May 4, 2011-

Today in class we discussed our ideas for games that we came up with. First Jimmy talked about the actual presentation of the boards. He wanted us to look at how they all looked as far as how professional they were. Some of them were hand drawn, other printed using computer programs, some were mounted really neatly and looked very clean, others had issues with placement, glue and tape. For the most part I would say that about less then half of the boards looked presentable. We then discussed the time management part and Jimmy told us that we must always make things look as professional as possible because in the real working world we are going to have strict time constraints and so if we know how to organize our ideas and prioritize our to do lists we will be more successful. One key thing I learned in class today was the right way to put your name and contact info on a presentation. It must be on a small white tag with everything printed on it. This was something that I didn't know until today.

After we talked about the presentation part of the boards a couple of us got to go up in front of the class and pitch our games. I was feeling pretty confident until I actually got up there and forgot everything I was going to say. With 25 people looking at you sometimes it's difficult to get the right words out. After each person presented we talked about their body language and what it portrayed. Some of us crossed our arms, or put our hands in our pockets, others danced around or didn't make eye contact. All of these things are very important when it comes to presenting an idea to a group of people. In order to get people to listen and pay attention to what you are saying, your body language must be inviting as well as the way you look, speak and interact with the people you are talking to.

The last thing we did was watch a 9 minute movie called The Power of Ten. Our homework for next Monday is to create 2 creative briefs, one for the movie and another for our games. This should be interesting.