Week 4

It is 3:15 in the morning and I can't sleep so will reflect on this last week's lesson. First I am overwhelmed. For me , personally, there is too much to do in one week. I do not have computer access at home, so have to sit at school to do my work. That said, loved watching Gar's presentations. He is so laid back. And his presentations seem so natural, and maybe, would ya think, that he PRACTICED it? Me, on the other hand, sort of formulate what I want to say in my head and then wing it, and it probably sounds that way. But I do look at every PP presentation with a new perspective now, I am analyzing it instead of listening to it-which in some cases is probably a good thing, otherwise would be bored to tears. Prezi was interesting. As I said in my posting about Prezi, it is all about connections. I have not tried it yet, but went through the tutorial, which I didn't quite understand, even though they insisted that it was so easy. That tool in the upper left corner is so different, not linear as I am use to. For my Prezi, didn't have problems picking out the pictures to use, some are way better than others, but trying to figure out the connection to each other will be interesting. Any project that has connectivity (meaning one thing leads to the next or things that are interrelated), would work well in the medium. Like causes of the Civil war, reasons I am up at 3:15 in the morning, characters in a book, that Solar System project, 50 state project, Wisconsin project,.....I do not have my story board done for the Pecha Kucha, it actually scares me a little. 20 seconds is really a long time to talk about one slide-I mean the pressure is on to have THE perfect slides. I can visualize doing a presentation about the Dewey decimal System (exciting as that may be to you), which I could easily do in 6.6 minutes, but in 20 slides? Stay tuned.