An Untested Last Hope

An Untested Last Hope

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/05/16/us/20090516_untested/index.html

I think that the slideshow “An Untested Last Hope” was effective because it showed people the things that people with A.L.S disease have to go through. People who have A.L.S have a sharp mind but unfortunately they are imprisoned in their body, unable to talk or do what they intend to do. There is no cure for this illness so far but the family of the victim is willing to take the risk by giving a drug that may heal Joshua. The multimedia that is used in the slideshow was graphics, text, and audio. There were quotations and also text to explain the images. The slideshow compared photos of his flashback to the situation the victim is in right now. I think that the photos help people imagine how the illness has impacted his life. The audio makes people empathise with the family because you could listen to their expressions in their voices. I wanted to know more about how Joshua’s wife felt about her husband’s situation. Also, I wanted to know how Joshua actually got the sickness. The emotions in the images that I could see were fear, sadness, hope, and determination. Joshua’s family was determined to take a risk.

You could use multimedia slideshows in other classes to make a documentary about the subject you are studying. Audio can be used to talk about the subject, graphics to represent the information and text to give more details.