Once upon a time....

I believe tht story telling will remain a major and very important aspect in any society. Story telling for most is how the pass dwn certain "history" frm one generation to the other. In our case story telling is what we live off of for the first 10 yrs of our lives. For example everyone knows of Disney. This is because they hav created movies for children tht tell great stories while also entertaining. Bt there are also some stories within our life time tht disney has no created. The Wizard of Oz is a classic everyone (I hope) knows of. The most common story between the references between good and evil. In the movie, all the "evil" or bad scenes appeared in blk and white (such as Kansas). While the mystical world of Oz always appeared in color. This was one tactic used to help children distinguish the two. Also HW the composition was setup. To show good Rushdie states tht more simple geometric shapes were used. While evil was more complex n "twisty". I believe this is not true for ALL movies. For example in the movies star wars (in my opinion) everything about those movies are "simple". Bt rather WHT colors are used helps to distinguish. Evil is mainly dark colors like blk, and good are mainly whites.

story telling

i agree with the passage. i think story telling is a major part of society. when people talk about their days they are technically telling a story. without story telling communication would be totally different. story telling helps keep history alive in a way because people pass down the stories they've encountered throughout their lives. without story telling we would only know about half of the history we do now. also some of the greatest stories are ones that still are not written down. almost all people create themselves with the stories they tell. just by hearing one story by someone you can figure out what kind of person they are for the most part. if a person tells their story with great detail they are probably a person who likes detail. if someone lacks details they may be someone who doesn't care about much. so for the most part story telling is needed for the modern world. even telling something as simple as a fairytale to your children can be very powerful. i believe it is all in how you use the skill

Now this is a story...

Storytelling is something that has almost always been around and has always been something people do, whether they realize it or not. Stories are always a collection of information about a situation that traditionally has a set plot within it. There are stories however that are told in order to have someone else see your point of view. For instance, if you had a long strenuous day and you are explaining to someone else why it was so strenuous, you may have to use various amounts of detail in order to get them to see things in your perspective. One of the disadvantages is the fact that occasionally we may go off into too much detail and get sidetracked while attempting to get our point across. As stated in the reading there are always times when we all want to just say "get to the point already". But despite all these difficulties, if it wasn't for story telling and narratives, we wouldn't have any real history for us to learn about because there would be no records of anything, both verbal and physical. We need stories in life in order to proceed further with out advancement of knowledge and civilization.

Story Telling

Story telling is a big part of history, no matter if it's American, European, or Asian. Word travels by stories and that's how we get a lot of our information. I do agree with the fact that story telling does take some skill, or at least to tell a good one. Everyone can make something up and turn it into a story but who would want to listen to it if it didn't have a good outline.
To tell a good story it takes emotion and a plot. Even if the main idea of the story is stupid, you can still make it a good one. But that just shows how complex it is to tell a real good story. But think about it, when you sit and listen to someone tell a real good story, you can't help but to enjoy it and admire the person telling it, thinking that you wish you would tell a story like that.

Story Time

I like when the author says we create ourselves out of the stories we tell about our lives. I think this is very true. We all like to tell stories about what has happen to us or what we have heard. All the stories you tell people you just met, show a lot about who you are as a person. It’s also true with tribes and different cultures. Some of the legends they believe shape their culture and religion.
Staying on topic is the most effective way to tell a story. I hate when people are telling me something and add in all the extra details that I really do not care about. I wish they would just get to the point, so by the middle of the story I’m still listening and paying attention. Some people think all the extra details make up the story. In some cases they do, but only to a certain extent. Also, a story is boring when the person telling it just goes…”and then this happened…and then this happened...” The story teller has to be creative in telling the story so I want to listen and I’m intrigued. A story needs a plot, complication, and climax. Without those components a story really has no purpose. Even when the author was talking about made up bed time stories for children; I still think in our minds we make a story fit those standards. I think its common knowledge that is what makes up a good story. I think it is just natural to fit any story we tell into that category. There are some exceptions but for the most part that’s how story telling goes.

Story Telling

Story telling has and will remain to be an extremely important aspect in our society. Seriously, consider what we call entertainment- its just story telling isn't it? Movies, commercials, books, they all involve a plot that is supposed engage us. This reading gave me helpful insight to allow me to better understand certain aspects of what makes a good story.

Sometimes when I write I almost forget that it should have a point to it. That seems to be the biggest part of writing something worth reading. I find myself frequently getting off topic because I'm so concerned with the detail of my main point, that I forget to include one. History provides us with great stories, which are usually nothing short of what I consider an epic. Whether its the history or the revolutionary war, or how Mozart came to be- they are all stories told to us in a specific way to show us importance and relativity. Story telling teaches to tell stories, as well as listen to them.

Stories

I agree with the reading. Stories play a big part in society. Everyone has their own story to tell, which contributes to the world and makes it what it is. I think stories make a lot of things interesting. I have often heard of the saying "Every scar has a story behind it". This is true.

I also believe that an effective story must have a plot. There must be some type of point about the story. A book, movie , or play will be boring and pointless without a plot. The other pieces of an effective story such as the climax or resolution must be added as well, but does not have to be in a certain order. I seem to find books that start off with the climax can be more interesting because the importance is thrown at you in the beginning and I want to know what led up to this. I am now more interested because I have a sense of what the rest of the story will be about. So it is all a matter of preference.

Storytelling is a part of all cultures and can be used as a way to keep a sense of history.

Story Telling

As one who loves to express himself through music, writing, doodles, whatever, I've found the readings good, and opening to some aspects I've not quite opened up to as much before.

The article actually opened my eyes... between a story and a plot. Story's kinda like a plain line, while a plot shows the consequences of the story. I would say that story's should be called plots instead, because that's how most books, movies, arts, show the 'humanity' of something that has an after effect with it. ... Or maybe 'story''s more of a 'substitute word' for 'plot', because it sounds more friendly.

The 'Wizard Of Oz' actually had a good idea of representation that I never noticed before: shape. The forest, the witch, all of those using abnormal, unfriendly shapes, while things like the 'Yellow Brick Road' incorporate those friendly-looking ones.

I've never seen 'Little Miss Sunshine' before (and I may watch it once I'm back from the Chorus Tour), but what seems interesting about this movie, is the freedom of the story line. It has a genre of it's own (when it talked about it isn't a comedy with drama, or vice-versa), and that's cool!! It gives it a realistic feel to the story.

Lastly, all I can say about the Star Wars movies, is... when Lucas came up with Episode Four (which is the first movie of all the Star Wars), did Lucas predict that how Episodes One through Three would come out, would be later on in time that it would be developed, or perhaps he did had some ideas about those movies, but decided postpone it? Or... maybe he wanted to experiment with the story plot?


That's all I can really think about with these, but, as a creativist, I quite loved what these articles brought out : )

story telling

What is said in the passage is all correct to me. I believe without story telling we would not be who we are today or have the kind of things we do today. Books and movies are all from the past and the future of story telling. Some kids have to have stories before they go to bed if not then they cant sleep. Music for instance most songs have a story in them and that is what people are so intrested in because it relates to their life. When someone tells you a story you could learn so much from it and leave with alot of information that you didn't have before. There are also those stories that don't teach you anything. Half of the knowledge we have from recent history is stories told from generation to generation. I believe the world wouldn't be this great of place without story telling.

Story Telling

i agree with what the passage is saying. Story telling is a big part of our lives. you can learn a lot from a person when they tell stories about themselves. You can see if they have struggled a lot or pretty much had an easy life. Also it can make you realize the reason that person does certain things and why they make certain decisions. I have met many people that i have found out a lot about them just by them telling me a story. You can get to know what they like or dislike or what really gets to them. It seems if that we met different people and become friends just from story telling because you can see that that person has been through the same thing that u have and have the same problems as you. Now days story telling seems like the way of meeting new people and conversating with them.

To me what makes a cult classic is the intro and the plot of story. Those two things plays a major role is making a cult classic. The reason i think the wizard of oz became a cult classic is because it was so original and it made you focus in on the movie right after five minutes. Also the movie has many parts that you can never forget. When wathing the movie you stay focus becaus eyou want to know if she is going to find her way back home. The wizard of OZ is a great film.

Powerpoint

I hate power points. They are a pain to do and I never was very good at them. I never did them right. It always depended on your teacher. Some teachers liked fun and fancy powerpoint with a ton of colors and transitions, while some teachers just wanted the basic information on them. I think they are good for some things though. They are helpful when giving a presentation that is very lengthy and has a lot of facts. Power points are a good way of organizing your main ideas. They are a good tool for teaching people. They are good for lectures, but professors usually have a ton of information on a one slide, and it really takes away from the whole point of summarizing the information and making it more comprehendible. Usually one slide has paragraphs on it.

Advatages & disadvantages of Power Point

Advantages-
Helps audience grasp the main ideas
Helps speaker to remember points, it's a good outline for a presentation

Disadvantages-
Can be unoriginal or repetitive
Contents can be lost in the appearance of the presentation.

Rachel, Cameron, Laumara

Powerpoint

Disadvantages : Some people need to see things in order to understand them.

You can only have so much within a powerpoint





Advantages: Awesome graphs

Quick



Stephen Phillips, Calvin, Mike Sloan, Brandon Sekerak

Alex Katie and Joe

One of the advantages to powerpoint is that it is a guideline for both the speaker and the audience. Another advantage is that you could go over the topic pretty quickly, which can also be a disadvantage when the subject isn't dissected enough and you basically just get the general understanding of it. A disadvantage to powerpoint is that it is less about the art of writing and more about the pitch. Also, people can be distracted by the colors and pictures, and again this can also be an advantage because it keeps the audience interested instead of dulling them away from the slide. That's all folks.

Advantages & Disadvantages of PowerPoint

Two advantages of PowerPoint would be, it helps outline what the speaker or presenter is trying to say so that the audience can get a better understanding. Another advantage is that is cleaner compared to a poster or another way of displaying information. It provides multiple visual aids so you can actually see what the person is talking about.

Two disadvantages of PowerPoint would be that the audience could easily get distracted depending on the detail of the slides, you never want to over do it. Another disadvantage would be it might make the presentation too long or provide the audience with false information of what you are really trying to say. We couldn't really come up with too many disadvantages because we are big fans of PowerPoint.

ABBY & BRAD

Pros Vs Cons [of Power Point]

Pros:

- Makes the presentation less "boring" for people who are visual learners

- It helps get the main points across

Cons:

- Too much info can be confusing

- Nt enough info can be useless and unhelpful

Allison Bishop

Patrick Katusin

Autumn Ware

advantages/disadvantages of powerpoints

advantages: appeals to different learning styles, all depends on the person. less time to prepare a project (or work)..can provide pictures, charts graphs and other visual aids to support the ideas. speeches sometimes get boring

disdvantages: too many main points instead of supporting details, work becomes cluttered and less focused on the main idea. the decoration/style of powerpoint can take away from its content.

doug...&& breeAna

advantages and disadvantages to pp

Some advantages would be visual aspect is the most powerful thing. Simplified information and make it more tangaful for people who cant pay attention. Some disadvantages would be it aliminates information and it detracts from what the speaker is saying becuase you are more concentrated on the powerpoint than what the speaker is saying

Alexis, Kris, Luke

Powerpoint

I both agree and disagree with the arguments presented. I agree because when a presenter uses power point slides as opposed to bluntly speaking they run the risk of possibly distorting info because they choose not to know the info well enough to present it alone. By using a powerpoint slide you also run the risk of boring your audience as opposed to attention grabbing speeches. I disagree, however, because there are various positivities used within powerpoint slides. One example is the fact that if you have statistics to provide, this can prove a useful and simple way to present statistics. However you must remember not to go overboard with your statistics and keep it to an understanding matter. You can use powerpoint to give you bullet points to go further into discussion about leading you to use powerpoint as a positive tool instead of something people use when they feel the need to be a tad bit more on the lazy side

Powerpoints

I do not agree with Tufte's arguments. i think that powerpoints are very usefull in everyday learning. they help people understand what they are talking about better by seeing what the presenter is saying and also maybe by a picture or a graph that relates to the topic. Powerpoints help children as well. not all kids can just learn from reading from there book, like me i needed to see the material infront of me also pictures on the powerpoint helped me connect what were talking about to a real life situation. I think that powerpoints help large groups of people understand something a lot better than just having someone read off the information to them, because they could get bored easily and not be paying attention then when the presenter stops talking about it the bored people dont know whats goin on. at least when you have a powerpoint up you can leave it up and expand on the topic so that people who dont write as fast or just came in from the bathroom can catch up at there own pace. All in all i think that powerpoints are a good way of teaching and that it gets the point across to most people a lot faster than someone just reading from a book at you.

I had never really looked that much into powerpoint before, I had just thought of it as an easier way to do a project. I think that statement in itself shows that Tufte's arguments against powerpoint are correct. He explains it perfectly when he describes powerpoint as a few words and a piece of clip art. I do, however, think that in some cases powerpoint is appropriate, but in most you would probably get more out of writing a paper as much as I would have hated to do that. The use of powerpoint affects the audiences interpretation completely in the sense that they get as little out of it as the person who made the powerpoint. I think it could be made to good use for things like definitions and little facts, but not an entire subject. The audience has basically a few minutes of reading( if that) and a few pictures to look at. If that is the entire basis of your project, there really isn't that much to it. Possibly pairing a powerpoint up with something that takes a little more work would help you get more out of it. But then again how many kids would actually do the project if there was more work put on it?

Power Point is Evil??

i do nt agree with Tufte's arguments about power point at all. Power point itself can nt be considered evil simply bcuz I feel it helps out a great deal to the audience. Power Points affect the audience interpretation in the since that it makes the presentation easier to understand. Rather than having someone stand in front of you reading a hand written presentation off paper. It is easier to keep the attention of those you are trying to inform. Pictures are always fun to look at and they my help to emphasize the idea behind the message you are trying to relay.

I do nt agree with teaching elementary school children have to use power point. Simply because I feel tht one should have mastered the skill of essay writing before hand. To me Power Points should only be used to enhance writings, nt totally replace them. Say you hav written a book and hav been invited to show a pre-screening of your writing. Well if your book is 350 pages long, no one is going to want to sit around and listen to you read it. Instead you could make a power point stating keep points n plot lines in the book.

PowerPoint

Tufte's arguments are flawed. To characterize a tool which has practical purposes as evil is misguided at best. His article actually reminds me of arguments for gun control. Yes, PowerPoint is misused. Any tool can be. I could shine a laser pointer in the eyes of my audience. I could throw my shoes at them. Are laser pointers and shoes evil?
The chart that he uses to show PowerPoint's supposed flaws is a poor example. The chart could easily be preserved, either by inserting it as an excel document into the presentation, or simply by screenshotting the chart and inserting the image directly. The PowerPoint "style" that he speaks of is perfectly customizable. There's no practical reason that anyone has to use distracting transitions or colors.
All in all, he is correct that improper use of PowerPoint can break a presentation. On the other hand, proper use of it can be a great aid to any public speaker that has data best presented in multimedia format. His article should have been titled "People Are Evil".

Power Point

I completely disagree with this article. I think that Power Point is an awesome invention and it helps people from school presentations, to meetings in the business world. I do NOT believe it is "advertising" anything. It's a nice, organized outline that helps the audience follow along with what the speaker is saying. A good Power Point is clear with picture and not too much text. It's suppose to outline what the speaker is saying so everyone has a visual understanding so it is clearer for them. I personally love Power Point and I have been using it since I was in middle school. When I am giving a presentation in front of a class, the Power Point somewhat helps me calm my nerves because all the attention isn't just on me. Power Points make a presentation more interesting and you can keep the audiences attention a lot longer compared to if you were just standing in the front of the class with a poster board. I'm not sure why Tufte feels this way, I didn't really make sense to me in his article. I feel that you can learn a lot from Power Points and they are a great tool to use if they are done correctly.

Power Point

I mostly agree with Tufte's argument. Power point presentations many times are just slapped together by a student at the last second. All it is is copy/pasting quotes and charts you find online with extremely brief bullet points. Sometimes, even with 20 slides, the power point doesn't say much because you're using 46 point font. Some people try and make it look like they did something, but in reality they really only wrote 50 words. In my opinion, Power Point should only be used as a visual tool for the audience while someone is giving a speech, and that person should only be primarily graded on their speech.

On the other hand, some people are very good at making and presenting power points because they know their audience really well. A guy in my English class last year made a power point that kept us interested and it was histerically funny with cartoons(which suprisingly didn't dumb it down). It was about how teachers are underpaid. I forget the specifics of it, but he made some funny comparisons. In the midst of all the comedy, he did have a good argument, and backed it up with facts.

Power Point??

Well I disagree with Tufte. I dont think so harshly of power point. I really have no opinion about it. I do think that it can become very unoriginal. It is the easiest way to go about presenting something in a classroom which can be a good thing.. They are easy to make and simple also. They are not very time consuming. I dont have much to say about this topic because quite frankly I dont think it is that serious nor that important. So I stand neutral I guess.

Power Point

I am not a avid user of Power Point, but if I need to do a presentation Power point is the way i go. The author has a point in this article. Power point is definitely not efficient. When doing a presentation with power point its going to look good but your graphs and charts are not going to help you out very much. Like the author says in this article a chart you make on office or word is much clearer and concise then one made on power point. Power Point in my opinion tries to hard sometimes with all of the colors that they have in there. Another thing the author is saying in this article is that it is slow, as a result your presentations are stretched out. I totally agree with this in that if you need to extend your presentations, which i usually do a lot, the way to do that is Power Point, but if you want to get to the point, Microsoft office or word is the way to go. Anyway, Power Point is a little childish with the way that everything is displayed for the audience. You can't put as many words on it as you like, only main points. It is also annoying how many slides you have to make to get your point across. If I need to do a presentation I am going to use it because it is simple and easy, but it is definitely not the most effective method.

Power Point, is it just a sales pitch?

Upon reading this article, I had already had a preconceived notion that this guy was going to be full of crap. I was only partially right. Tufte had a lot of decent points to make that I hadn't considered. Being a full time student, I can relate to the "get it done as quickly as possible" philosophy. He makes the point that power point slides turn meaningful information into a sales pitch. He's right. The focus does seem to shift towards the flashy animation and ten word slides. I feel like the power point slide has a place, its own special use in our education system though. Reports on studies and data are fabulous for power point use. It engages the audience in a visual way with both words and tables, allowing us to absorb like the sponges we are. Now if each slide was the same droning paragraph followed by the same "left to right" swooping animation, the audience is going to shut down. Using simple, effective information in slides does have its place with an audience. We like it fast and to the point. In my opinion, power point is more for the speaker than it is for the audience. The audience is usually looking for how the speaker correlates his message with the slides. Once it reaches that point, its too late. The audience isn't focused on the speaker anymore. They just stare blankly at the slides, while the speaker rambles. See the problem yet? Overall, power point has its place in specific places, but should be avoided in a general public education setting.

Disagree

i totally disagree with what he is saying. personally because i love to use power point. i think it is a new and improved way of showing people things then just writing a simple boring paper. Also i think it keeps people more interested then a paper would. When looking at a power point you can actually see it and visualize it . It helps me a lot more because im a visual learner . I think he should just need to face the fact that the method of using the power point is a easier and a new way then just writing a papar. America is very lazy so instead of writing a long paper , power point was invented and now basically everyone uses it. Its a newer style ,more productive and less work to do. Eventually someone is going to come up with a better idea than the power point and he probably will dislike that to. power point has alot to do with the work field now days so thats what schools need to focuss on kids doing. i think the guy is totally wrong in what he is saying.

Power Point Is Evil

Edward Tufte has a good and understandable argument. I agree with some of it and disagree with some of it as well. Power Points are usually extremely boring and this makes them ineffective because no one pays attention because of they are too bored too care. I think Power Point is good for an outline of your presentation, little things can help you remember your points but still Power Point isn't effective to your audience, it can only help you, so there really isn't a point to making a Power Point when you could have note cards or a small outline. It is just a boring and overrated program. I know that whenever I see someone using a Power Point presentation I automatically assume the worst and this causes me to not really pay attention or care what is going on during it. I think this is almost how everyone feels when they see someone is using Power Point for their presentation.

powerpoint slides

i disagree with the author that the slides make the 'work' less valuable, boring, and pointless. i in fact enjoy powerpoints. their easy to follow, and some contains pictures and sometimes audio to go along with the material, being a audio visual learner this helps me out. i like the fact that i can imagine what the data is interpreting for myself, and then comparing it with the pictures provided. he also spoke about how it brings on 'stupidity', i believe it depends on which catergory your speaking of because for me i find it quite exceptional that a young school age child can navigate a computer well enough to build slides and make their own presentations. their growing faster and faster and moving with new technology, some adults cant even keep up with it. in highschool everyone had to take a computer class, wekk it was an elective but it was still a graded course. theres still a few things i dont know about computers or how to use them but this goes to show that this makes no stupidity at all...it shows progress, just in a different way. i mean if hes (the author) going to put it like that then would it be true to say all technology dumbs us down, those like laptops, calculators, and probably even GPS systems as well.

POWERPOINT

I agree and disagree with Tufte's argument. He says that there is little information and what not but sometimes charts and seeing the real information can really help someone see what you are talking about. It does take a lot more slides to tell all the information that you could just write in a paper but honestly who doesn't want to see it on a PowerPoint. Visual is more interesting and you can see the information first hand. Sometimes little information is better because you don't want to bore who you are writing to. In other cases more information is better and you cant just jot everything down on a slide that would defeat the purpose of doing the PowerPoint. Whether or not doing a PowerPoint depends really on what you are doing the project or research on, so it could go either way. Power points could affect the way people see the information because it is way easy to make something look better that way and you don't have to put all the facts down about what you are talking about. So it's more of a persuasive thing.

A Mr. Tufta

I would agree with Mr. Tufta's arguments that power point is a bad thing. I thought his point about the school children children learning how to formulate client pitches rather than writing a report using sentences is a rather interesting observation. I feel that as time goes on it will become more and more about the pitch and less about the written reports. The ultimate goal is to integrate the students into the workplace so the pitch is really all they have to learn is the pitch. It is kind of sad but that is the mentality of the school's these days. Power point affects audience interpretation by not being really clear. Every thing is crunched into a few slides, there is now way to really discuss and get to the heart of the topic you are discussing. Overall PowerPoint is a mess I hated using it in high school and I hate using it now. It might be neat but I feel that you lose the clearness that you get in a paper where you have room to explain your topic.

Power points are evil

I both agree and disagree with several of his statements in the reading. The idea that powerpoints are taking the place of formal essays is completely true and we should regulate the use of it. However, the information posted on a powerpoint making it incoherent to the audience is not the programs fault, that is merely operator error.

The reasons I do agree with his idea is because with powerpoints, students are becoming lazy. Rather than write an essay about a topic and then deliver a speech, we make a powerpoint with all the information of it so the audience has to do all the work. Furthermore, making a powerpoint does not give students the proper skills for when the time would come that they would have to actually write a formal essay.

However, I do believe some of his views are a bit critical. He believes that powerpoints are not needed at all when in retrospect they can be quite helpful when made properly. When giving a speech on a particular topic a powerpoint can be a useful tool when giving statistics. It has been proven that information is better comprehended when seen rather than said.

'Power Point Is Evil'

In ways, I do agree with Tufte's argument about Power Point, but I believe he's taking the whole thing too seriously.

To me, if I were to look at a white, blank page, filled with words or letters, like in a Word document, I wouldn't be surprised if I ended up dulling to sleep. I believe that Power Point helps grasp the audiences' attention, and get them more focused about the topic in hand.

It also provides a better visual to the viewer. Say you were reading about the Civil War. Sure, maybe you may be interested in it, but it wouldn't hurt to see a picture of an event related to that, wouldn't it? It would gain attention about what it's about, and perhaps gain more understanding about the information that's related to that.

If graphical representation wasn't required, then many of the school's textbooks wouldn't have them. We need them! An art-learning book for example: to learn about how to draw certain forms of lines, or learn about a particular piece of artwork... pictures can help with that.


In all, I understand where Tufte's argument's going, but I'm far from saying that the program is evil, especially that helps many of us out, from doing speeches to a class, to having a laugh. It's the attention we want to have, and sometimes plain, old text doesn't cut it.

evil powerpoints

i completely agree with Tufte. there is nothing i hate more then a power point presentation i can barely keep my self awake during on let alone retain all the information from a glowing picture with a corny picture and a small paragraph i'm supposed to read. oh i thought you were giving a presentation maybe you should be doing more of the work then me. i believe that using power points could be a good way to get information across for like big companies that don't have time to sit through someone explaining themselves and just want people to simply get to the point. it is good for people who just want to make money and be reassured by a bar graph that they will in fact make money if they follow whoever is making this crappy power point. I also believe that people watching could easily get very confused if they miss one slide. making this very uninteresting presentation also dangerous to inform people with.

Powerpoint is boring

I agree with Tufte's point on how power point has taken away the core value of a lecture. In it he describes power point instead of being a inclusion into a lecture it has essentially replaced the entire lecture. The instructors or teachers on subjects even in business presentations, instead of throwing up slides to compliment their presentations effectively read out loud what anybody in the room could read. The message and point of lectures is to drive home points of importance and create a situation in where people can retain information. If all that is going on in a classroom or presentation is out loud reading and boring slide one after another, the sheer boredom factor and monotone style of slide after slide will force people to day dream or ignore key points, and instead focus on things they feel are more important than what the speaker is trying to emphasize. In essence the speaker will be tuned out and all the person will do is interpret the information on the power point as they see fit making the entire process and point of a lecture useless, and something that can be done when you have a quiet moment to yourself to read.

Stories

The phenomenon written of, of false pictures being taken of true events, is a trend that I expect to diminish as technology advances and becomes more widespread. Despite what Clark Kent and Peter Parker would have you believe, it is simply not possible for news people to get lucky enough to be on the scene at every major event. The odds of Rosa Parks having one on her bus, for example, are quite slim. On the other hand, if the same thing happened today, there would be fifteen idiots with camera phones shooting away. Quite simply, we won't need to fake the picture, because everything is recorded in this era.

Also, the critic who saw C-3p0 being trusted with plans to the Death Star watched a different version of Star Wars than I did.

telling stories

The Art of Storytelling

Salman Rushdie disects the Wizard of Oz into pieces of complexity. Before, I had not thought about the differences in gemoetric shapes in Kansas as opposed to Oz. The scary parts of the movie deal with asymmetrical, jagged, and unpredictable lines. Glinda the good witch has a beautiful face, whereas the wicked witch pretty much has a messed up face with a crooked nose. Like Rushdie, I have loved the film ever since I can remember. Maybe it's the whimsicalness and vibant colors of it all that has captivated such a large audience and withheld the test of time. Maybe it's the moral of the story with obtaining courage, brains, and a heart that people grow fond of. Maybe it's those epic lines that we remember so clearly: "Follow the yellow brick road" and "If I only had a brain" and "Auntie Em, Auntie Em!"

I loved the movie Little Miss Sunshine. I too, when I hear the words "Little Miss Sunshine", immediately think of the family out on the road in their disfunctional van. The story line is great. To me, it says no matter how messed up you or you family members are, you can always help each other, and support each other.

I've never seen Star Wars because I've never had an interest to do so, but after reading this I just might watch the Star Wars movies. The critics bring up some interesting points by saying the making of this movie was the start of a new era of film making.