Those are links to outstanding student work on Marshall McLuhan.
Mid term presentations can be build as PowerPoint presentations, as html sites or as Quicktime movies, or Flash animations.
If you create a timebased project (quicktime/flash) it will be your responsability to create a timing that works at a professional level.

Each piece has concentrated on certain aspect of McLuhan's work. Students have done search out of the mantatory texs: in books, online and media recordings. Do not miss the salmon links.

	My collage/presentation with slides from different student presentations	Powerpoint	CLICK HERE
	Global Village. Student Dylan Penev.	QUICKTIME FORMAT.	CLICK HERE	***** Great timing. Attractive visual-language, good storytelling. Mysterious soundtrack adds a lot to the piece.
	MCLuhan in time. A story of man and media. Student Ashley Lemmex	QUICKTIME FORMAT	CLICK HERE	***** Excellent approach. Originality and usability. She manages to measure different parameters at the same time. Great Whole picture.
	The Medium is the Message. Student Julian Dittert.	QUICKTIME FORMAT	CLICK HERE	*** Silent. Very good content but it is not using the language of the Film/video medium.
	Media as extenssions of Men. Student Tyler Enlow.	QUICKTIME FORMAT	CLICK HERE	** Content is not expained, only presented. Phrases are a bit obscure but works well as a video piece.
	The Medium is the Massage Nick Straley	PDF	CLICK HERE	***Very interesting and unusual presentation on the famous picture book from McLuhan. This presentation deals with topics that are unusual but Interesting among students in this class.
	Hot versus Cold Media. Student Trey Coleman.	Powerpoint	CLICK HERE	**** Very good conceptual explanation of the thesis.
	Hot and Cold Student Sam Jones	Powerpoint	CLICK HERE	**** Good concepts coming from a broad understandng of the thesis and its consequences.
	Hot and Cold Media. Student Katie Anderson	Powerpoint	CLICK HERE	*** Simple but effective structure. Good use of visuals. Good color coding.
	Hot and Cold media. Student Bobbi Tacoma.	Powerpoint	CLICK HERE	*** Not the work of a graphic designer but good communication of ideas in a non-linear form.
	Hot and Cold media. Student James Wellman	Powerpoint	CLICK HERE	*** Good explanations. They are a bit long for our image+text format but they are very nicely expressed.
	Preprinting world/electric age. Student Becky Gudmunson.	Powerpoint	CLICK HERE	**** Very interesting content and approach. Slides don't have a continuity in style but have a defined personality.
	Acoustic versus Visual space Student Sarah Mariea	Powerpoint	CLICK HERE	**** Very good content presented in a concise was using a visual environment.
	McLuhan Digital Phrophecy Student Julia Moore	PDF	CLICK HERE	****Very nice project. Well organized content. It revises the Prophecy of the new type of mediatic world that McLuhan foresaw in his time and compares it to our world today.
	The loss of Acoustic space. Student Demian Hersh.	Powerpoint	CLICK HERE	**** Very interesting approach. Work still in search of a visual language but thoughts are presented.
	Global Village. Student Robert Muñoz.	FLASH FORMAT	CLICK HERE	** Short in duration and content but interesting because of the interactive format.
	The Medium is the Message. Student Jason Donaldson.	Powerpoint	CLICK HERE	*** It does not fully cover the theme but it displays ideas in a very interesting and inpactful way, by showing concrete examples.
	The soft Edge. Student Michael Bartz.	Powerpoint	CLICK HERE	** It only covers the Phonetic Alphabet but it brings interesting visual information in this area.
	Hot and Cold Media. Student Adreana Davies	Powerpoint	CLICK HERE	**** Thesis presented from a Graphic design point of view.
	TV and Cool Media. Student Christopher Sands.	QUICKTIME FORMAT	CLICK HERE	***** Great video piece. It features audio of McLuhan himself. Excellent choice of videos to give current visual imput to McLuhan's words in an original recording of his voice.
	The effects of the Printing Press Student Bridget Hochman.	Powerpoint	CLICK HERE	*** Good presentation of the Visual culture and its Historical evolution.
	Hot and Cold Media. Student Donnie Chase.	Powerpoint	CLICK HERE	**** A very good portrait of the depth of the Thesis on Hot and Cold. Some ideas are taken from the book but not from the chapters we read. Original. Interesting. Personal.
	Cool in the eyes of McLuhan. Student Nathan Davis	PDF	CLICK HERE	****Interesting topic. Good exploration of Cold Media, without confronting it with Hot. There are interesting things to observe here.
	Hot and Cold Media. Student Nick Pencek.	PDF	CLICK HERE	**** Nice Piece. This is a great presentation to watch if you want to understand the Theory with more nouances and examples.
	The effects of Electronic technology Student Fred Benz	m4v video format	CLICK HERE	**** Very interesting video with clips of McLuhan. It demonstrates topics in a very intuitive way, making the viewer experience those concepts.
	The Medium is the Message Student Camila Anderson	Powerpoint to video	CLICK HERE	**** Very good visual language created will collages in Photoshop. Great way of making concepts real and concrete.
	Understanding media Student Anne Suber	Powerpoint to video	CLICK HERE	***** Great overview of McLuhans vision presented in a very creative and visually explosive way.
	Cool culture Student Sumio Ueda	Powerpoint	CLICK HERE	***** Excellent conceptual theme and intelligent choice of images: impactful and wrapping, acting like a collage that produces meaning as a whole.
	Hot and Cold media in the Digital Era Student Hannah Gonzales	PREZI PRESENTATION	CLICK HERE	**** Very interesting ideas evolving from the Classic throy of Hot and Cold (with emphasis on the world of Animation through different Media).
	The Prosumer, the Creator in all of Us Devin Green	PREZI PRESENTATION	CLICK HERE	***** Important concept that evolves from the expanded use of Media, that allows consumers to Create media themselves, competing with traditional media creators.
	The Medium is the Message Jordan Hays	YOUTUBE VIDEO	CLICK HERE	***** Great vudeo with plenty of clips of McLuhan talking. A good example of how to support a clip to build a presentation.
	Interpreting McLuhan Student William Macker	Powerpoint	CLICK HERE	**** Great logical process. Well built. High educational value.

Here are some mid term presentations that used the Gestalt school of perception as a theme.
Notice that this is a different project than the Gestalt assignment, that everybody will do before the midterm.

	Gestalt school Mid term Student Elin Erikson	Powerpoint	CLICK HERE
	Gestalt school Mid term Student William Strange	Powerpoint	CLICK HERE
	Gestalt school Assignment Student Nick Straley	Powerpoint	CLICK HERE
	Gestalt school Assignment Student Jeniffer Brooks	Powerpoint	CLICK HERE