Final Presentation

1. creating slides according to the principles of C.R.A.P.
2. commenting on peer reviewers slides based on the principles of C.R.A.P. 

Let me have a review in the beginning...

CONTRAST

which includes

-color contrast (text compared to the background...strong/weak, good/bad)

-size contrast (title compared to the subtitle)

REPETITION

which is because we can

-search for information

-capture information

-organize and store information

-share information

-involves teamwork

Therefore we should repeat the elements for example, imagery, font style and size, in order to make a collaborative production.

ALIGNMENT

we should put the words where it is cognitively right. 

PROXIMITY

-title and subtitle/name institution must be separated. (don't make it squashed)

Creating my slides...

I think I might have put too much information but I think it does not apart from C.R.A.P. principles. I hope, actually, haha :)

I cared about the contrasts more than I used to before.

Hope its okay...!

 

Commenting on friends' slide...

 Comparing to my slides, I thought they were more simple.
I thought its interesting.
Hmmm...I worked hard so I don't want to change the main stream direction, but if its totally aparting from Dan's thought then it may be a problem...
I'll try. Hope it can entertain the listeners :P

Evernotes and Slides for Presentation

Evenotes

Today, we learned how to use an Evernote.

I think, the learning potential of Evernote is very high.

Especially, I liked the way we can save the screenshots easily and can annotate, draw some characters on it.

I have used Evernote as an application before and at that time, I thought it is not helpful at all, because we cannot edit the note at the same time like Google Docs therefore we need to refresh it all the time if we want to use it on two different computers at the same times.

However, web clipper is much better because we can separate it as different notebooks and therefore it will be well organized.

Compared to Zotero, it is much more visualized and it is very nice.

For me, it was very hard to capture informations from wordy Zotero notes actually...

So now I am really happy to know the correct way of how to use an Evernote!

Watching videos about C.R.A.P.

This video shows a designing principles for slideshows.

C stands for CONTRAST

which includes

-color contrast (text compared to the background...strong/weak, good/bad)

-size contrast (title compared to the subtitle)

R stands for REPETITION

which is because we can

-search for information

-capture information

-organize and store information

-share information

-involves teamwork

Therefore we should repeat the elements for example, imagery, font style and size, in order to make a collaborative production.

A stands for ALIGNMENT

we should put the words where it is cognitively right. 

P stands for PROXIMITY

-title and subtitle/name institution must be separated. (don't make it squashed)

What was new to me was

-no 1-7-7 slide

-no graphs made of mixture of woods and metalics

-make slides that are effective for audience to remember and learn

-use serif fonts to make words easy to read ("san" makes the words more thicker)

-avoid using clipart

-don't use animations video or sounds to entertain

What I already knew was

-no documents

-no slide-uments

-no notes

-no graphs with too much information

-no missleading graphs that might confuse the audience

-no bad contrasts 

-use large, high-resolution photos that can communiate clear message

-avoid using anything with watermarks

-avoid cute things

-make sure your images are relevant

-use as few words as possible

Our topic for the final presentation is "food".

I am taking a part of "washoku boom"!
We had "washoku" signed up for a UNESCO? and from that time washoku is on a boom.
For example there are lots and lots of sushi restaurants all over the world, 
and bento, a Japanese lunch boxes are now so pupolar in France!

I would like to make sure that I won't make any of the mistakes shown in here for my final presentations...!

Hope I can do a great job :)

Thanks for reading till the end and sorry that this is very long...! :P

Database Tools

Last class, we had a follow-up session on database tools which we learned on spring term.
I actually did not remember many things from the library orientations because at those time I was dead working for the 18 Retreat.
Therefore, this time was an absorbing session.

We touched 5 different tools, which are Gale Virtual Reference Library, LexisNexis, ProQuest, JSTOR, and ICU Discovery.
I would like to talk about ProQuest that our group presented in the class.
Our task was to find a source on "hate speech" and introduce how we found it.

Firstly, we opened ProQuest and I was surprised how simple it was.
We typed in "hate speech" and there appeared so many results.
We chose one of it and there I could read some parts and we could get some information about hate speech.
Secondly, we found a way to get the MLP(7th edition)'s citation. It was amazing.
Now I am kind of sad because I do not know how to describe but what I was struggling so hard in the Spring?
I thought it that way.
Lastly, we clicked a right up button then we could save the source information to Zotero.
Wow. What I could say was only that.
When writing an essay, what I hated the most is organizing swelling number of sources.
But now, I will be able to do that with a click!
How technologies are simple!

I really want to show this to myself in the previous spring.

Survey on "Theatre-going"

This week, we worked on a survey.
My topic was "theatre-going"...
I chose this topic because I will perform on a stage, on October 13th.
Therefore I wanted to know whether they are free on that day, or not on the schedule basis, and whether they are interested in to the genre of dramatic art.

Here I have a result,

Are you free on October 13th?

No	7	47%
Yes	8	53%

Happily, there are 8 possible people who might attend my stage.

How often do you visit the theatre?

Not at all	4	27%
Sometimes	10	67%
Often	1	7%
All the time	0	0%

Sadly, there are only 4 people who are not fascinated by the theatre.

However there are 10 people who sometimes are fascinated and 1 who is often fascinated by the theatre act.

What kind of movie do you like?

Action	2	13%
Romance	4	27%
Horror	1	7%
Comedy	4	27%
Fantasy	1	7%
Historical	0	0%
Human Drama	3	20%

The result for this last question was really interesting for me.
Because there interests varies.
I predicted that some genre will supreme... However it did not.

My stage is a compound of Horror, Action and Human Drama.
Therefore I believe everyone in this section can enjoy it! :]

Thank you for your great cooporation...
I finally reached to finish my work ;)

Zotero

Schwartz, John. “Rockefellers, Heirs to an Oil Fortune, Will Divest Charity From Fossil Fuels.” The New York Times 21 Sept. 2014. NYTimes.com. Web. 22 Sept. 2014.

Zinn, Howard. A People’s History of the United States. New York: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005. Print.

Chang, Kenneth. “NASA Craft in Mars’s Orbit, to Study Its Air.” The New York Times 21 Sept. 2014. NYTimes.com. Web. 22 Sept. 2014.

Using Zotero...

It was so cool!!

I am sure that not only me but everyone struggled so hard for citation in Spring. 

I really want to be an expert on Zotero.

Zotero is actually complicated and confusing. 

Maybe because I am still not use to it, so it will absolutely be a tough work!

However, if I try hard and do a great job then it will definitely lighten my loads.

I often lose my sources and to find them again is so hard.

Therefore this application, Zotero is wonderful for me!

Actually...There is a problem...

Does this work for Windows RT?

I cannot download any application if it is not in the store...hahahahahhaa.

Damn it.

 

Helpful Tools

I think tools that we will learn in the class will be helpful for academic researches because it will absoluteley quicken and smooth the research. For example, Google Drive is useful because we can see and edit our work at any time, any place. There are also some similar applications such as Evernote. We can also share our works easily, too and getting many feedbacks will defenitely improve your work. Onedrive and Dropbox are also beneficial to save stuff you need when you work. For instance, documents, pictures and movies can be uploaded, and because it is saved on internet, you can open and use them whenever and wherever you like. Using Google's Advance Search is so helpful when we want to have very specific data or information.


I am actually very comfortable using technology for leaerning because I started using computers frequently in class since 10 years old. However, I also prefer to use papers because it helps me memorize things more, and easy to write some short notes. When it comes to writing an essey or materials, typings are much more easier because it is fast, clear and beautiful.