Quillstress

Slideshows July 11^th

Well, technology was fickle today. Something has gone wrong with my install of powerpoint, so no playing today. Rats. Anyway, the issues addressed today were very good…everything from the adaptability of powerpoint to the need to both use and teach basic concepts of design. I still can’t get passed the feeling that all powerpoint presentations are “business”…the look is so uniformly “commercial”. It also has a tendency to evoke “powerpoint speak” in students whose “writing” suddenly becomes stilted and abbreviated to the point of becoming nonsense. It’s very difficult to teach students to envision something more than an “outline” or fragmented synopsis when they’re work with slides. How do we teach a “totality of vision” as it were, the writing with the media?

My questions aside, there are some really great examples and resources you need to see on the wiki. I especially enjoyed some of the presentations by students from Hawaii. Some really creative stuff there, so maybe it’s best to leave the “how” to the students and shelve my questions. So check out the possibilities and see what kids can do with a little tech access. Aloha for now.