Week 5

This week we discussed designing and presenting content effectively which will hugely benefit us in completing our group project. We were shown several different tools that can be used such as Prezi, Mind Meister, Easel etc. We were then shown how to complete the process of making info graphics using Gliffy. Its goal is to highlight the main points of particular information to the reader rapidly and efficiently. We then ended class with a short pop quiz which asked questions about the information we learned in the last few weeks. 
This week I read a very interesting article about Prezi written by John Orlando. (A link to the article can be found below). Orlando explains that Prezi is a more appealing and exciting method of distributing information then PowerPoint. Prezi allows us to create a single canvas of text, images, videos etc. He explains that the 'theory behind Prezi is that our ideas are not linear, but rather bundles of interconnected concepts that are better captured as whole with many parts.' I think this perfectly illustrates Prezi. I would normally use PowerPoint if I was doing a presentation. However, after the lecture, reading this article and participating in the eLab, I will definitely use Prezi for future presentations. 
We also met for our third lab in Newstead G80. In this lab, we designed our first Prezi's. I have used Prezi many times and was delighted to further enhance my knowledge of this resource. Shane provided us with a list of steps in order to complete. We were told the importance of Prezi and how it can be used to convey information effectively. I chose to do my Prezi on this module, Social Computing and Media. A link to the Prezi is provided below.
This week we had a group meeting. At this meeting we gathered all the information together and began to create the app. We had a broad idea of what we wanted the app to look like so we had no problem using MIT Inventor. We then discussed the marketing aspect of the project and set tasks for each team member.

Prezi: A Better Way of Doing Presentations

My First Prezi