Thursday, January 27, 2011

Internet Timelines: Commentary

Each group did a great job in organizing the information that they learned from the internet timeline. Each group brought forth a different format and way of presenting this internet timeline. Each presentation gave me great ideas for possible future presentations of my own. It was hard to remain attentive during some of the presentations because of the formats some groups used. Many presentations were a bit wordy. However, each presentation had great information. I thought it would have been a better idea to create a presentation that was less wordy and was straight to the point. I think this would have helped the classroom retain the information and not spend so much time reading the board but hearing what was said from actual group members about the internet timeline.
The First Group's presentation was a PowerPoint presentation. I really liked the use of PowerPoint. I think that PowerPoint is a fast and easy way to present something and be effective. I really liked that they used dates to describe the different phases of the internet in their presentation. This group had lots of information and presented their internet timeline in a way that was easy for the class to follow. I think it would have been more interesting if maybe some videos were added and slides that looked different to catch the audience's attention. Adding some pictures in the PowerPoint may have also made the presentation more appealing. However, I believe they still did a great job presenting their points. I liked how each member spoke and how they divided the times in the timeline among themselves. I also liked how they were open to questions the class had for them.
The Second Group's presentation was very interesting for me to be a part of. I had never worked with imovie on the Mac. It was something new to me. I think that my group was very creative and tried to make things more interesting. I really liked who I worked with. They welcomed me into their group and really taught me how to work with imovie. I plan to use this idea of making a film again in future presentations not only in this class but in many other classes. It was overall a great learning experience. I really enjoyed working with my group. I wish I would have enrolled in the class earlier so that I would have had more time to work with my group. I feel that we needed work on the timing of the clips and the voiceover but overall I felt things ran smoothly.
The Third Group's presentation was very good. I liked the use of the dippity site they used. It was something that I had never seen before. I look forward to looking into this website for future presentations. I liked that they can show different slides and also show us their work in a timeline effect as well. However, I think they might have had too many slides on one particular area of the internet timeline. Overall, I think it was well done and very unique. They opened up a new way one can do a presentation.
The Fourth Group's presentation was similar to the first presentation because of their use of PowerPoint. However, I really enjoyed that they all seemed to have grasped knowledge of the timeline. They all participated and used the PowerPoint to emphasize their ideas. I think that maybe slides that were different would have made the presentation even better. Maybe different kinds of slides with different colors or font would have made it more interesting. Overall it was a great presentation and one of the most informative.
I think everyone did a great job! I really liked how everyone mentioned popular websites like Facebook, MySpace and YouTube. I think that these sites are examples of how advanced the internet has become! I look forward to working on the next presentation. I am also glad that I worked on this presentation because of all the information I learned about the internet I never knew before.

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