Peer Reviews

Sarah

Major Argument: Provide publicity for Vocal Achord

Strength: Logos says name of group and both logos imply musical interest (clef signs and bar staffs) ; fonts imply whimsy

Develop: Perhaps give a sub-header under the logo saying "Michigan Tech A Capella" or something ; color for contrast

Charlie

Major Argument: Provide publicity/history/advertisement for Club Indigo - Why you should go

Strength: PP can hold its own, provides all the answers to questions people may have, is persuasive/informative ; I like that the font/background portray a 1920's feel, similar to the Calumet Theater.

Develop: Still needs photos, slides broken up

Steven

Major Argument: Don't pirate music

Strength: Very aesthetically attractive infographic, use of color emphasizes stats

Develop: only three statistics, maybe add more (i'm assuming you will because there's empty space at the bottom)

Where it says "the cost: 12.5 billion - annually to the us economy" does that mean money taken from the us economy? that line isn't clear

I'm not sure of the staggered lines in the "when caught pirating", I'd consider making those all aligned (or at least staggered at an even rate)

Cassandra

Major Argument: Join Greek Life at Tech for their leadership roles

Strength: Presentation has a nice flow, color gives contrast is easy to read

Develop: Some slides are too long to read in the time given ; the font is very "childish" (not in a demeaning way, but because it's handwritten) and I'm not sure if it implies the leadership position you're arguing for. Perhaps there's a different "fun" font that shows the lighthearted side of Greek Life without compromising your respectability of professionalism/leadership?

Challenges

My project is coming along really nicely, and I'm learning more about photo manipulation as I go along, but here are some challenges I've come across during my project so far:

The editing is taking longer than I expected. I had hopes of creating three different photo before/after series, I'm putting the final touches on the first one when I'm in the lab today, and then I'll begin my second one. Depending on how long my second series takes, I might have to cut it down and leave it with the two.

I'm not really sure how I want to host my presentation. The photo series' are either going to be displayed as well, a series (with one photo at a time), and I'm also contemplating turning them GIF's, so after my presentation, they can be housed as a picture family together. But, since my digital media artifacts are pictures, I'm not sure how I want to present them. Most people are putting together websites, and I thought about making a tumblr with my photos, but I feel that if I made a webpage, it would need a lot more substance than what I have. Maybe a solid powerpoint is all I need.

(Just kidding, as I was writing that paragraph, I decided I'm going to make a tumblr page as planned, but then just make one really long essay-like entry. I had previously worried about the fact that I was going to need to create several, if not dozens, of tumblr entries, and I was struggling with how to present my info in any particular order in that fashion, but if I just put it as one long post, It'll be a great host for my argument.)