Articles on Powerpoint

The articles giving tips about powerpoint were interesting and informative. I liked the structure of many of them because it is easier to learn about something if you are learning about it in a fun way. My guidline for keeping your powerpoint interesting is
1) Slide transitions! Make it interesting!
2) Sounds! Nobody only wants to hear your voice.
3) Pictures! Color color color, the more there is for the eyes to see the better!
4) Quality Information! It is always annoying when people have a great slideshow but nothing of actual relevance in the show.
5) Keep it fun! Remember, powerpoint can be a fun tool!

Life as a Ladybug

My photoshopped image is of Rory Davidson, a freshman at Trinity University, imposed onto a ladybug. There is an overlay of roses that is opaque as to show the background. The story of my picture is that Rory, once a mighty human, sinned one too many times by continuously disrespecting the Great Lauren Wilks. Zeus, seeing this debauchery, decided to turn Rory into a ladybug. The image is a snapshot of the middle of Rory's epic adventure to find Ladybug love. Far from the human world, Rory must attempt to live like the critters that he once killed for sick sport. Rory must learn the Ladybug language (he is quite bad at spelling) while still retaining his human schooling.

Cheers Rory.
To Be Continued,
Travis "She is my girlfriend" Halff




Milo.

Let's Get Googled Up

During our last class, Chris Nolan (The Assistant University Librarian) came to talk to us about finding high quality information on the web. The concentration of his presentation was Google. But the Google that Mr. Nolan showed us was far different than the Google I was expecting. Right off the bat I was introduced to new information, as I found out that Google does not retrieve information from everyone on the web; databases protected by passwords hold their information out from Google. I was most suprised by the Timeline feature, which shows users when the term they are looking up was most searched. This feature has a lot of potential and I am excited to look up some terms whenever I get free time. Overall the presentation took the most commonly used search engine and revealed features and facts about it that so many people don't know.
Sincerely,
Travis