excited to try Animoto. I applied for my educator's account, and am now waiting to hear when my account has been approved so I can get started. After watching the Presentation Zen video, I was very anxious to start modifying my old presentation to fit the Zen recommendations. However, this is where I got hung up. When we were asked to post an old presentation last week, I chose the worst one of mine I could find, which was a presentation I was assigned to do in an earlier class in this cohort. However, I've realized that the presentation I chose was really an essay put on slides. So when I tried to modify it, everything I had on my slides would now go on my handout, and I have nothing left on my slides; no opportunities to insert a graph or picture anywhere! I am wishing I had chosen a different presentation in the first place, but I haven't really done a Powerpoint in years, other than the ones I've done for this cohort. I guess I'm kind of stuck!
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Andi,
ReplyDeleteI am not sure why, but I was given my Animoto account the same night I signed-up for it. So I hope you get your account soon. I was able to create my video and I liked creating it in Animoto. I thought it was really easy. It would almost be worth paying for a subscription because I think a person could do some awesome things with this program and what it offers. I hope you have thought of an idea of how to revise your presentation. I also dislike having that "stuck" feeling. Maybe for your first slide talking about security you could have a big lock. And for your slides about plans, you could create a "checklist" image and have those two items checked. You are right; you do have a tricky presentation to work with. I'm sorry I wasn't much help. Good luck and I am sure it will turn out just fine!
Why don't you just choose another presentation? I'm sure it wouldn't be a big deal. The purpose of the assignment was to see how we could take something and make it better according to zen. If you can't do it with what you first chose, do it with something else that fits better. You may not be getting the full effect of the assignment if you keep struggling with something that doesn't fit with the principles.
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