A Bad PowerPoint Presentation

The bad PowerPoint presentations my classmates presented were great accomplishing their purpose. My three favorite presentations were Ryleigh's, Crispin's and Christian's. I liked how Ryleigh brought up new interesting points like listing the facts out of order and about pasting images directly linked to a web page in your bad PowerPoint presentation. I liked how Crispin pointed out the importance of checking spelling and grammar, the overloading of information in one slide, and how the text can blend with the background and be completely illegible. From Christian's presentation I liked how he inserted random funny pictures to emphasize that we don't need to do that in a PowerPoint presentation, and also the fact that he included general tips at the end.

Things to do in a PowerPoint presentation:

1. Break major points into separate slides, no more than 3 to 5 points per slide.
2. Use visuals wisely
3. Use an adequate backround or template for the whole presentation.
4. Choose a legible font and keep it through all the presentation.
5. Always check spelling and grammar.
6. Remember: keep it simple and be consistent!
   

Things not to do in a PowerPoint presentation:

1. Load an slide with information.
2. Overuse PowerPoint features (charts, clipart, animations, movies, sounds, pictures).
3. Use electrifying colors for the backround and text on each slide (red and green).
4. Use different kinds of fonts.
5. Ignore spelling and grammar.
6. Make the font blend in with the backround.
   

The following is a link to an example of a bad PowerPoint presentation:

http://www.cs.trinity.edu/~mvinuez1/bad/badpp_files/frame.htm

Copyright: Issues regarding Internet images

The last class, Mr. Jason Hardin, explained us about a really important topic which is copyright. He defined it as a governmental recognition of anyone’s rights as a creator to be the exclusive proprietor of their own intellectual work. As long as the work is fixed in a tangible form, it gives the person who created it an automatic copyright in them.

It is clear that almost everything is copyrighted; the only exception is when the work is available in the public domain. Going to a specific example, let’s suppose that I want to put an image from the Internet on a Web Page I am going to make for my Computer Skills class and that I am planning to publish, should I cite the source? The answer is yes! The fact that the image is available on line does not mean that it can be copied and used by anyone without an appropriate agreement. Words, images, videos or music integrated into a web page have their own copyright and as a result, no one can possess them without the author or owner's consent.

Without appropriate permission, the use of the image I want to put on my Web Page, may result in infringement unless it is in the public domain or falls within recognized defenses to copyright infringement, such as “fair use”.

The medium doesn’t make a difference; we should always cite our source and ask for permission! (with few exceptions)