Presentations(Part I)

It was presentations week! It was exciting to find out how every group’s website will turn out to be and how they would present it to the class. Another factor was how every group will decide on which software platform they’ll be using to create their website. Our group was in a fix, whether to use Wix which allowed more room for animations and graphics but was utterly difficult to use or iWeb on a mac that allowed little room for making the website lively but was very user-friendly. Gideon, our group mate was one with a Mac laptop and thus to be able to use the iWeb, he was in-charge of putting all the content together and making it look good on the website while Kenny, Priya and I were in-charge of getting the content down, from facts to examples to analysis to videos. It was a group work, but felt not having a Mac limited our scope for helping Gideon out in fashioning the website. But, all in all it has passed and we have learnt plenty during our journey of TWC.

1)      E – Commerce

The website was aesthetically appealing as it resembles a typical e-commerce website where it was ‘funky’ and ‘cool’! The paragraphs were chunky and should be boxed up to make it look less wordy Other than minor changes and modifications, like the font and alignment, they have done a great job with wix! Content wise, they have covered most if what needs to be covered in e-commerce. They have put sufficient emphasis on the analysis of current applications of e-commerce and how it may evolve in the future! This is commendable as that is the crux and purpose of the website to show their imagination on how the future will be given the current state of any given technology or application.

2)      Our group(Online Dating)

Our group had come up the website after much dilemma to use either wix or other website platforms. Gideon, with agreement from the rest of us, had created the website using iWeb composing the compiled work by the other 3 three group mates. The presentation was decent enough where we had valuable feedback from our classmates. Our pages go way down and there are some buttons missing that could make the transition from one page to another easier. Other than that, the presentation was well received by our classmates, where it was a topic which everyone could relate to, that is finding a partner.

3)      Kinetic Tech

The entire site was kept simple and was user-friendly. The very intriguing part if the website is how they send a message through their pictures rather than chunks of paragraphs. This makes it really attractive to any viewer. However, they should have spent more effort in making the transition more smooth and ensuring that the videos were up and running as they faced difficulty in playing the videos. Content wise, they had brilliant ideas but it seemed to have lost focus from the initial topic that was kinetic energy. It should narrow down the scope to specifically how usage of kinetic energy has changed the dynamics of energy usage and how it can be used in more efficient ways to work in the future.

4)      GM Food

The presentation had a start with an over-exaggerated video on how GM food could lead to creating super humans. There could have been better link between the video and content. Other than that, the website was simple and to-the-point!

The presentations were great and I personally got to learnt a lot from my peers through the sessions! I would rate the session 9/10.