10/19/07

Microsoft PowerPoint, Open Office Impress, and IBM Symphony Presentations

Microsoft PowerPoint - Microsoft PowerPoint is a tool to create professional looking presentations and slide shows. PowerPoint allows you to construct presentations from scratch or by using the wizard
Open Office Impress - presentation software for free office software OpenOffice which has suites comparable to those of Microsoft Office
IBM Symphony Presentations - allows end users to create graphic presentations that can be shared with audiences via a slide show mode. The presentations created by Lotus Symphony Presentation software can be created from scratch or using the included presentation templates for a variety of looks

All of these programs are software used to create presentations. All of them use slide-show format to do this. The main difference between these programs are which company runs them and their set-up on the screen.

MLA Standard - Discussion

My partner was Juliet. We discussed the fact that MLA essays were probably intended to be longer than ours were. However, we both generally used the correct format for the heading, body, and bibliography of the essay. The TEKS added at the end were also not part of the MLA format (the works cited page is supposed to be last), but this part was altered specifically for the project. Her essay had a few extra spaces above and below the title, but other than that her paper was spaced correctly.

10 Requirements for a Presentation

1. Relevant to the assigned topic
2. Have information from several sources
3. Have a bibliography
4. Formatted in a manner that is fairly easy for the audience to read
5. Include relevant visuals
6. Use at least 2 real pictures (not just clipart)
7. All information should be on-topic and appropriate
8. Make it interesting
9. Have a minimum of 5 slides
10. Include details and examples of things you mention in your slides