I concur with my other classmates on my reflection of this assignment. It was very challenging yet rewarding. I learned so much more about PowerPoint. It indeed is a very remarkable program. I have to admit in retrospect I may have done things differently. About eighty five percent into the project I had a change of heart concerning the overall design. Perhaps as the professor had recommended, a poster type of display might have been a better approach. After all the slides can stand alone as individual pieces. That is another point in itself. I believe I may have strayed from the overall intent of the lesson. Once I saw the word artist I believed the restrictions fell away, and I sure did use my artistic license. Hopefully I have not gone too far. My process was a free flowing form. I just started with a blank, and picked an issue for a slide. I engaged one issue per slide. Then I decided to add more and more effects. I was pleased to find the “Stickman” builder because that seemed to make it unique. It was a slow and tedious process for the short animations but challenging and worth the work.

I was also concerned about the subject matter. These are certainly crazy times and many people are passionate in their beliefs. That is a certainly a wonderful thing. I have my beliefs and as I had stated previously, I used some of this course to do my own research and perhaps change my mind, and see the issues in a different way. Perhaps finding it as acceptable and necessary. I did not change my overall view, but am certainly more open to accept the possibilities now. I am much more open minded from the information I have gleaned off the writings I found. I also did some last minute modifications to address opposing views. The subject is debatable and nothing is for certain which is the way to go. With a good recommendation and and peaceful intent, I added additional content to soften my position thereby softening the blow to those who I may have possibly angered. I hope I was successful, and I will not viewed as narrowminded or archaic in thought.