Powerpoint Tips

As our class is giving powerpoint presentations on Tuesday, I have five tips to give the presenters.
1. Limit the amount of transitions and animations. Don't distract from the powerpoints purpose.
2.Speak loudly and clearly.
3. Don't stare at the slides on the computer screen or at your notes.
4. Show interest in your topics!
5. Make sure to cite all sources.

I designed my picture as the poster for a horror movie. Two semi-opaque photos are superimposed on a third background in order to give a ghostly effect.

Google Scholar

In Tuesday's computer class, we were visited by Mr. Nolan. He talked to us about Search Engines, and researching techniques. The most useful thing I found out about was Google Scholar. Google Scholar is a valuable tool for finding scholarly articles. Since Mr. Nolan's talk, I have already used the search engine twice for various research papers. The most surprising thing I learned about was how many criteria Google uses when organizing results from a search. Additionally, I learned that one should carefully evaluate every site they look at. Not all websites are trustworthy, as we saw in Mr. Nolan's activity.