Presenting Week 9

"We proudly present to you..."

This week we got a little deeper into presenting.  Garr Reynolds gave us two articles with tips on being a better presenter, and producing better presentations overall.  Here is a peek at my presentation video, and the slideshow follows shortly after:

Julian Treasure gave us a TED talk on becoming a better presenter, and even gave us some tips on warming up the old vocal chords!
TED Talk

If you want to record a presentation, you can check out three pretty easy methods here.  I chose to use Movenote, which was really easy to use, and I was able to add it to my google apps!

I have never been much of a public speaker, but I hope you do enjoy my video.

Collaborators!

A collaboration of the minds...

Creativity and Photos

Getting a little bit more creative. 

This week launched with a great TED Talk from Sir Ken Robinson about how the modern education system is not allowing for the development of creativity in our children.  The arts should be looked at in a more supportive manner, rather than just an elective course.  

We took a peek at the 7 tenets of creative thinking which are enablers into creative thinking:

1. You are creative.
2. Creative thinking is work.
3. You must go through the motions.
4. Your brain is not a computer.
5. There is no right answer.
6. There is no such thing as failure.
7. You don't see things as they are, you see them as you are.

My personal favorite is number 7.  Attitude is everything!

We dove into the Boston Globe, and looked at a whole bunch of beautiful photo galleries. My personal favorite was a series of great skiing shots!

Josh Wanner explained the importance of musical choice in creating a video.  The music should match the emotion that the creator is trying to get across, not contradict it!

Since Google is connected to YouTube, creating a slideshow was super easy!  With the built in slideshow creator on YouTube, I was able to upload photos to my Google Drive and have them in YouTube instantly!  It's not much, but I was pleased with my creation:

A slideshow can tell a great story, as I have seen from all of my classmates.  As you can see, I chose more of a "pump-up" style of music for a hockey game.  Bach would not be appropriate for a rivalry game!

A Great Day for Victory!

A Madison Square Garden kind of day, a New York night.

Creation and Hosting

The host who can boast the most roast?

This week we took a look into hosting photo albums, audio samples, and creating a YouTube channel.  I found it relatively easy to create an album on Google+.  I have been saying it all week, but Google+ is becoming an 'all-inclusive' hub of personal multimedia. 

1. Upload photos to Google Drive.
2. Select Photos.
3. Share!

I was able to share my YouTube Channel this week.  Though I have not had time lately, I will be putting up a few more personal videos.  And speaking of videos, I am getting more and more savvy with GoPro Studio software.  I have discovered that frame-by-frame the speed can be adjusted, creating buttery smooth slo-mo shots.  

AUDIO!!

I am amazed that Archive.org Audio has an entire Grateful Dead section!  There is anything you could want on that website.  YouTube's free audio is good as well, but you are pretty limited in your choices, as YouTube is heavy on copyright infringement. 

Free Music Archive has a lot of music from acts that I have never heard before, but is still in it's beta stage. 

TwistedWave is a in-broswer audio recording website, and can be linked to your own Google Drive, so your mp3 recordings can be shared with friends. 

Sight and sound are beginning to take new meaning since we've started this class!