Connecting the Wires

At the risk of sounding like a horrible student - I must confess I did not expect to glean much from the group presentation. Much to the contrary, I find that I've learned a great deal about the topic itself, as well as the construction of the presentation.

Firstly, there was a surprising amount of information to be found on the topic. My group chose to take a stab at the controversy of integrating technology in classroom, and how critical it is (or isn't). Beyond the obvious and general statements, there was a large number of statistics available to us that drove home the point that technology is very important for future employment opportunities. Mirroring that with the epidemic-proportion rise in childhood & adolescent obesity... and you have one monstrous combination.
As essential as it is to teach the future generations to be able to competently function with the technology, it is equally important to for them to lead balanced and healthy lives.
We're not doing so well with that last part, you'll note.

Early on in the project, I volunteered to construct a Prezi as our main feature. My enthusiasm for the format has not changed, though like PowerPoint, I'm more than willing to point out certain flaws. Similar rules apply for a Prezi be effective - too much font will quickly become overwhelming - and too many special effects or flips will not only distract your audience, but possibly give them a headache.
That said, not enough detail or variation in the lettering, and you just get a boring presentation all over again.

If you plan on having a good Prezi, I suggest lots of practice and henceforth, lots of free time.

Post Script:

To follow up on an earlier post, my father has asked that I sit down and spend some time with him to work out a Prezi for a presentation he plans to do for his work. Hopefully the experience from doing this project will help me when we work on his own Prezi.