Technology - Freshman · Hull · e2 Band Public Feed
Script and Slide
Hi, my name is Hayden Myers and this is all about me. This slide shows all of my interests and things that defines me. I have it separated to the music I listen to(point to logic), my favorite things to do(points to tennis ball), and my favorite places to be(show the forest in the background). I tried not to include my family members, because even though they are a very important part of my life, I am trying to focus on just me for now. Anyway, these are all very important parts of my life because they all are things that I enjoy, and life is about being able to enjoy yourself. First off, tennis. Tennis is the sport that I have been playing for the longest. I was pretty much born into tennis. When I was a tiny baby my parents would turn me away from the tv because I was too young to look at it, but I would listen to tennis matches. I started playing tennis when I was three and still play today, which makes eleven years of me playing tennis. Second off, my favorite place to be, the forest. The forest is my favorite place because of how peaceful it is. I feel so relaxed, and get to look at animals and sights that I rarely ever take time to look at. I really like the animals in the forest because of how different they are from us. To me everything that I just said makes the forest a huge stress reliever for me. Now last but not least logic, or at least music but I definitely prefer logic. I listen to him because it relaxes me, music is amazing and I can play tennis or walk through the forest while listening to him. For me logic is the icing on top of the cake. Anyway, thank you for listening and I hope you enjoyed. Bye!
Remix of All About Me Slide
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.
JUSTINE
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.
Final Slide-Islam
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
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
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.
Tech slide and reflection
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)
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
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.
