Multimedia Project Critique

The multimedia project I critiqued was about Mark Zachar’s First Day of School in Diari, Ghana. He was in the Peace Corps visiting when he presented on Ghana. This was a very thought-out project. He had some data visualization. For example, he had a map of where he was staying compared to where his school was located where he was teaching. There was a lot of moving elements in the project. Many videos and pictures are displayed through out the project. It was a project showing his first day of school teaching at the school in Ghana. When a picture was shown, he zoomed in so the viewer can see what he was talking about. He also used a slideshow with pictures with a picture in the background. I really didn’t like this because there was a lot going during the slideshow to pay attention to one thing. When narrating the story, he stumbled over words, which made the presentation not flow as well. The video’s quality was really poor and pixelated. But the videos were very informative and the viewers were able to see everyday life for the Ghana children attending the school. Text was displayed under certain pictures to explain what the picture was. But the author did a great job of explaining his first day and all that he did. Overall, the multimedia project could have been a little bit due to the poor quality of video. The concept was great but needed to add a few more visualizations to help the viewer see some numbers about how many students attend school in Ghana.