Presentation Software?

What should we use to display our research?

• Prezi
• PPT
• glogster
• popplet
• any others?

We need to choose something we are a bit less comfortable with (something unfamiliar).
I like to use PPT or Prezi most, but I can try something else.

Commercial ideas

•Humour-ish commercial parody (tamagotchi)
•serious commercial (drugs/prevention)

the Onion

Here is also a really interesting article by a columnist of  The Onion.

Please Click On Our Website's Banner Ads

Advertisement is actually important to business and income.

some types of advertisement

There are many different types of online advertisements such as:

• pay-per-click
• banner
• newsletter
• affiliate marketing
• social media

i found these at this site  http://focusdesigner.com/articles/different-types-of-online-advertising/.

Million Dollar Homepage?!?!

This is a cool site, designed by a student from England who was trying to raise money for his university education. There are 1 000 000 pixels on the homepage, which he sold for $1 a pixel.
Million Dollar Homepage

Something I Heard Today...

Just today, I heard some kids singing, "Sleep Country, Canada, why buy a mattress anywhere else!" These things effect even kids. LOL

Ryan Higa parody commercials

Ryan Higa does a lot of parody videos, including commercials. His humour is very amusing, no matter how many times I watch it!! Here are a few examples:
Super Bowl commercial
ShamWOOHOO
Portobello mushroom burger

Useful links on advertising techniques

http://www.foothilltech.org/rgeib/english/media_literacy/advertising_techniques.htm

http://www.cracked.com/article_16434_the-5-creepiest-advertising-techniques-near-future.html

http://www.managementstudyguide.com/advertising-techniques.htm

http://buzzmarketing.com/2010/11/26/advertising-techniques/

http://www.adcracker.com/techniques/Advertising_Techniques.htm

http://www.valleytech.k12.ma.us/medialit/techniques.htm 

The last one and the first few are the best.