Saturday, March 22, 2014

Review of Presentation Tool


I believe that there are various presentation tools, however, Prezi is one of great tools to make your presentation. I am sure most of the people are more familiar with the Microsoft-PowerPoint to use as a presentation tool, even myself, I only used the PowerPoint in my school years because everyone around me used PowerPoint to make a presentation. However, I believe that once you start using Prezi, you would love its features and simplicity which can help you making a presentation in an easier way. 

My experience as an example, it was my first time using and exploring the Prezi in class. I believe most of us don't like a tool that is complicated because it is hard to learn and use, however, my first impression of the Prezi was that it is very simple and provide catchy features which caught my eyes visually as a beginner of using this tool. Once I started to create my Prezi for the very first time, I quickly realized that Prezi is a very easy and useful tool to make a presentation, and it is very attractive how I can zoom-in and out to present things in an attractive way. The another great quality of Prezi is that there are various designs of templets by a category which you can choose based on the content you want to present; The link below is to show you an example of how I chose my templet as my journey. I chose the cardinal points-background to show where I visited.

However, Prezi could be inconvenient in some ways. Here, I would like to compare Prezi with the universal tool PowerPoint. As we all understand that PowerPoint can be used in anywhere without internet connection, the internet should be connected to get on the Prezi which means that you can't use it in anytime, at anywhere. Also unlike how PowerPoint provides a lot of functions in figures, shapes and fonts, Prezi has a short history and its functions are not diversity. Though it takes center stage as the great presentation tool for audiences' attention, it is not an useful tool to print out your presentation material as documentation. 

Overall, myself is very happy that I could learn about Prezi and I like how I came up to understand a presentation tool this quickly and easily not as a mechanical person. I believe that Prezi can be one of the greatest tools for presenting one's message, especially for storytelling, and it could be the best way to attract audiences by zooming in and out. We can clearly express and deliver our stories and contents through its connectivity. Also, we can present things more visually from now and engage people to participate in the presentation. I would definitely recommend it to people around me because I am sure they would fall in love with this useful tool just like me. 

Sunday, March 16, 2014

Review of Blogger

As we discussed some possible uses for Blogger in class, such as to share information, express interests and personality, advertisement, reviews, meet new people, and journal and diary, I would like to share my thoughts in using a blog. 

Honestly, I'm not familiar with a blog yet, because I've never had a chance to create a blog or use it personally or professionally before. However, I believe that blogs provide a lot of informations because I could gain informations on, such as famous restaurants and products through blogs that are on Naver which is the most useful online portal website in Korea. Thus, I believe that sharing informations and knowledge with people through a blog is a great way of using a blog, but I don't think personally using a blog wouldn't be different as writing a diary on a piece of paper.


Therefore, I think the best way of using a blog is "sharing and its interaction". 
Through my Blogger, I would like to post my thoughts and knowledge that I learned, then I believe that I can gain at least three more advantages than before I created the blog. If I create a new post based on what I want to teach, first, my professors who are related to the knowledge I posted can give me advises. Second, my classmates can give other feedback on same topic. Lastly, the visitors can visit and gain new informations through my blog and comments. 
As I keep using my Blogger, I think there will be a community that is created by other bloggers and my visitors in the future, and I believe this will be very helpful tool for sharing informations and helping each others in developing and mastering in knowledge.