PowerPoint animation

A study undertaken at Georgia Southern University in the United States on the Transition from PowerPoint to Prezi for lectures found that 93% of students who had been exposed to a Prezi lecture and identified the benefits feel more engaged during it, and only 18% find it difficult to take note when a Prezi is used. (Williamson & Murphy 2013) The use of Prezi alone did not ensure the audience was engaged and aware of the main solution, the design of the presentation was well executed and avoided overload by staying away from the areas identified by Atkinson, slides filled with busy backgrounds, endless bullet point and a tangle of diagrams clearly shutdown understanding, instead of opening it. (Atkinson & Mayer…

disadvantage to PowerPoint is that it cannot surpass the 5 minute time limit. In order to have a successful presentation to an investor you would need to thoroughly explain your product and business. This cannot be done in under 5 minutes. The only way to solve this…

As I have been working on the webcast presentation, some lessons that I have learned are: changing the PowerPoint presentation into a video, adding animation and transitions to the slides. I believe this informatics class would have been beneficial to other class assignments and presentations that I have completed in the first nine classes of the Masters of Nursing program. The information I have learned will be helpful in my completion of the program and will help me in presenting information…

Powerpoint Communication
 In Edward Tufte’s persuasive article “The Cognitive Style of Powerpoint: Pitching Out Corrupts Within,” Tufte discusses the ineffective method of using electronic powerpoint (PP) presentations to relay information to a crowd. The audience for Tufte’s article consists of individuals immersed in technological communication. The author utilizes the visual elements of font color, underlining, italicizing, and font size as a way to visually convey his message. Tufte aims to…

Among the subjects we looked at were a worldview of technology, various media websites for clip art, animation, and graphics, and using Microsoft Office programs such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. I would like to reflect on these topics and critique a classmates PowerPoint presentation as this class comes to an end. When I started this course on computer technology, I really did not consider computer technology as part of a world view. I simply used computers as a tool. Having worked for an…

Animation and live action are two very different types of films, each kept in a different world and rarely cross over into the other. Cartoons and the animated characters that are crafted for them live in a world that defies logic, normal limitations, and have their own physical laws; it is a world only limited by the imagination of the artists and their tools. The real world, one that people are more familiar with, knows the restrictions and limited possibilities of what a person can do in this…

Film is a huge industry in our daily world. We are constantly looking forward to the next big film coming out, or relishing in classic flicks, such as for me Dirty Dancing. We base our holidays off movies such as Christmas everyone watching Elf, but let’s be real that movie is great year around. What makes a film so intriguing, that we can’t take our eyes off the screen? A good plot, good actors, but also the special effects, can really define a movie’s greatness. “The art of visual effects…

Iowa native Ron Clements released his animated movie Moana in 2016. It is a Fantasy/Adventure movie that was adored by the many that gazed at it. As someone who adores animated movies, the enjoyment I had was baffling. Moana explores a young girl's dream to adventure, which was bashed by a demigod who ruined humanity. This movie mixes the art of adventure and the art of war as the young girl tries to restore humanity itself. This leads to the theme of stick to what you believe in no matter what…

How to Make Your Own Animation from Drawing Today animations have become a part of our culture and are used for commercials, cartoons, and movies. They are different based on how they are created and the purpose behind the animation’s story. When talking about how animations are created, there are multiple ways to make them. Some approaches to start off creating one is done by using computer graphics or drawing it out on paper. Usually what is involved in an animation is a story that draws in…

Hayao Miyazaki, an influential Japanese film director who has produced animated films that still remain popular both in Japan and worldwide. Throughout this essay, one of his most famous animated films “My Neighbor Totoro” will be discussed, exploring the religious elements used in the film, based on a comparison of Shinto and Buddhism. This should help us understand how Miyazaki delivers the message that nature is sacred. To understand the religious elements of the film, we should discuss the…