Interactive Presentation

Today we learned more about what we can do with Powerpoint. Mr. Case showed us a few of the most annoying effects a person can do like animation with each letter/word, adding sounds while you're talking, automatic transition while presenting, etc.

He also told us a way to save our presentations so that it would automatically show up as a slide show. You just save it as pps. Also, if you have effects that other computers might not have or if a computer doesn't have Powerpoint at all, you can click 'Pack and Go' and your whole presentation is saved which means that any effects would still work in any other computer. There are also things like Spell Check which is common to most Microsoft Office and there should be no reason to have any spelling errors; no reason for me to misspell Bibliography again.

What caught my attention the most was the interactive presentation. Mr. Case described it as the most adventurous presentation out of all because it interacts with the audience itself. Actually, it's not even a presentation. It's more like a game.

This is how it works. You might have several slides which might connect with one another. On the first slide, you can have buttons that links it to different slides. You can access these buttons by going to 'Slide Show' and then, 'Action Buttons'. When you've done this, there are a couple of options that are given to you and you choose whichever one you want. For example, you can link the button to the fourth slide or seventh.

Well, that's all I really remember. When I find out a bit more about this, I'll jot down some notes.

Relaxing Again

I didn't have a lot of things that I did over the weekends. I went to other blogsites of my classmates, and they don't really update every other day, so I'm wondering if I have to update even if I don't learn anything new. Well, that's all.

Essentially, The PowerPoint Presentation

Well, overall I thought that most of the PowerPoint Presentations were okay. Some were exceptionally well but only a few in my opinion. I think I did well, except for the Bibliography part. I think I've already said that in my other post, but oh well.

Anyway, I really think that I learned a few good techniques on how to present from this project. I don't know if it would be effective as well for other subjects, but this is business technology so it should be. (For more information about the techniques that I learned, you can just go and take a look at the post a couple of days back.) However, the main thing that would probably carry you through the presentations is to have confidence and to really know what you're talking about. You're the expert at your presentation (usually) so there's really nobody to tell you if your information is wrong (except the teachers).

I really don't have a lot of things to say. I still haven't found my watch, but hopefully before I go home I'd find it. I don't know if I can still find it after a week. What probably happened was somebody found it and didn't put it in the office or something. I mean, I dropped it I'm sure of that. And the only way that it could disappear is for someone else to find it. I hope they just return it in the office. It's quite expensive, and I didn't tell my parents yet. I know that they will be upset. My father gave it to me for Christmas three years ago. I think it's time to get a new watch because I don't think anybody really keeps a watch for that long. But my father can keep his belongings without losing them or breaking them for almost a decade. I'm the same way, and this is one of the few times that I've lost something important.

Anyway, school was a breeze this week. I didn't even realize that it was Friday already. I know that maybe next week all of the projects and tests and assignments would come out of the blue, but for this week, I'm enjoying my time.

Just Relaxing Around

I think everyone has presented their PowerPoint Presentations today. By Friday, we would be starting a new unit.

I think that I did a good job on my project… except for the fact that I misspelled bibliography by the end. I don’t know what happened though. When I practiced it wasn’t spelled like that. I must have pressed something when I was about to present it. Anyway, all of the projects of my friends were really good. I think that they know that they did well as well.

I don’t think I have any more things to say. School has been kind of mild lately. Well, I’m enjoying it while it’s lasting. I know that when the weeks progress, there would be a ton of work to do again.

What Happened Today

Yay! I'm so happy! I got my Computer Project back and I'm so glad that I got a Level 4. I thought that I would be lucky to get a Level 2, but I actually got an A. Yay! My test was also given back, and I got 19/20. I wasn't expecting to get a 100%, so I'm happy as well.

Hey, does anybody know how to get the music sheet for "Ballade Pour Adeline"? I really want to play it.

Not Much

Man, I forgot to publish this post yesterday. I saved it as Draft then I completely forgot it.

Not much is up. I'm just studying for my French and Geography tests. I'm so relieved that the computer test was quite easy. I know for sure that I'm not going to get 100% but I know that I passed. Well, that's it. I've got to work on my PowerPoint Presentation.

What a Day!

Today was the most… emotional day of my life.

It all started in gym class. One of my friends tried to do a flip, but ended up banging her head on the floor. First, I was about to laugh because I honestly thought she was okay, but when she didn’t get up, we all started to worry. We asked her if she was alright, but she was crying and her head was bleeding. Two of my classmates helped her to the office, and the rest of us were sitting down worrying. I was really sure that she was going to be alright, but when one of the girls began talking about concussions and how you can die from it, I became really scared.

The next period was even more upsetting than that. Five people were called to the office, and minutes later, they came back with Mrs. Kelly. She started talking about how our math class was just too big and some people would have to get another schedule so that they could be transferred to the other math class. I was really nervous because she said that if nobody volunteered, she would be forced to pick names out of a hat.

I couldn’t believe it. It was my first year in high school and everything was perfect. I’ve had so far the most perfect year of my life, with classmates I wanted to be with, and really good teachers and schedule. I just don’t want to throw all of that away just because math class was too big. Unfortunately, five of my classmates decided to change schedules.

I’m pretty sure I’m going to miss them. I mean, nobody would giggle too much in English class anymore or in French class. Things would definitely change.

Power of the Point!

We were assigned a new project yesterday. This one seems to be more fun the the previous one that we just did. We are supposed to do a powerpoint presentation that is only four slides and three minutes long about any brand the we like. I chose the good old traditional DOLE!

I'm pretty convident that I would do well on this. I get a little nervous when I have to present especially by myself, but it's not a problem for me. I'm already planning what my presentation is going to look like. I don't want to put any words on it except for the really necessary ones like titles or what the project is about. Other than that, all I am going to have are pictures!

Yay!

The Second Article Summary

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=rch&AN=1C161C16200296909&site=src-live

This article is mainly about the addiction the young people today have over video games.

A rehabilitating centre was built in the Netherlands to deal with drug addicts, alcoholics, and game addicts. It turns out that games make people anti-social from a very young age if parents allow them to play all of the time. A video game might not be the prime suspect to a child’s irregular behavior so usually parents wouldn’t know why their kids are acting that way. Being addicted to video games is much like being addicted to drugs or drinking. As a matter of fact, some people even take drugs just to be able to play longer.

< style="font-family: lucida grande;">Amsterdam-based Smith and Jones Addiction Consultants is Europe’s first addiction centre to work with people who are obsessed with video games.

The Powerpoint Article

http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=voh&AN=20607562&site=src-live

Summary: One of the most excessively mis-used method of presenting is PowerPoint. This program is so typically used that audiences of a presentation almost always know what is going to happen in a presentation. When this happens, their mind tends to wander off somewhere else instead of giving their attention to the presenter. There are five ways mentioned in this article on how to improve Powerpoint Presentations.

Way 1: Don't use the ordinary 'data, explain data, conclude data' method of presenting because this is what the audience expects. Instead, switch up the lay out so that there's something new and unexpected for the audience to look at.

Way 2: If you use a textbook or any kind of resource to make your presentation, don't copy word by word and place it at points in your presentation. Instead, take the main ideas, summarize, and then explain it as you go along.

Way 3: Don't explain everything you know about the topic. Keep the presentation short in order to keep your audience awake.

Way 4: Don't read from the presentation. Make a script explaining your notes. Your audience would be able to read the notes themselves so there’s no point of repeating them over. < style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">

Way 5: It might be a good idea to listen to what your audience is talking about before you start your presentation so you would know what they want to know from your presentation. In question-and-answer sessions, you may want to delete some points that you know people would ask about so that you can explain it to the whole group when you answer it.

Relaxed Weekend!

I had a pretty relaxing weekend, a time to just lay back from all the work that I did. Not much happened.

Finished Project!

Yaaaaayyy!

I finished my project! There were some hassles along the way thought. I had been informed that we could send our projects to our teacher's e-mail address. Now, when I came into class, I found out that we were supposed to print it out! I got so freaked out. I quickly asked a few questions from Mr. Case and Mrs. Griffiths and other classmates, then I printed it out quickly in the school. The ink wasn't coloured, so I was a little hesitant about it, because I made sure that each part was in different colours at home. Everybody told me that it doesn't matter because I get the chance to hand in on time, and it would be silly that I won't just because of the color. So once I got it all printed out, I handed it to Mrs. Griffiths. Best of luck to me. I crossed all my fingers and legs and clutched the cross-necklace I usually wear when I passed it in.

Now, the only thing to worry about is my Geography test, which wouldn't be a problem since the people who already took the test told me that if I studied, I would do well. I'm not the kind of student to ask answers from other classes who already took the tests, but I do like it when they inform me if it was hard or easy, therefore I can properly divide my time to study.

It was such a hectic week! I can't believe I'm actually alive right now. To tell the truth, this class is the class that I feel the dumbest in. And I'm not the kind of student who usually feels dumb! Almost half of the class here knows so much about computers, but I'm only starting out. I feel so sad especially with Mr. and Mrs. Junior Computer Know-It-All in my class. I'm not mentioning any names, but they're really smart, and... I just have a lot to do to catch up to their level. That's okay. I'm not afraid of challenges.

Well, I'm going to take a long long long nap this afternoon. After that, I'm going to do everything that I wasn't able to this week. Yay! Freedom.

Trying to Finish the Project

Well, I'm almost done. I only have about 10% more to do. All I have left is to say why I picked those computers for them, and get some pictures. I also just need to record every website I went into. That's all. I'll finish it in two days definitely.

I sort of think that I needed more time to do this, but I realized that if I spend an hour each day doing this, I might actually have a good finished product by the end. There were other people too that felt that we weren't given enough time. They tried asking Mr.Case to make the due date next week, but he said no. I didn't want to ask him anymore because I don't want to embarrass myself.

Oh well. Wish me some good great fantastic amazing luck.

The Computer project...again

Yesterday, I did 2/3 of the required information to complete this project. Now, I only have to find information on the computers that would suit the needs of the student.

I admit. I'm not too thrilled to be doing this project. I somehow get this feeling that I'm not doing enough work even though I've been actually working so hard. It seemed as if everyone in my class already knew so much about computers even before they started taking this course. I feel sort of like a beginner, and I don't usually get that feeling. I wonder how easy this project must be going for them.

I also realized that this course is probably the course that I have to work hardest in. I only took this because people said we were going to be working with Photoshop. I don't even know a lot about it either, but I was eager to learn. Now... well, I don't feel as if this was a mistake, but like I said, I'm probably going to work the hardest here than any of my other courses. I have to catch up to everyone else.

I'm having a lousy day. It's Thanksgiving, and we're only going to celebrate during dinner. We went sight-seeing though. While we were on the road, I saw this woman on the passenger seat of a car with her feet up. I was laughing so hard I didn't even realized she was looking at me. My mom told me that I shouldn't point at her, but I didn't hear her until it was too late. I wonder what that woman must have been thinking.

Well, wish me luck on this computer project. Hopefully, I've done enough.

Looking for Info

There's not much going on. I'm still working on my computer project. I'm hoping that I'll get over half of it done over this long weekend.

Working on New Assignment

Well, I've got a head start on my assignment two days ago. My Dad helped me get started. Anyways, my notes were all so messy so I decided to rewrite every single information I've gathered so far on another notebook so that it would be easier for me to assemble the computer. I didn't really know which was easier to make: the already assembled computers, or the ones that I have to make myself. However, when I was starting out, my Dad told me how to look for the computers that I still have to assemble, so now, it's a little easier for me to do it that way since I already got the hang of it.

I have so many questions to ask Mr. Case about this project. I'll probably ask him lots over the long weekend. Oh well, I have to get most of the project done, so I guess I have no choice especially that I don't have computers for today and tomorrow. I hope he doesn't mind too much. But hey, that shows that I care about the mark I get, right?

New Project

Yesterday, we got a new project from Mr. Case. We have to pretend that we are selling computers to three costumers. We have to give them at least three options of computers that all meet their needs. The problem is that we have to know which computers have the parts that would be best suitable for them.

Mr. Case said the if we make our computers, we would get extra marks. My Dad told me that he could help me find the right parts if I want to make my own computer, but I forgot to tell him that we could only use two resources. Well, I don't know if I'm going to make my own computer to get those extra marks or I could just stay to the basics because it's safer.

The Website

I checked out the website Mr. Case gave us on Friday. I saved it on Word, and read most of it over the weekends. I planned on writing some notes, but then I didn't have time, so I just read it over and over again, and tried to remember most of the important parts. I hope I know enough so that I can do the assignment Mr. Case was talking about.