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Advanced Essay 2 - Educational Equality

Posted by Bea Gerber in English 3 · Block · A Band on
​This essay is about the importance of teachers who care about the futures of students and who's driving force is to propel kids far out into the world. The essay reflects of the fact that this isn't present in most of our country and for very specific groups of people. Hopefully this comes through in my work, and next time I hope to articulate even further with my points. I think I did a good job here but I want to hit the audience even more clearly next time. Enjoy!

https://docs.google.com/a/scienceleadership.org/document/d/1BgKRvlnzcitgnd82BoWh8RtUbw79gX7jTAUMVC5H8Hk/edit?usp=sharing

Bea Gerber
Educational Equality

           I’ve never been ashamed to admit that I love math. Since elementary school, I remember correcting the mistakes on the whiteboard and turning in my worksheets early. Math has right answers, leaves nothing up to chance, and can always be solved, even if the solution is that there is no solution. I’ve taken geometry two times, two summer math courses, and have been taking math with seniors since sophomore year. This may come across as bragging about my smarts, but in reality, it’s me bragging about my opportunities. Freshman year, a few of my friends and I were ready to take our learning to the next level. Geometry had been a breeze for us and we wanted a challenge. Without hesitation, our math teachers and parents helped guide us through the process of taking a summer math course, and even gave us extensions to accommodate our exciting summers. I remember on the final day, clicking the last submit button and running down the stairs to my parents singing We Are the Champions by Queen. I was finding joy in my education on my own time and was accelerating my learning with the support of those around me who believed that I could be successful. The following year, our schedules were rearranged to fit our special math classes, and teachers constantly checked in with us to make sure we were able to keep up and stay afloat. We were encouraged by all who heard of our situation, and taking a harder math course felt a time to prove myself while being grateful for the chance to learn. 
This scenario is not typical, and I’ve realized this as my high school career has continued. While I was able to jump ahead easily and gain the support of others, many students across the country can not. At my school, being smart isn’t “nerdy”. Participating in class isn’t lame. We strive to be smart and push each other to our highest potential, something I now realize is not gifted to everyone. The author of I Just Want to be Average, Mike Rose, corroborates this while describing vocational school in LA: “If you're a working-class kid in the vocational track, the options you'll have to deal with this will be constrained in certain ways: you're defined by your school as "slow"; you're placed in a curriculum that isn't designed to liberate you but to occupy you, or, if you're lucky, train you, though the training is for work the society does not esteem.” I see the education system to be flawed because of this. The fact that one child is encouraged to achieve while another is seen as less than and not given the chance directly impacts education they can and will receive. This comes down to the school environments and the people who run them. If teachers believe that the end goal for students is to go to college as free thinkers who can make change and do more than stay in one neighborhood and live the lives their parents live, then those students have a chance at that life. If their teachers just believe in getting good test scores for their schools, the children they educate will reflect that. Jimmy Santiago Baca, the author of A Place to Stand, recalls, “I first got to talk to someone who made me feel human at the age of 22,” when speaking about how his relationships with people in and out of school during his lifetime. Our education system is too good at this. It is too good at looking at students as numbers and statistics rather than people with futures. Everyone, simply by attending school, should have earned the right to an education that actually wants to create a better person at the end of it. Currently, our education system only does that for certain people who fit a mold of a certain type of citizen. These are white middle class Americans, and that can be narrowed depending on your part of the country. If you don’t fit into that guideline, your education is streamlined into “what’s best for you” or how others feel you should learn. America is taught by white people. We learn whitewashed history and we read whitewashed books. We have special weeks or months where we take in literature written by people of color instead of that being the norm all year long. We learn through a white lens. This probably won’t change, since America feels comfortable here. What can change are the teachers and the motive behind the way they teach. A good teacher has the power to change a student’s life. Whether it be supporting children who want to jump ahead or the one time they learned their future actually mattered because there was someone looking out for them when the rest of the world wasn’t, a good teacher is life changing. Without good teachers pushing children, black children, forward, they fall victim to a system that is designed to ignore them. Designed to say “that’s enough.” Fully ready to assume children don’t want to achieve higher, therefore making the children believe they don’t want to achieve higher, perpetuating the cycle of being too cool to be smart. Continuing a circle that leads away from higher education and back into jails and prisons. The school system leaves behind children. Two kids can go to school for the same number of years and still have different different options and opportunities for their futures. Teachers have to teach to the students’ world and experiences, and not their own. Until teachers can meet children where they are, lift them up, and grow them as people, educational equality will not exist.

Media Fluency Remix Slide

Posted by Douglas Oliver on
Meida Fluency Tech Assignment
​After hearing the constructive criticism given by my classmates and teacher, I made a few crucial changes to my slide. I decided it be best to remove my name from the slide all together. I found that it was a distraction and it looked messy. I kept in mind that it's nice to have lines that guide the viewer to what's important on the slide but we also learned that rules are meant to be broken, so I placed an image with swirls. I think it represents the my personality so I found an image that would show that.
In the new slide, I edited the font and presented my quote differently as well. I felt it complimented the image. From what I saw in class,the shadow drop added a nice look so I added it knowing it would make the words stand out. It also made it easier to read rather than one color such as black or white that matched the background. Without it, it'd be either be too hard to see. 
I also kept in mind that it's easier to focus on the point of the slide when there aren't a lot of things covering the screen so I tried to keep it similar. Besides that I knew that if I did too much, it'd be a new slide rather than a remix. I had considered removing the quoter from the slide but if I did that then there'd be even more negative space then there already is. Once I had put these touches on, I realized it was a sharp, clean, slide. Overall, I feel these small changes helped professionalize my slide and increase my knowledge in design.

Remix 1 Google Slide

Posted by Alyssa Williams in Technology - Freshman · Hull · d2 Band on
Remix 1 Slide
I learned a lot from the critique  that i was given. My first slide was very distracting, and the images that I put on there were also distracting and clashed with my background image. One of my friends pointed out to me that I did not have a color theme and that having a theme might help so that my slide is less distracting and conflicting. 

When i was thinking of doing my new slide, I wanted to make it a much more simple, but still with something important to me on there. I thought...what is  one of the most important things to me and I thought of my faith and my friends. So I chose a bible verse about friendship. I wanted to make the colors pop, so i bolded them and put them in white so that it would really pop off of the background. I put the bible verse in the top center because that is the focal point of my slide. That is the thing that I want people to look at and read first. 

The research that I did helped me to realize that I needed to make a simple slide. I needed to limit the colors that I used so that they did not clash and I had a solid theme. For my research, I used Presentation Zen. The main point that I noticed was "One Slide. One Point." I used this in the recreation of my slide because my first slide was very crowded. In conclusion, I think that the recreation of my one slide project is much better because of the research and the critique that I received from my classmates.  

Remix slide-Mawusse Akohouegnon

Posted by Mawusse Akohouegnon in Technology - Freshman · Hull · d2 Band on
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​From the critique I got from my slide, I learned that when making my slide I should making things bigger. I was told that everything was fine I just had to make the heart bigger and play around with the words and see if that is the best place for it.
To remake my slide, I made my heart bigger then it was before so that it covered up more space. I also played around with the words and try to see if their was a better place of placing them but the way it is now is the only way that works.
In my research just told me the same thing that I found the first time. And I didn't really have to change much so it didn't requir for me to research  much. I just refured but to what I found before

Remix of All About Me Slide

Posted by Gabriella Torres in Technology - Freshman · Hull · e2 Band on
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I had learned a lot from the critiques I was given during the presentation. I had taken everything in consideration since I had certain things that could've been better. One of the critiques was to fix all the tangents on the slide. I had tried my best to fix. Another critique was to move the two images to the right over more so it didn't interfere with any of the text. I learned that if you want to catch someone's eye with a slide you have to make sure there isn't anything that will annoy or make them think what your slide is actually about.
I made these changes to my slide because I knew that it would make it better then it was before since it was our first time trying this out. The changes I made were to insure that everyone wasn't questioning why something was placed a certain way or that it was annoying them because of what ever reason they have. Also to make the slide as short as possible without it being way too much for people to look at. 
The research actually helped me a little bit because I had already an idea of how I wanted kmy slide. I wanted to make sure I should who I actually was an athlete. So while researching I was basically trying to find pictures that were simple enough but also popped. Some of the sources I used was the Zen website with the Ikea billboard. This actually gave me an idea to use colors that were bright and mixed well so someone would be able to see if from afar. Which in the long run actually was a success. This is my slide hope you enjoy.

Design Slides

Posted by Alexander Guigar on
Design slides (2)
1) Something I learned from my slide critic was that my original slide was much too stretched out, which was a big problem. I also learned that people prefered the same shape when it came to logos in the design. 

2) I changed almost everything in my slide except my main concept: a person with a message in the brain. But this time, I have a quote instead of pictures. I also use a colorful background to draw attention to the not-so-colorful person with the quote which is the most important part of the slide. 

3) A resource that helped me a lot was "Presentation Zen". The website talked about a lot of tools and ideas I could incorperate in my slide. I think the most important tool was the rules of contrast.

4) The main two websites I used to help me with my slide was "Presentation Zen" and "Slide Design"

Tech slide remix

Posted by Hector Sanchez-Ortiz in Technology - Freshman · Hull · d2 Band on
Tech slide (2)
The constructive criticism helped me make a better slide because people would tell me things I could improve on my slide.I changed my font to make it more appealing to the eyes.I also change my background picture because I found a better picture of the windmill with better lighting.I decided to remove my name from the Google slide because I felt it was not important to have my name on the slide.Another reason I removed my name from the slide was that it drew too much attention from my quote.

The From the presentation zen I learned a lot about making good slides.From the research that I did, I learned that having big text would help the text stand out so I decided to make the font bigger.I also learned that bolding the text makes it easier for the audience to see.I colored my text black because I wanted my text to contrast from the background.Presentation zen showed me a lot of ways to make a good slide.

In conclusion, I learned a lot about what makes a slide good. Using all of the sources I was able to create a good slide.I also found ways to improve on my old slide and make it better. I believe made a good slide but, I still could learn more things to improve my slide.

One Slide About Londyn:Remix

Posted by Londyn Edwards in Technology - Freshman · Hull · d2 Band on
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From the critique of my slide, I learned that since I am the creator, only I know what I want to grab the audience’s attention. I also learned that images get distorted sometimes when being shown on a projector in comparison to a computer screen so I should be careful when enlarging or minimizing images and text because it may make things be grainy or go unseen by the audience.


To remake this slide, I first remade a version that had my original background and text color but with more paint splatters as a border. I then decided to completely remix my slide so, I inverted the colors making the background black and the words white. It was suggested that, to catch the eye, I should make my name multicolored so, I did so. It was also suggested that I make my quote bigger so that the audience can read it since it was put on the slide for a reason.


I think the research helped me make a better slide because it showed that there are many different ways to interpret information and in order to convey the message you want, you have to catch the eye of the audience. I would also consider my classmates’ presentations research because I could see the things I liked about a slide and the things I didn’t like about a slide and I could see common mistakes that were present in my slide as well as theirs. For the most part, I used the given resources, google and advice from my friends to create a good slide. I used the ideas of eye catching colors, the rule of thirds and other advice from classmates/friends to formulate a new and improved idea for my slide remix.


Slide Remix: Nile Shareef-Trudeau

Posted by Nile Shareef-Trudeau in Technology - Freshman · Hull · d2 Band on
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At first my slide was just a word and design with a hidden meaning. You weren’t able to understand how it connected or expressed the essence of “Nile” without a thorough explanation from me. When critiquing my slide my classmates informed me that I could maybe add a definition of the word in my slide but it wasn't needed since I explained it.

I made the changes to my slide so that it could speak more so for itself. Although it still is simple, it looks a tad more special and I added the changes that were advised to me by my classmates plus a few extra changes that I thought would spice it up.Think these changes enace my slide greatly.

The research I did from all the source provided, really helped me to better understand the elements of a good slide design. I used space and the spacing of the different things to allow the presentation to look clear rather than cluttered. I used lines to draw the eye to the focal point of my presentation. The color I used changed to a slightly lighter purple than before, so that the text was still seen. Some shapes to go with my  “Special Person” theme, and a small shadow behind the focal point to make it bounce out and shine brighter than the rest. I think I made a lot of good changes to my slide and like it much better overall.



Nile Shareef-Trudeau

JUSTINE

Posted by Akossiwa Koffi in Technology - Freshman · Hull · e2 Band on
Tech Slide
Tech Slide

I didn't know what to do for my slide so I chose to do something different. I haven found my way yet so I chose to put a blank canvas because I still have my whole life ahead of me. My canvas is just waiting to be painted. The title is Pristine Justine because thatś how I view myself.


I didn't get a lot of critiques, I heard that there was weird empty spaces everywhere and   too many pictures. I decided to change the whole idea because I wanted it to reflect more on me and how I see myself. I did something simpler and decided not to do a picture because I wanted it to be new and just something I made and not just get it from the internet.  


I still use the video about the ikea sign because I used a bright color blue. I think the font color compliments the background. There's a perfect amount of empty space I don't know if my slide will be seen from 5k away like the Ikea sign, but I think i did a lot better on this side.  


google slide recreation.

Posted by Tyria Brown-Smith on
​Here is my recreated slide. I learned from the critique of my slide to delete the picture because it draws attention to what the actual slide is about, I also learned that my slide to should make a point so that the viewers would understand it. The color of the background creates a neutral feeling. It is not too bright where you cannot see the words, but it is light enough to go good with the color of the words. 
I made some changes because from research I did it did not meet the guidelines of a good slide. I learned about having  variety in my slide. I made some words bigger than other. I also had balance in my slide because  the colors bounce off each other. I also learned to have symmetry in my slide and I applied that to my slide, in between the words. I also left some space. 
 A Source that I used are Elements of Design Define. I also used Presentation Zen and the Slide tutorial. I learned to base my slide off of how theirs looked. They taught me that I need to include balance, variety, and spaces. I looked at the appearances of the slide and the tips, and I made a better slide. 
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Slide Remix

Posted by Preston Tieu in Technology - Freshman · Hull · d2 Band on
All About Me (2)

From the critiques on my slide, I learned that color and font is a very important factor in design. Through color, we can catch people’s eyes, and changing the font up will make the slide less bland and boring. Furthermore, I removed my name from the slide because I wanted the viewer to focus more on the background picture, and not get distracted by my name being there. In addition, I changed the color, font, and placement of my slide because I learned that color plays a strong role in design and eye-catchers. Moreover, I used the clouds as a natural resource to put my quote on. By doing this, I allowed eyes to focus more on the quote and background, opposed to focusing on my name.

The research I did helped polish my slide because I used natural lines in the image to direct audiences’ eyes where I want them. In addition, I changed up the font to make a less bland slide, and color to catch eyes. I used presentation Zen, and other desgin websites to make my slide better. By studying how to make a good slide, I found a new interest in design and edit.

In conclusion, I enjoyed working on this project. It helped me learn a lot about design and where to place things. There is a lot of things I need to work on and this project has pointed that out. Some things I could have worked on are choosing a better font, and using better color.


My new slide

Posted by Emma April in Technology - Freshman · Hull · d2 Band on
Emma's slide
Emma's slide
From the criticism I received, I learned that my slide was too buisy. The background of my slide was too stretched, and the quote was spread out everywhere. The number 10 on the soccer player's sleeve was too close to the quote and seemed irrelevant in my slide. The font of my quote did not pop and the contrast of the quote on the silhouette was too distracting.
I made my new slide more simple. I changed my quote to something that described me in fewer words. I placed my new quote underneath the soccer player. The dividing line in my new background is pleasing to the viewers. I lined up the beginning of my quote to the soccer players cleats and the end of the quote to the goalpost. I chose white as the color of the font to contrast with the green. I used Architect's daughter as my font because it makes it appear like the soccer player wrote it.
I modeled my slide after Presentation Zen. I used the rule of thirds, the soccer player's legs, the soccer ball, and my quote. The soccer player also bleeds off of the page making the slide look as though there is more to the slide. There is a lot of negative space which gives my slide a nice touch. In conclusion, I took the criticism I was given and executed a better slide.

Indiya Remix Slide

Posted by Indiya Johnson in Technology - Freshman · Hull · d2 Band on

During the last past few weeks, I've learned how to make an okay slide. My first slide was a complete fail. I didn't like anything after I'd seen my classmates slides. Theirs had nice quote not too short or for long. I also got told that my picture looked "like a decapitated gymnast" and it was also pixelated. I then realized that my slide was not as great as I thought it was so then I had to decide to just re-do the inter thing.
I decide to change my whole slide because I wasn't feeling the vibes of the slide with the " decapitated gymnast". So I searched up dance on Pinterest, Google, etc. I finally found a picture that I liked. I then searched again on Pinterest, Google, etc. I had trouble picking between two quotes but the picture I'd use had to do with feet so I then choose the saying "Dance with your heart your feet will follow". I then made the words follow the sunsets curve because it looks ascetically pleasing.
The research that I did really did help me create this slide because I found that bleeding doesn't work for every picture. In my old slide, it looked like a "decapitated gymnast" Those weren't the vibes I was looking for so when I heard this I knew I had made the mistake of bleeding. I also found that the way the text is formed and follows the picture it looks really nice. I found out many things while doing this project and I hope that I will create better slides later on.
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Final Slide-Islam

Posted by Awa Diakite in Technology - Freshman · Hull · e2 Band on
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     The criticism I got from my classmates for my slide didn’t impact me as much as the criticism Ms. Hull gave me. I didn’t want to continue on with the theme I had but I did it anyways. My slide was a very spread out collage that I had no confidence in presenting in front of the class. Ms. Hull told me that if I wanted to make a collage then go for it. I had to get rid of the white spaces and “make people look at everything at once”. Those are exactly the changes I made.


     I stuck to the composition video on youtube that explained how pictures should intersect at the four intersecting points and the slide tutorial video that explained how important pictures are in a presentation as my sources. There is a numerous amount of different pictures explaining different things that all tie to one main topic.


     My slide may or may not have improved but this time I have a little bit more confidence in myself. I learned that slide making takes time and effort and the smallest things are actually a big deal. From the videos and websites I gained much knowledge on how to make my slide better in the future. I thank these videos and the people behind the voice overs, but most importantly, Ms.Hull.


Single Slide part II

Posted by Tristan Dini in Technology - Freshman · Hull · e2 Band on
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After the first slide that I did, I thought the project was okay just like how my slide was just okay. It wasn’t anything special but it worked for what the project was asking for. This is why it took a little while to even start the revised version. I didn’t have much interest to do the first slide. Yes I looked at some of the websites that suggested strategies for design but knowing how to make the slide look decent didn’t really help me choose an image, a topic, something to go off of. So there was no real motivation. Although I did still have to do something so I put a slide together very last minute and that was that. Like I said I thought the slide was okay seeing as I didn't put much effort into it but, when it was time for me to present to the class about how I designed my slide I didn’t really know what to say.

The feedback I got from the presentation was definitely helpful and in general it sounded to me like I should take my own picture for the slide instead of looking one up. Now I understood where that was coming from and I also thought a picture of my own would be better but I don’t have a super amazing camera so that didn't really work out. But I did indeed make my own picture in a way. Now if the comment on my slide wasn’t “take your own picture” it was “it’s too blurry at the bottom”... both things I couldn't really change. So I decided to start over completely. I stayed with the soccer theme though so I wasn’t completely lost or anything, just had a blank slide.

For some reason starting the new slide was much easier than the first one (that is when I actually decided to start.) In place of the soccer ball on the field by itself I tried to find a picture of player I liked on the ball or just holding one. After stretching a couple of photos to try and fit in the background of a slide I decided to try something different. I got a picture of the player I wanted and this time it wasn’t the whole background of the slide but only an image in there. I threw a couple more in the slide to try and add more flavor but that wasn't working either. The idea was really good but it just looked ugly with a bunch of rectangular images in there with no good way to fit them together. At this point I decided to devote myself to a good looking slide. I thought well the players would look fine but just without the stupid backgrounds. So I found a free photo editing site and fiddled around with the images till I found a good brightness and whatnot. It was pretty much all downhill after that, I figured I could keep two uniform colors present then make the text that color as well. Overall I was happy with the outcome and enjoyed the project.


Single Slide Remix

Posted by Carol Lopez in Technology - Freshman · Hull · e2 Band on
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Originally I was going for the the Ikea look, like focusing it on one thing. To me, it made sense at first but then explaining it to people I can could see why it was so many of my teammates were confused.  My and teammates think my topic was clear.  Somethings that my teammates told me to improve ways to make sure my topic was more clear.  Also to not have as many pictures because at first look they didn't make sense.  My pictures were also srinked and weren't pleasing to the eye.

After taking in all my critiques and applying them to my slide i decided to improve it by just having ONE picture and basing it on my topic(languages).  I also changed my background to blue because it’s like the sky in my picture and also when asking people what’s their favorite color many siad blue so I thought it would be appealing to the eye.  My front color is yellow because I think yellow is a color that pops to the eye.  Also since my background is the sky, the yellow front goes well with the sun my my picture.  Now I think my slide is more understanding and well done.

After all us this I really appreciate the speech Ms. Hull gave us because it made me feel a lot better knowing that none of us got the project done right and that we are supposed to learn from our mistake, so I want to thank Ms. Hull for that because not only do I feel more confident in Tech I feel better in my other classes.


My Family- Tech

Posted by Jasir Chavis on
   My slide at first to me was the quintessential example of what a slide should not look like. The pictures were unorganized the angles were not symmetrical it just needed a whole revamp. I decided to re do the slide in a more home type style which is why there are frames on the walls. I now knew what I needed to fix to make my slide better. Reading this you will see the time and effort I put into my slide.

   Doing research I found that the style of your words along with the background help make a slide a slide. So when picking a color background for my letters I wanted it to resemble the modern family style cursive words with a black or white background. So that is what I incorporated into my slide. Going into this I knew I could make my slide much better than it was previously and that is what I believe I did. Moving on I will now show some of my sources.

    Some sources I used to make my slide was the presentation zen link which is basically a website that explains how to make a slide and things that make a good slide. In conclusion my slide was originally how can I say this a mess, but after hearing my fellow peers and Ms.Hull I think I was better equipped to tackle the challenge of revamping my slide. Thanks for reading!

Tech Slide

Posted by Nuala Cowen in Technology - Freshman · Hull · d2 Band on
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When I first began to create this slide, I tried to think of what my theme could be. I knew that I wanted it to be simple like the Ikea advertisements but I didn’t really know what it could be about. I started off by looking at pictures to get an idea of what I might want. I decided to choose a simple yellow flower. After that, I began to look for a quote.  The quote that I chose reflected on open-mindedness and I thought of myself as an open-minded person so I thought that i chose to use it in my slide.


When I presented in front of the class last time, I was given some helpful suggestions by the class and by ms Hull on how to make my slide look better. One of the suggestions was to fix the color of the font to make it darker so that the audience could see it a little better. Ms Hull said to use a different colored background as well. When I was presenting, I realized that it looked different from when it was on the computer screen to the when it was on the board. When I was making the slide, the font showed up darker and more visible.


I used presentation zen to make my slide because it provided really helpful tips. It said to make the text as big as I can, use a theme, and to keep it simple. I kept this advice in mind when creating my slide and I think that it really helped me. I also used a website called “Top Ten Slide Tips” which provided pretty much the same tips. Overall, this is my process of making my slide.


Tech slide and reflection

Posted by Hayden Myers in Technology - Freshman · Hull · e2 Band on
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From this assignment I have learned how to make slides a lot better, and I know that this will help me in the future because everybody at some point in their life has to get a point across in the most efficient way possible. I have learned that a bad slide makes people want to look away and not decide to ascertain any of the information that is being given to them. This is why slides need to not only hold information, but they need to look good and pop so the viewers will be more interested in what is going on in the slides, and so their brain can take in the big loud information on the slide as important. I used to think that slides didn’t need to catch the eye, it just needed to have a bunch of information on one page. Really though, it just matters on how important the information seems on the slide. I will hold this information with me, and help myself get through life a lot more easily.

Remix Slide(Vincent Cammisa)

Posted by Vincent Cammisa in Technology - Freshman · Hull · e2 Band on
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​For the past few weeks we have been leaning about slide design and lately we have presented and received critique from classmates and Ms.Hull on what I can or could do to get our slide design to get better, not only for our current slides but as a life lesson for future slide presentations that will help us throughout our lifetime in education.

The changes that i took into consideration was mainly the extra stuff that were just hanging in random places around my slide. So for one I took tristan's idea and put a signature into my baseball and the most helpful which makes my slde a whole lots better is wrap the words around the image s the viewers can have one focus point throughout the slide. One source i used were my classmates as suggestions and two i used clipart, so that what what i changed.t helped e improve on y skills as a designer when it comes to creating a slide.

I think that this assignment was very beneficial ad it helped me improve on my skills as a designer when it comes to creating a slide. I belive in my future i see nice slides along with a well presentation to go with it all because this one assignment 


Remix Slide- Nickell Caesar

Posted by Nickell Caesar in Technology - Freshman · Hull · e2 Band on
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​From the critiquing of my slide I learned that I had made a tangent where one of my pictures were really close to the edge. I also learned that I had done a bit too much on my slide, for example I had basically put two of the same things, I had put an Eagles Logo and Carson Wentz right next to each other, which really didn’t make sense. They said I should have just put Carson Wentz, because I wanted to make him the main center of attention and the other logo had drawn the attention away from him.

I decided to remove the Eagles Logo so that it wasn’t distracting and made Carson Wentz even bigger. The Slide Design for Developers link said that you should make the text size bigger, you want people all the way in the back of the classroom to see what you’ve written, not the people that are in the front.
The Presentation Zen Link said that you want it to be a quick glance type of design. You don’t want people to have to take forever to get the gist of what the point of your slide is going to be about. All of these sources, suggestions, and constructive criticism from my classmates helped me create a new and improved slide.

Tech final slide-Rene Hart

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Tech Me slide (4)

In tech class I was critiqued on my original slide. I heard feedback like reducing the tangent I had in the original slide. I learned that  I can play with the background and foreground in many different ways.I was also told to get rid of the speech bubble.  I was told I had a good eye for design so there wasn’t much feedback.

I made many different changes to my slide. The first thing I did was get rid of the half basketball court in the background. It was hard to work with and had a weird shape that I couldn’t change. Second I added just a basket to the picture. It was made on a slant so I put it in a corner in the background. I kept the basketball because I felt like it grabbed the most attention. I changed the font of my phrase and got rid of the speech bubble.

Researching on Presentation Zen really helped my design. I read that “vision trumps all other senses” and tried to make that saying come to life in my design. The website also gave me great ideas on how to contrast colors and shapes. I think my biggest source for my final design was my peers. There designs really inspired me. Youtube videos also gave me great ideas. I feel like I perfected my slide.