This week was really pretty good for me. Finishing a text book is always cool, and we did two! I really enjoyed working with the pictures this week, going through and deciding which ones were the best and trying to figure out why using the Top Ten Tips for Great Pictures. Wednesday night I was a little upset that I wasn't able to get on to see the library presentation. Extra credit could be useful. I had fun making the avatar for my account though.
Since I couldn't get to the presentation on Wed., I spent the next hour or so checking out Prezi. I played around a little and deleted. Actually making the Prezi was fun. I think this is a great way to make a presentation, and I think I like it better than the power point. I wish we could have used more pictures. Making groupings of pictures could have been fun. I like that you can make it as simple as you want, or you can get pretty fancy with it too. This is definitely something that I could use with kids at school, especially the older ones.
Working on the Pecha Kucha is a bit more challenging. Picking out just 20 pictures out of over 100 was not an easy job. I spent most of Sunday afternoon looking at pictures and then trying to write a script to go with it. I'm still trying to decide how I want to make the final product. I would really like to be able to add some of the concert music, but I don't know if I will be able to. I'll have to do some consulting with colleagues.
As always, listening to Garr Reynolds was interesting, and I really enjoyed the out takes at the end. Nice to see he can make mistakes and have fun with it!
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Wanda, I agree that the video is a nice tie-in with the text. I enjoy hearing Garr talk about presentations and seeing his examples.
ReplyDeleteWhat is the topic of your Pecha Kucha? As for adding music I think I remember someone (Louis maybe) saying that in order to add your voice and music you must have the music playing in the background as you speak but I am not 100% sure on that. Perhaps checking out the help feature in Voicethread would get you a better answer.
For your Pecha Kucha, if you are going to submit it on VoiceThread, you would have to have the music playing in the background because there is only one audio track. Make sure that it is loud enough that your mic can pick it up.
ReplyDeleteI am so happy that you enjoyed Prezi. It's great that you have a comfort level and will use it in the future. Why do you like it better than PowerPoint? Watching some of them made me a little motion sick. Were the benefits that you thought that it was more creative or more fun?