PowerPoint Project

Our next two projects deal with learning and using PowerPoint. Many of you have already used PowerPoint to make a presentation for a class. We will be taking a look at how to use PowerPoint effectively. PowerPoint is powerful, but power often corrupts! Check out these links before you start anything:

• Annoying PowerPoint Habits
• How to Make a Bad Presentation Worse
• Really Bad PowerPoint

On the positive side, here are some links to how to do things well:

• PowerPointAnswers.com
• More Resources
• Lots of resources - this page is pretty ugly, but it has anwers to many questions ... along with some good resources

Your Projects:

• Teacher Presentation - Talk to one of your instructors, and make a PowerPoint presentation for an upcoming lesson (at least 2 weeks in advance). Collaborate with your instructor to make sure your idea is on target.
• Personal Introduction - This presentation will become part of your portfolio and will serve as a means of introducing yourself to others. We will be videotaping you to add a visual introduction. Include info on education, goals, work and volunteer experience, skills, hobbies, etc.

Have fun!

First Quarter Wrap-up

The first quarter ends next Friday, October 29. Here is a list of the projects that will be part of your first quarter grade:

• HTML Website
• Portfolio Website (with storyboard and flow diagram)
• Doctored Photo (show original(s) also)
• Tabs Project
• Newsletter
• Banner Ad
• Design Project

Be sure that all of these projects are linked on the portfolio page of your portfolio website. Once you have completed all of your work, go back to make sure that everything works and represents your best effort. You have until Friday to make any changes.

Design Project

Our last project of the quarter is meant to give you the opportunity to exercise your creativity. Using Fireworks MX and the CARP principles of design, create a graphic layout of your choosing. Try to showcase all that you have learned about Fireworks and maybe push yourself beyond that a bit. Here are some possible projects:

• CD cover
• Magazine or other print ad
• Web page storyboard
• Promotional flyer
• Sport card
• Magazine cover
• Business card
• Poster
• Postcard
• Other ...

Use only original elements in your design. (No copying from the Internet!) Create a folder called Design Project in your ComApp folder for this project.