Q2 Media Fluency

Posted by Teylor Ellerbe in Technology- Freshmen - Hull - y2 on Monday, December 9, 2013 at 9:15 pm

My slide describes that I can't live without music basically saying that i was lost now im found because i have music in my life. When i visited the design slide website I found one thing to be very interesting. The quote said “ My slides are not designed for people who didn't see the talk in person. They're designed to support my words, not some online audience”. I believe that this information is telling me that you should try to please yourself not everyone else because it only matters what you want to say. This project is about expressing yourself and telling people what makes you, you. The reason i made my slide the way i did is because when I visited the slide design page i found out that the key points are colors that stand out, bold print and less words to get my point across. So I followed these steps to describe myself in this slide.

During this slide making unit I learned about about contrast, design, color and size. I used these rules to my advantage when creating my slide. For example, I learned that bigger text draws the audience more than medium or small words would on a slide. Another thing I learned was that your should have colors that contrast but they don't have to match all the way.One more thing that I learned is how to space my words on my slide as well as centering them so that it can be more easy for the audience.For my slide my writing was on a slant and some letters were to small and just one color also. I decided to change the color of music and soul to contrast with the galaxy background more so I choose a mustard kind of color and also I centered my words so they can be easy to read and changed the front sized for the words “saved” and “my” to draw the audience in more . Ms.Hull set me to fail because i never done this project before and had no idea how to create a slide the way she described. I was going to make mistakes on this project since it was my first time doing a project like this. During our class discussions I learned more about what could make my project better like making my words a similar size and color so that they not only contrast but stand out in my slide

Comments (9)

Eva Karlen

I notice that the changes you made to your slide were slight, but they also made the slide much more visually appealing. I can see that you focused your edits on the text, by changing the color and not slanting the text. Your paragraph is very well-written, and clearly explains all of the design aspects of the slide that you took into consideration.

Liliana Guercio

I noticed that you colors were more bright and you could see it way better. Good job!

Tianna McNair

I think the colors go together nicely and they contrast well. I feel like your slide didn't stick to one theme, in other words you should pick a background that relates to the quote that deals with music. For example you could use a picture of earphones or a radio.

Arsenio Gomez

I wonder what made you use the background you use. Its very unique and eye catching. Also I feel you could of made the blue text a different font size.

Stephen Buchanico

I noticed your second slide was much more eye catching and easy to understand. Your second slide helped capture the idea that music and soul were what you were trying to tell us. By changing the colors it made it more eye catching and interesting.

Dominique Ballinger

I feel as though the changes you made to your slide was very smart. I noticed you change the color of the lettering to orange, to me that was a very smart choice. Something that I noticed you could change to make the slide better was the blue lettering maybe you could change that and make it bigger so the reader is more drawn into the slide. Also I noticed you could center the "My" so it is more in the middle of the slide.

Dominique Ballinger

Amanda Bolli

I noticed that you are very good at contrasting colors. I wonder what quote you would have used if music didn't save your soul. What if you change if you didn't do a good job on this slide or your new slide?

Amanda Bolli