Well, this is my twelveth weekly blog post, so unless I do any of the extra credit stuff, I think this might be my last one! It's hard to believe how fast this semester has gone by. It's almost over! But when I look at what's left on the syllabus, I still feel like there's a lot left! I'm so glad to have our mammoth group project behind me, though. I don't think I've ever been assigned that involved of a project with such a limited time to complete it in. I'd estimate our group put somewhere around 60-70 man hours into that thing. The night before our presentation I got about 1/2 hour of sleep. I was honestly worried I might fall asleep during our presentation.
I just finished watching it, though (through REACT), and all in all, I thought we did a very
good job. I thought we were very
professional looking and we sounded like we had good ideas and knew what we
were talking about. You could tell we
were prepared. We had smooth
transitions. I think I could do better
with projecting my voice more when I present.
I need to learn what to do with my hands when I’m just standing there
and am not the one presenting. They were just hanging there like sausages, but I didn't want to fig-leaf-it. And we
could have had better contrast on our slides.
All in all, though, I was very pleased with our performance.
I think it's absolutely amazing how much effort was put into these presentations - and it definitely showed. As crazy as it is, this group presentation taught me a lot about presentation and hard work. And I am so grateful it's over!
ReplyDeleteHoly cow, wasn't that thing so much work!? My group, too, put in so, so many hours. Your group truly did an amazing job, however!! All that time and effort showed! Still recovering on sleep?? Same... Maybe after finals!
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