My Website

I am really glad we got the opportunity to design a website. It is a skill that is very applicable to the real world and it a lot easy then most people would assume. Wix had great designs and made templates very useful, so all we had to do was insert information, however I think it would be really cool o try and start from scratch. That way we could make the website anything we wanted and therefore, would be more prepared to design a website in the future if needed. Weebly is a great tool and many of my teachers has their own weeblys. In the future I will try to use weebly instead and test out that program.


Sushi Hana

Apps

Yes I can imagine m life without apps. I lived perfectly fine before apps and I am not dependent on them now. I use them everyday like the YouTube app on my phone or the I funny app, but those apps don't make my life any easier. They aren't convenience apps but enjoyment apps. I do use the Gmail app which makes checking and replying to emails significantly easier. That would be a difficult app to lose. I also have recently started using the audible app to listen to a book on tape that I must read for school.
Application Project

Global Issue

I did enjoying learning about the global issue, but a good portion of the information I had previously been exposed to. I would select a different issue if I had the chance just to learn about something different. It would have been nice to do the project in a different way. I liked the movie maker portion since that was new, but the essay was kind of self explanatory and didn't use any emerging technologies. Mind mapping was cool but I don't think it was very practical. You only really make the map once and it can be done in your head instead. Symbaloo was very intriguing and I wish we would have spent more time on that.


Global Issue

Top Ten Presentation Tips

1. Eye Contact
2. No more than 5 words on a slide.
3. Bring in information as you talk about It to draw attention to it.
4. Make an outline slide with the topics you will be addressing and refer to it throughout the presentation.
5. Cite Sources.
6. Use photos and animations to draw attention to certain concepts and evoke emotion.
7. Use statistics for logical appeal.
8. Embed helpful audio such as a video, song, or a recording to explain a topic or create an environment.
9. Make it flow easily and don't have too many slides.
10. Don't lay out a speech before hand. Think about what points you are going to say, but when we repeat a speech verbatim it becomes monotonous and boring. Show your passion for a topic by explaining and talking about it as you go. The best presentations have a small element of improvisation. In order to do this, you will need to have a very confident understanding of your topic.

ROYALS!!!!!!

I enjoyed watching the Royals game at my house last night with friends and family. My mom bought ribs, fries, coleslaw, and baked beans from Oklahoma's Joes. It was a lot of fun even though I am not a huge baseball fan. My favorite part of winning is by far the fact that there will be no school tomorrow. I won't go to the parade, but it will give me more time to get ahead on my homework and semester assignments.