Story Board

Well I would first take some shots of bored students in class and then I would interview them and ask what they think of digital citizenship. This however would be all set up and they'd then say that they can tell the world what they think, and how bored they are in class because they just can't reach out to the world. Then I would show what it could be like with digital citizenship and it would all seam so nice.

Scene 1:
The scene starts in the class room with the camera filming the teacher. He/She is
very boring and not outgoing. Then the camera shows bored students and even sleeping ones.The bell rings and everyone gets up and leaves quickly, with the camera fallowing them.
Scene 2:
The scence is outside of the classroom, in the hallway. Students are being asked what they don't like about school and what they like about digital citizenship or just opportunities online. They then say how they don't have any say at school and how school could be so good if they just used internet more often. They say Digital school just opens so many doors. They could contact people all over the world and spread messages about how they feel to other people
Scene 3:
Then the screen turns black and there's a voice saying "Now just school could be like this!"
The normal screen comes back filming a student who suddenly brightens up with joy and jumps high into the air.

Digital citizenship vid

Video Assignment

1.I think this video is good because it also has a message about overcoming your own fears.
2.I also like how the video starts out at a slow pace and then gets faster so the dynamics are good.
3.I like the fact that they don't just have footage of one person but many others.



1.I think the makers did a good job with the introduction how they showed each person's name.
2.The music is good and I think it portraits their feelings when they ride.
3.They also show the negative side of their sport, namely the crashes.




1.I really like how he just shares of his own experiences.
2.He really tries to bring a positive message of god and how he's helped him.
3.I also like how they put pictures into the movie to portrait what he's been through.

1. I thought the people did a good job at presenting their topic. They had appropriate pictures and good music.
2. Sometimes the text was hard to read or the slides would change too quikly.
3. Instead of writing Hiroshim-a I would write Hiroshima
4. No i thought it was easy just because u need pictures that relate to your topic.

PowerPoint Notes

The 10/20/30 Rule of PowerPoint:
Don’t have 60 slides which just are boring. A PowerPoint should ten slides should not take more than 20 minutes. It also shouldn’t have a font size smaller than 30. The ten slides should be about ten different topics. Leave some time at the end for discussion.
Don’t fill your slides fully so no one can read them. Instead find the most important points and write them in a font no smaller than 30.

Power Point Facts

A Really Bad PowerPoint:

Seth Godin states that it’s the way people use PowerPoint which is wrong. The wrong is in the communication as we just write facts, so we might just as well write a report. When people view a slide show presentation they use two sides of judging you. So they watch you and your body language. Also they pay attention to the idea you’re presenting, often in this case they come to a conclusion quite fast. The reason for doing PowerPoints is to present an idea to other people. One should write note cards out for yourself, and make supportive slides of your idea. At the end of the show one should tell the audience the important facts, but make sure you don’t do this at the beginning.

When Brains overheat:

The author says that an expert in education thinks people teach us the wrong way. Professor Sweller states that teaching doesn’t take affect in the way we think. Part of the brain provides the memory we need for learning and tasks and such. The Professor also thinks that giving the students already solved answers is better for the working memory. The brain has a limited amount of capacity of memory of data received in a certain amount of time. Teachers often deliver the information in a harder way for students to understand than necessary. Only some of the working memory can be remembered over long periods of time. When viewing a slide show one might be overwhelmed when trying to listen to the speaker, and read the text for one’s self.

The Science behind the PowerPoint:

Richard E. Mayer has been researching about the human mindset. He’s found out that it’s not good to put more than five lines on a slide. He wrote that listeners have to senses when it comes to PowerPoint. The one being able to listen to the speaker and the other to read the slides. Also people’s minds get overloaded at some point. The author says it’s better to reduce the amount of writing on a slide and have it as handouts instead.

However he reminds us that the decision is up to us whether to reduce those many bullets found on the slides.

Natalie's blog

Summary of Natalie’s blog:

She writes that David Byrne has really enjoyed workin with PowerPoint.

I agree I think it’s pretty fun and very helpful. He likes all the possibilities he has of displaying his information. For him PowerPoint takes the place of other programs used to help him.

Tom Creed states that the technology of today is making the teachers advance too fast for the students to keep up. He prefers using textbooks because it is more understandable for the students and they don’t have to keep up with the slides. He thinks electronic communication is better for students and cheaper. I see his point there, but I disagree with him on saying that PowerPoint is a bad tool.