Unit 1 – Improving Productivity

Katherine McLaughlin

Instructions ~ 100 words per box

1.1Why did you use a computer? What other systems / resources could you have used?

There are very many ways to present your work:For Example:Using a video Using a whiteboard/ blackboardPosters Leaflets Speaking in front of the class

I used the computer to do my power point because it would be easy because of I used the internet to research for pictures, information and things about what is to offer and about what the school is about.

1.2What skills did you need to learn in order to use PowerPoint?

The skills you need in ICT are:ICT skills Organisational skills Time management Creativity skills PlanningYou also need timing skills on PowerPoint to have a look at how much time you will need. You also needed to make sure that the video was shared from the shared area to know what you are doing and how to transfer the video from the shared area to my PowerPoint

1.2What resources did you need to make the presentation successful?

The resources I needed to make my presentation was that I used their website and resources on the shared area. I also needed to use sound and images from other resources on to my power point to make it look presentable and to make it stand out and show what the school could look like when the new years 6’s come in from primary school, I was thinking this could be successful because that all of the resources were all helpful to me in some way

1.4What factors might have affected how well you completed the presentation? (e.g. time / attendance / knowledge of software)

The time it took me to do the PowerPoint was a couple of weeks because that I wanted it to look presentable to the new year seven’s and also timing because that I didn’t have to click on the mouse because it will lose time and when you can timing for how long you want. You also need some skills because it can help presentation more better because that you are using a better software.

1.6Why did you use PowerPoint to make your presentation? What other software was available? Why did you choose not to use them?

I used PowerPoint because that I could at slides to it and more photos and information to it. I could of used PowerPoint for these reasons:• for the new year7’s that are coming in September • To make them have a good understanding of the school • And for the parents so if they want to come and see what the school looks like

The software's that are also available are the internet, shared area to get some pictures and some other things like videos and timing because that they didn’t always have to click the mouse because it would of lost a lot of time to look through the PowerPoint. Sometimes I don’t want to use different software’s but we up if we really wanted to I could of used Prezi but it will cost to use it but I wanted to use PowerPoint because that matchware mediator but we would have had to pay for it and it would have to learn about it from starch.

2.2Which tools within PowerPoint made it appropriate for your presentation?

The tools that we were using to make this PowerPoint appropriate was:• Pictures • The shared area for and example of a PowerPoint that we could help us with • Video • Timing • Animations

We wanted to make the PowerPoint appropriate because that it was for the new year 7’s for when they come in September and for the teachers to put in a checklist on the board and what to look at and what we also wanted to do and that I wanted to make it appropriate just in case that parents were coming in to watch the presentation.

1.7Were there any legal constraints or local constraints that changed the way you created your presentation? (e.g. copyright, file sizes, AUP)

In the presentation I could afford pictures and videos from the internet and I also could look at the shared area. Any of the stuff that I had used wasn’t illegal and I used things that I was allowed to use from the internet because that if I did It would be illegal but if I got them from the shared area it could be legal because that the school put it on there for use to look at and I used the presentation because that I could of got the picture from PowerPoint and I didn’t change the way my PowerPoint was because that I wasn’t copyright all through the PowerPoint.

2.4What improvements do you think you could do to your presentation?

The improvements that I could have done to the PowerPoint are:• Add some more photos to the PowerPoint • Add some more timing so that it will last longer • Add a couple more videos • Try and add different types of animation

I could of improved my PowerPoint but my ICT teacher said it was good enough and I could of made my PowerPoint much better by adding more photos then I did and timing so it could of lasted longer and try and add more videos and add animation because that I might not have any animation on there.

3.2What improvements do you think you could have done to improve your work rate?(keyboard shortcuts, file names & locations, backups, work after school, templates, planning)

The improvement that I could of made was:• File names • Where the locations are • Working after school to improve or add to my PowerPoint • Templates • And planning on what I am going to do on the PowerPoint

If I had to do these then I will stay after school to complete or even make it better then it is and trying to get planning done so I can do my PowerPoint so it can be successful for the year 7’s that are coming in September and that they know there way to go around the school.