Another First: Power Point

Here is the link to my Power Point.  I enjoyed making it.  This was the first time I have used PowerPoint.  It reminded me a lot of Movie Making.  At first I had a difficult time thinking of a subject.  My kids were so funny...they said just do it on anything, mom.  You know, like a comparison of something.  How about where you bargain shop?  They obviously found this whole thing very easy.  Now that  I have done one and understand how it works, I hope I will be able to make effective presentations.  Without a specific audience in mind, I find it harder to make one that is appropriately interactive. For the one I made, I used our soccer booster club.  I can tweek it next fall , as there are many things to add, like website address, facebook address, etc., when we actually have our meeting - if we meet in a room with projector access.

The second issue I'd like to address is analyzing readability of effective website/blog design.  What specific features contribute to readability?  Here is a website I find attractive.  It is the site for artist Mary Englebreit.  I think some of the features that contribute to readability are the easy menu bar across the top with few and simple choices.  The playing slide show offers information for those wanting more connections.  The information presented on each page is attractive, with nice colors yet not overwhelming.  If more information is wanted, it can be obtained by going to a tab.   The overall impact is that this site highlights this artist's work.  It also offers some links that might appeal to educators and/or crafters.  I think this is important because many of the people going to a site like this might actually be looking for downloads for personal use, not just product information.  So I think the creators were very insightful to realize this.  An example of a poorly constructed website is this one advertising taxi service.   I found this through Worst of the Web Winners.  The taxi site won the award on June 25th 2010.  I can understand why it won the award.  The site is crowded, flashy and attention grabbing in strange spots.  The eye does not know where to rest.  If I were looking for taxi service information, I would want the information as simple and straightforward as possible.