Presentation: Chapter 4: The Breakout of the Visual

        I feel that one of our accpmplishments is that our group was able to get the message across the way that we wanted to. By using the images and quotes from Bolters book, we tried to break down each section and describe what Bolter is trying to get across in the chapter. Also we chose the light blue background with the black text so that the text would be easy to read and so that there would be no distractions from the text and what we were saying. Sometimes the text changed in size or fontbut that was not necessarily on purpose, although it did work out well.

Some of the things that I would like to improve was the speed of the presentation and my memory. The presentation went a little faster than I planned or I thought it was going to and I also forgot some of the things that I wanted to say so I wish that I wrote it out better before hand. Also I couldn't figure out how to make the video work at the end. I enjoyed working with prezi, but at points it was really confusing and I couldn't always make it do what I wanted it to do. Another thing I would like to improve is there are some spelling errors or typos. 

Overall we were able to get our point across and present our message through pictures and quotes from the text. 

Chapter 3: Hypertext and the Remediation of Print

Observe: The background of the prezi was calming and it didn't distract from the text. There was a lot of dimension, the test was scattered. All the text was the same size and font. The prezi was easy to follow and they made it clear that there were different sections to the chapter by going back to the title in between sections.

Infer: A main point throughout the prezi was the idea of hypertext. One point about hypertext that was made is that there is too much information to follow in hypertext that you can stray away from your initial intention. Hypertext is a link that will lead you to a whole other thing and although links can be distracting or make you stray away from your original intentions, but the links can also help you in finding something else that is helpful or interesting that you might not have thought of.
Also another point is that you can choose that path that you want to follow, with a computer you can cater it to your needs.

Question:
1) Is to much information a bad thing; can there really be to much information?

2) Are the links a distraction or helpful?

3) Will our culture ever get rid of books?

4) Is hypertext in a sense an upgrade version of the book?

5) Are these advances in technology and in our ways of viewing text bad?

6) What do you think the next technological advance will be?

Prezi

Prezi on Bolter chapter 4 "The Breakout of The Visual"
-Stefania, Jill, and Amanda

http://prezi.com/n3-wfu4oh_6z/copy-of-copy-of-the-breakout-of-the-visual/