Author: npern001

“Simplicity is our guiding principle,”

(Reynolds, 2014, p. 17).

After reading the two chapters, like Reynolds says above, I am going to keep it simple. Font is important, especially for us teachers. I need to catch my students’ attentions, and make sure everyone can read it. Reynolds (2014) says, “The question for us is always can they see– and read quickly with ease — the type on our slides. Always design for the people in the last row (p. 30). I need to ensure it’s a readable font that is big enough for everyone to read. If that means more slides than usual, I need to do it.

I also have learned from my mistakes after reading these chapters. I have been guilty of putting all the directions on one slide (for them to have up while they are working), going over it, and expecting my kids to hear me and read all at the same time. I often get frustrated when they asked questions about what I just went over. Now, from the reading, I have learned that I can either have them read it silently and then go over it or give them a handout with the directions they can refer to.

Two points I want to end on:

1. I am more aware of my use of spacing in text (and how important it is).
2. I need to use more visuals that are not just my Bitmoji but that also serve a purpose!

Time to go edit my slides for my students now!

Reynolds, G. (2014). Presentation Zen Design, Second Edition. United States of America: New Riders.

Hello Everyone! My name is Natalie Pernites, and I am excited to be apart of this program. After watching the introductory video on copyright, I have learned a couple of things. I knew that there were copyright laws out there, but I did not know that you can really copyright anything! The line that suck out to me from the video was ” you can even copyright your kindergartner’s photo”! I found that very interesting. I also learned that if a school is unsure if it violates copyright law or not, they will most likely lean towards assuming that it is. After hearing that, it makes sense; the school doesn’t want to be in hot water.

After watching the video, I do have two questions that I am curious about. As I stated earlier, I learned that anything can be copyrighted and that it is easy to take and change a little, so where does Wattpad fit into this? Does Wattpad get some of the money since these authors post on their site or just the author and are they both protected under the same copyright? My other question is where does fan fiction fit into this copyright scheme? If people are taking characters from other work and writing fan fiction on them, is it technically copyright infringement?