So for thing 17 we were to give Prezi a try. I read the article and looked at a few Prezi's and thought they were great. After that thought I sort of filed it away in my head and didn't actually try it out.
However last week I did my first blogging session which went quite well and I did an accompanying powerpoint - which really was just a bigger verion of cue cards for me and held no real useful information. I mentioned to our Librarian that I wanted to do a "how to" guide to pot on our blog/ website for students to look at after the session if they wanted to recap but felt that a powerpoint was a bit boring. The Librarian suggested I try Prezi as it's a bit different, you can still get across all the same information but in a slightly less mundane way. Moreover I had seen the Libray Indution Prezi that our User Education Senior Learning Resources Assistant (UESLRA) put together and was impressed with how much more visual and entertaining it was.
So yesterday I re-read the CPD23 post about Prezi, looked at the tips and watched the 'intro to prezi' video about 5 times but still really struggled to get started. I was sat next to our UESLRA and asked lots of questions and her advice (as was on many a blog) was just have a go and a play around until you feel comfortable. I spent a lot of time on it and by the end of yesterday felt a bit more comfortable about the whole thing, It is hard no to try and follow the power point format of slide after slide but I do like the variation in frames and that I can put my information anywhere then put a path in to link it to the next bit of info.
I still think I need to play a bit more to understand it a bit better - a user guide would have been useful, but I suppose it's difficult to produce a user guide when the way people would use Prezi would vary depending on thier creativity and what they want it for. As my post may suggest I'm still unsure as to whether I like Prezi or not - I certainly like what other people have managed to do with it - I'm just not sure If i'm creative enough to make it work for me.
Thursday 29 September 2011
Thursday 1 September 2011
Evaluating Events
Thing 15 is something I can comment on for quite some time but I will try and keep it short and to the point.
Attending events
I have always been a fan of attending events to help with your own professional development, increasing knowledge and networking. In all my jobs up to now I have kept an eye out for releveant, useful events that I can attend, the free ones especially as I knew that my employers would happily send me off to a free event. Those which required funding I made sure I put together a good argument as to why I should attend and how my attending the event would benefit them as well as me and so far I have never not got to go an event that I think is worthwhile. Even from my first day at the Library our librarian made it clear that he expected me to attend as many events and courses as possible and would ensure that the time was avaialble for me to do that and he has been true to his word. So far in the 4 months I have been here I have attended; The CULN Conference, The RSC Learning resources forum, The East Midlands Information Skills Forum, The RSC e-fair, A visit to Northampton College's new Library and the IS oxford Heritage Open day. So far all of these have been free events and I have always walked away armed with more knowledge and useful advice to pass on to my colleagues.
Speaking at events
As I am only just starting out in my career I don't think there will be anyone knocking down my door to speak at any events anytime soon. However to help with my public speaking I have been asked by the Librarian to do some staff straining on the use of our printers, just the basics such as how to enlarge/reduce documents,scan etc as I do one day a week in our reprogrpahics department I am well equiped to give this training. Further to this I volunteered to put together an Information Skills session on Blogging for our HE students which I have been asked to dleiver by their Tutor. Whilst I am delighted to be asked I am also slightly nervous as the last time I had to stand up and present was at Uiniversity, but I will take onboard some of Ned Potters advice to make sure I don't give an annoyng or boring presentation.
Organising Events
Again this is not something I see myself being heavily involved in at the begining of my career but is certainly an area in which I feel I would do well. I was Social Secretary at my Halls fo Residence at University, a role I enjoyed to the full. I am a rather organised (and according to my brother also rather bossy) and so would love the challenge of putting together a big event including contacting speakers,sponsors etc.
In my view participating in events (especially the free ones) are a great way to share knowledge and experice be it as an organiser, speaker or attendee and I will certainly be keeping my eyes peeled for any upcming events I can attend.
Attending events
I have always been a fan of attending events to help with your own professional development, increasing knowledge and networking. In all my jobs up to now I have kept an eye out for releveant, useful events that I can attend, the free ones especially as I knew that my employers would happily send me off to a free event. Those which required funding I made sure I put together a good argument as to why I should attend and how my attending the event would benefit them as well as me and so far I have never not got to go an event that I think is worthwhile. Even from my first day at the Library our librarian made it clear that he expected me to attend as many events and courses as possible and would ensure that the time was avaialble for me to do that and he has been true to his word. So far in the 4 months I have been here I have attended; The CULN Conference, The RSC Learning resources forum, The East Midlands Information Skills Forum, The RSC e-fair, A visit to Northampton College's new Library and the IS oxford Heritage Open day. So far all of these have been free events and I have always walked away armed with more knowledge and useful advice to pass on to my colleagues.
Speaking at events
As I am only just starting out in my career I don't think there will be anyone knocking down my door to speak at any events anytime soon. However to help with my public speaking I have been asked by the Librarian to do some staff straining on the use of our printers, just the basics such as how to enlarge/reduce documents,scan etc as I do one day a week in our reprogrpahics department I am well equiped to give this training. Further to this I volunteered to put together an Information Skills session on Blogging for our HE students which I have been asked to dleiver by their Tutor. Whilst I am delighted to be asked I am also slightly nervous as the last time I had to stand up and present was at Uiniversity, but I will take onboard some of Ned Potters advice to make sure I don't give an annoyng or boring presentation.
Organising Events
Again this is not something I see myself being heavily involved in at the begining of my career but is certainly an area in which I feel I would do well. I was Social Secretary at my Halls fo Residence at University, a role I enjoyed to the full. I am a rather organised (and according to my brother also rather bossy) and so would love the challenge of putting together a big event including contacting speakers,sponsors etc.
In my view participating in events (especially the free ones) are a great way to share knowledge and experice be it as an organiser, speaker or attendee and I will certainly be keeping my eyes peeled for any upcming events I can attend.
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