Multimodal Presentation of Information

Here is my multimodal presentation on equestrianism.  Hope you like it!

Multimodal Presentation

Self-Assessment of Multimodal Presentation

Readability

The typeface that I used was a combination of Arial, Calibri, and Aharoni.  I used mainly Arial and Calibri for readability (Aharoni was used for the header of the definition slide).  I feel that these types were clear, easy-to-read, and attractive.   I had considered more “flourished” fonts; however, I think that the data that I was presenting would have been lost in the embellished fonts, so I stayed with more simple, clear typeface.

As far as statistics or other data that could have been better presented in a chart, graph, or table, I presented a list of facts with regard to the definition of “sport.”  I utilized bullet points to do so to keep the information clear, organized, and uncluttered.  There was no other data that needed such organization, so I am satisfied with the presentation method that I chose.

The text was bolded in the headers, which I felt enhanced the sections of different information.  I did not entertain varied colors or highlights, as I wanted to text to be the center of attention rather than the embellishments, as the text was so brief.  I believe that I kept the text brief enough to be clear, concise, and yet still informative.

Images and other graphics

The images that I selected contribute to both the definition of sports as well as the exploration of the concept of equestrianism as a sport, too.  I chose graphics that referred to sports with which *most* people are familiar (American football, baseball).  Since text was limited to only five words per slide, I chose the sport that would trigger the prior knowledge of my audience.  Having activated the reader’s familiarity with the first two sports, I then included images to parallel what my audience already knew, illustrating each facet of the definition of “sport” with the same facets as they apply to horse riding.  I feel that my images clearly illustrate the concepts of each term under the sport definition (activity, skills, rules, competition).   

I believe that all of my images positively contribute to the points that I am making, the one that best illustrates the concept of horse riding as a sport is the “rules” slide. Although one or two peers expressed confusion with regard to the course layout, I feel that resulting confusion was actually a success.  Each sport has a set of rules attached to it; by including a course map and illustrating the intricacies of the sport, I have taken my audience from the familiar rules of better known sports to the lesser known rules of horse riding. Most of my readers were not familiar with the course or its rules since they were not familiar with the sport of horse riding; confusion was inevitable.  However, my point of the presentation was not to clarify the rules but to illustrate that the horse riding sport has its own unique rules as does all other sports. I believe that I achieved that goal

I feel that my images were just the right size and large enough to see necessary details.  Images were cropped, as needed, to eliminate distracting/irrelevant details that might detract from the main focus of the image. 

The only color that I utilized was a black background on my “check” boxes.  I felt that this color left no question that the horse riding sport fulfilled the requirements that constituted the definition of “sport.”  I used this color to indicate the finality of the verdict.  I probably could have incorporated more colors; however, I do not feel that that would have enhanced my presentation.

Content Learning

I believe that the combined elements of my multimodal presentation positively contributed to the intellectual understanding of the concept of horse riding/equestrianism being classified as a sport. The reason that I chose this topic is because, over the course of the last six years, my family has encountered many individuals who inform us that horse riding is not a “real” sport and that riding a horse is “just a matter of getting on it and going” (my daughter has ridden horses for the past six years).  I wanted to create a presentation comparing better known sports to horse riding to see how they paralleled each other. 

Emotionally, I was drawn to the images and the information, as I am also interested in horses and the sport of horse riding.  This attraction towards horses made me want to explore the slides as the images triggered that response to the text, thus enhancing the interest and understanding of the information presented. 

 

Just had to include this.. our riding instructor posted this on FB this morning...

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