Power Point

Through out my school career I have seen and made many Power Points which I am now realizing were not as effective as they could be. One recurring problem that I saw over the years were long and wordy slides which were read by the presenter. This is boring and not as effective as it could be. The slides should be short and to the point showing a visual representation of what the presenter is saying without reading the slide. Another style I have found is that slides can be very plain and boring. The slides should stand out and a white screen with black writing does not stand out and "aw" anyone. It is way more effective to use interesting graphics which better incorporate the audience. the opposite of having a slide which is too plane is one which is overly and not appropriately flamboyant. Texts which are hard to read or colors that hurt the eyes only distract the audience taking away from the over all presentation. If a presenter doesn't want to spend much time talking rather then just going over bullet points a very effective way of having the audience attentive is to include a video which is very easy to do. this will get the point of the slide and presentation across in a very easy way for both the audience and the presenter. Finally presenters who just sit down reading their not cards and clicking through slides are boring, know your stuff! Make eye contact with the audience walk around and know what you have to say by heart this will prove you actually know what you are talking about and will demand the attention of the listeners. These are things that can be done very easily and will add much to a presentation.

Excel

Through out my entire career as a student i have never had to use Excel making my original knowledge on the program minuscule. In this class however I have found it to be a very help full and easy resource for many school and real life assignments all it takes is just a small amount of basic knowledge about the program to make it an important recourse. Through my learning's of the program I an now say that it will be a very help full recourse that I will begin to use in real life situations. I have recently began to invest in the stock market and I have created my own Excel program to help chart my data and money. The charting and graphing that I have done on the program is great to help me find patterns and allows me to better predict the market. This truly is one of my favorite resources and I am sure I will be using it a ton through out my life.

Fake Pictures

The picture I chose was a picture of a shark jumping at a man hanging from a helicopter. I chose this picture because I found it to be really cool and it6 looks real. It reminded me of a shrak going for a seal and a man in dark clothes like in the pic could look like a seal to a shark which makes it believable. It was manipulated by ptting the shark at the bottom when it wasnt actually there, They did it to make the picture look really cool and make it a once in a life time picture.

AT&T CLT

The Central Learning & Technology center is one of the most accommodating and nicest study areas here at Trinity. It offers a wide range technological devices to help the learning process of Trinity's students. The CLT has and Audio/Video room which allows for students to not only create but edit audio and video devices. It has a large room where video conferencing can take place allowing groups of people to gather and talk to someone thousands of miles away through a high tech and big screen video conferencing machine. Not only does the CLT offer many great technological devices but it is a very quiet area providing the highest of learning capabilities.
The CLT is not only a great study center but it adds entertainment to Trinity's student population by supplying and being the home base of Tiger TV. Movies and student made shows are played and recorded in the video room which is located in the back of the CLT. It has the finest of recording equipment with a major News channel quality camera and audio booms.
Overall the CLT is one of the finest rooms Trinity has to offer and is truly an amazing place to check out and learn about.