Week 4 of Digital Storytelling

I thought the content of this particular week took presentations to the next level.  Not only did we finish up our 28 picture project, but we also got to put it to use.  Also, Presentation Zen hit on a couple of principles that although simple, were vastly efficient.  The two that really stood out to me were Naturalness and Appropriate Timing.  It's much more pleasurable for the audience and the presenter when said orator gives off a sense of calm, or naturalness.  Also, less is more.  We've all sat in presentations that have been overloaded with way too much information in desperate need of being condensed.  I think this is why making a presentation shorter than expected benefits all parties involved.  I also found the concept of Prezi to be quite interesting; bucking the norm of working with slide after slide.  The "canvas" idea is a great way to lay out all of the information, without shoving it in a person's face.  The DigiTales Chapter 7 reading was also informative.  I found the Image File Vocabulary list to particularly helpful, as I've often seen these terms, but haven't always known their meaning.  Finally the Pecha Kucha story boarding was good in terms of forcing me to think of how to condense my information, but still have it be meaningful.