Much time was
spent in editing the slides and I have decided to include Amanda Todd story so
that it could allow the audience to understand the three main problem statements
(lack of warning signs, taboo on suicidal victims and taboo on counselling) which
I wish to convey better. However, I find
it rather challenging to link them up together with Amanda Todd story and NUS
students because I need to ensure the coherence of the introduction and my
presentation to be kept within 5minutes. Hence, I was grateful for the help
offered by my team-mates ( Dinesh, Uthpala and Shameem) to improve on the organisations
of presentation ideas. I enjoyed working with this diverse group because even though we all came from different backgrounds, we had much fun bumping our ideas to one another.
Being the
first group to present and also the first person to present, I seemed to
be a bit nervous at the start as mentioned by my classmates. However,
personally, I feel that I was much well-prepared and less nervous in comparison
to the peer-teaching. This is so as in comparison to peer teaching, I have put
in much effort in rehearsing my part especially in front of the mirror for days
before the actual presentation. Moreover, I thought that I have improved because
I was putting on a more serious face during presentation as I received feedback
I have smiled too much during peer-teaching. This is especially important when
our group is presenting on a more serious topic which is to create suicide
awareness.
In my
opinion, I think one of the main areas of improvement I need to work on is the gestures
and body language because I sense that I was too focused on saying my speech
rather than on the appropriate hand gestures which I could have used during
presentation. Hence, I might appear rather stiff.
All in all, I am glad to have this opportunity
to train myself to present in front of the class. Though it is inevitable for
me to be on tenterhook during presentation, I am confident and optimistic that
this process definitely put me on the road to be a good presenter in the future as the
skills being acquired over the past few weeks have been very useful for me.
Hi Shiying,
ReplyDeleteI feel that you had really set the tone of the presentation being the first speaker. You were able to bring out that solemness of the topic that you are presenting. Although you were stiff in the beginning, you loosen up much faster than the previous peer teaching. I think maybe by walking around, which is making use of the space, will help a lot base on my experience in the actual peer teaching.
Hello Shiying!
ReplyDeleteAlthough I didn't manage to see you present, I'm sure you did well! And since I did not manage to witness that, I shall give my account of what I think you did before the presentation. From what I see, I think the time coordination for your group is very well managed considering that yours was the first group to go for the group consultation with Dr Radhika and also the first to present for our class (and you're the first presenter!). And from the presentation I did with you for our other module, I feel that you have improved a lot, from the way you deliver the presentation as well as your increased sense of confidence. I agree with you that one way to improve is to gain more experience in front of live audience, maybe next semester you can take up another similar module to practice more if you want! Anyway, good job Shiying and keep up with the great work!
Redonnia