Hey everyone! So this week we were supposed to create a Presentation (in power point or Google Slides) and then do a Q&A post! So I did my presentation on Dolphins because I find them fascinating! I’ll post the link at the end of the post, but for now here’s the questions and answers form this week’s discussion.
1. What two suggestions from the readings about how to use PowerPoint effectively do you think are the most important to remember? Why?
- The first suggestion that I remembered was to not over use animation, because I have a tendency to do that with power point. I think ‘oh it’s fun! it’ll grab people’s attention!’. And while it does do that, I can’t over use that creative power. Another suggestion I remember is make sure your audience can read your slides! I struggle in this area as well for the same reason. I want my presentation to be colorful, and I wind up having it be unreadable. I’ll work on it.
2. What is one thing you learned about PowerPoint that you didn’t previously know?
- One thing I found out about power point was that you can animate audio and picture files. I didn’t know you could do that before!
3. Have you ever used PowerPoint to present and what was your experience like? Did you follow the rules to presenting with PowerPoint or not?
- I’ve been using power point for a while so I’ve become really good at it, but I did find out the Google Slides and PowerPoint are two very different programs. I much prefer Power Point because, in my opinion, it’s easier to use and upload content to. As far as keeping to the rules, I find them to be more like guidelines, but I try my best to follow them.
4. How was your experience creating your Museum Kiosk on Google Slides?
- Like I said, I found Google slides much more complicated than PowerPoint, however, it was easier to present it to others than a power point would be.
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