Power Points

I really do not pay too much attention to how power points look as long as they have the right information and they look appealing. Reading these articlas though let me know that there is more to a power point than meets the eye.

1. Do not read the slide word for word. It is better to go with the flow and get the point across rather than read a powerpoint word for word from a power point with tons of information.
2. Do not hand out written stuff at the beggining of the presentation. Rather than listening to your slides people will be reading the paper that you gave them.
3.Do not bullet anything on your slides. This is the most boring thing to see in a slide, use something other than the dot, seriously.
4.Try not to use the exact layout that microsoft gives you, everyone has seen it before and if you use somethign that is more original it will be sure to catch someones eye.
5.Be very particular about the images that you use, some images can be too detail and people will just look at those instead of listening to you. So pick good and very clear images that get your point across and are there for a reason.

These are some tips that I gathered together that I think contribute to a good powerpoint.

CLT Visit

When we visited the CLT lab today I was honestly surprised about all of the technology that this lab has and all of the things that you are able to do here. My own laptop is a mac and that is really all that I use so it was great to see a lab with apples. If I need to ever use a computer in the library now I will definitely be down here using these macs because to me they are so much easier. For our class I will be in here to do my homework and such because I have no yet figured out how to use the network on my laptop yet.

One interesting thing that I learned today was that they are installing cameras and voice recorders for each class room to record the lectures. Which for me would be very helpful because sometimes I do not want to wake up for my early class so now I could watch it on the computer as soon as they start that program in each class.

In the CLT there is also audio and film rooms that are strictly for doing exactly what you need done even with the most high tech programs and all up to date.

This visit was definitely very useful and I am glad I learned all that I did.

Excel

I actually did not know that you were capable of doing all the things I learned to do on excel. I'm glad that I did learn the tools so it can actually help me in the future if I need to do anything on it. Now with what I know I might even be able to help my dad who could really use excel to organize his business. Excel is a useful to anyone who needs to input numbers in a chart. I'm sure big business groups use Excel to sort and compute a bunch of numbers. Hopefully in the future I will put what I learned for excel in use when I do something. I am glad I learned it.

Nima

OPRAH!

I choose the a 1989 picture of Oprah on TV Guide magazine. I chose this picture because I think that it is really ridiculous that they actually would use someone else body with Oprah's face. This picture was originally a 1979 publicity shot and basically they sliced Oprah's head to put it on Ann-Margrets body who at the time was a actress. There is no reason exactly to why this picture was manipulated but I would think it was to make Oprah seem skinny. The manipulation was harmful I think because it makes Oprah seem like something she is not. Neither Oprah or Ann-Marget gave permission for this photo to be put on this magazine. Funny Stuff.