You tackled Prezi! I'm impressed by what you've been able to do in what I'm assuming was your first venture into the nascent medium. Your Big Corporations inquiry is probably best expressed through a motion-based presentation tool like Prezi, so I'm glad that you chose to work with a more innovative tool.
I like that you immediately state your inquiry. Unlike in the Inquiry Essay where it wouldn't be as proper to quickly establish the question without drawing in readers, your Prezi can wow a viewer and then go right into the same inquiry just as effectively. Your key question here is a good one especially in the age of net neutrality and regulation of Internet by larger corporations such as Comcast. It should be noted that big corporations, governments, religious institutions, and those in power have regularly had more of a voice in a parlor room - especially in a non-democratic society - and the Internet isn't exactly a "democratic" space by design since it spans international boundaries.
The background information is helpful, but is it true that only being able to speak one's tongue was a necessity? Wasn't being a citizen and a male landowner also a prerequisite during his time? I like the variation in Prezi slides and the unique nature of what you've done in between some of the letters, but I'm not sure why some slides are repeated. Why move back and forth after you've already established some of that information? The Prezi does, however, allow you to use video and audio, which you do nicely to create a multimodal inquiry argument. The Murrow radio piece, for example, is a nice complement.
Your awareness of exigence is strong - creating the "So What" question explicitly and adding a "Can It Save Us?" question to keep readers' attention - and the examples provided are great, especially in the latter half of the Prezi as you discuss Chipotle alongside 4chan. You don't forget to mention net neutrality or any big issues, and the Prezi ultimately conveys all of your most important information without sacrificing design or richness of inquiry.
Hey Gary,
ReplyDeleteYou tackled Prezi! I'm impressed by what you've been able to do in what I'm assuming was your first venture into the nascent medium. Your Big Corporations inquiry is probably best expressed through a motion-based presentation tool like Prezi, so I'm glad that you chose to work with a more innovative tool.
I like that you immediately state your inquiry. Unlike in the Inquiry Essay where it wouldn't be as proper to quickly establish the question without drawing in readers, your Prezi can wow a viewer and then go right into the same inquiry just as effectively. Your key question here is a good one especially in the age of net neutrality and regulation of Internet by larger corporations such as Comcast. It should be noted that big corporations, governments, religious institutions, and those in power have regularly had more of a voice in a parlor room - especially in a non-democratic society - and the Internet isn't exactly a "democratic" space by design since it spans international boundaries.
The background information is helpful, but is it true that only being able to speak one's tongue was a necessity? Wasn't being a citizen and a male landowner also a prerequisite during his time? I like the variation in Prezi slides and the unique nature of what you've done in between some of the letters, but I'm not sure why some slides are repeated. Why move back and forth after you've already established some of that information? The Prezi does, however, allow you to use video and audio, which you do nicely to create a multimodal inquiry argument. The Murrow radio piece, for example, is a nice complement.
ReplyDeleteYour awareness of exigence is strong - creating the "So What" question explicitly and adding a "Can It Save Us?" question to keep readers' attention - and the examples provided are great, especially in the latter half of the Prezi as you discuss Chipotle alongside 4chan. You don't forget to mention net neutrality or any big issues, and the Prezi ultimately conveys all of your most important information without sacrificing design or richness of inquiry.
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