Follow-up Group Meeting // Reflecting
Today, we got into our groups and reflected on our project. Even though we are done with our presentation, learning doesn't stop there! As Mr.Paterson said earlier, reflecting helps us make our next projects better, and I think it really does help! The final project is important, however the PROCESS is too!
So, as a group, we talked about where went wrong, ways to avoid that from happening, as well as what was good about our project. I think I should've made every person's jobs more clear. Maybe I should've given each person specific assignments/things to do. I didn't know we were all going to research different things until it was time for us to present, and I definitely will make sure to do so for the next project since now we know that everybody is supposed to present what they researched about a certain topic. Also, I was told by one of my teammates that I should've let the team know before making a new Google Document ( for brainstorms, research, etc ), but shouldn't have been a problem since I always notified them right after making the document. Not everybody even opened the presentation until several days before the day of the actual presentation, so meeting up in real life more often would've been a good idea. It was hard for us to find dates everyone was available on, but I think we did make the best out of it. Then, as for our presentation content, I wish I added more photos to the slides in the beginning (Yuki Nagai's part). Our teacher pointed that out, and I totally agree with that! I do agree that I should've inserted some more photos to make it more entertaining and support what he was saying. We forgot to lower the volume while playing the video too so that's a mistake I'll make sure to make next time. However, we also had lots of goods points as well. I was really glad we could all agree on the same ideas / furnitures once I found innovative further pieces and organized them all into one "catalog" on a document. Additionally, we started filming our videos early, so I think we had plenty of time to discuss what to say and what movements to make while videotaping. The videos (both the 3D and real life video), was edited super nicely thanks to Tsubasa! I feel that when brainstorming in class, everybody in our team pitched in and produced lots of creative ideas that follow the Spectator, Insider, Dreamer, and Realist guideline.
Afterwards, our teacher gave us some feedback on how we did as a group, as well as individual comments. First of all, the volume we played the video ar was too loud, but we don't want it to clash with our voice, and confuse the audience. That is something we have to be very careful of! Id like to experiment a little with video volume during presentations. How loud/quiet should it be to enhance our content? Also, something none of us noticed was how long each person spoke. It came off as a surprise to us when we found out Tsubasa, Yuki Arai, and I didn't talk for four minutes. Although we had an stopwatch sitting right by our computer, it wasn't split evenly. So, I think that it's important to go through the entire presentation multiple times as a group to get a good hold of everyone's speech rate. ((A speech rate is the pace you talk at, which becomes really important in a presentation.)) Last but not least, CONFIDENCE IS KEY! This is one of the biggest lessons I've learned from Mr.Paterson's class. While presenting, you want to seem confident and truly own the stage. Showing negative or unrelaxed signs such as standing still or refusing to speak, impacts presentations a lot. He said a good presenter should WANT to speak more. and I'd like to continue doing so.
So, as a group, we talked about where went wrong, ways to avoid that from happening, as well as what was good about our project. I think I should've made every person's jobs more clear. Maybe I should've given each person specific assignments/things to do. I didn't know we were all going to research different things until it was time for us to present, and I definitely will make sure to do so for the next project since now we know that everybody is supposed to present what they researched about a certain topic. Also, I was told by one of my teammates that I should've let the team know before making a new Google Document ( for brainstorms, research, etc ), but shouldn't have been a problem since I always notified them right after making the document. Not everybody even opened the presentation until several days before the day of the actual presentation, so meeting up in real life more often would've been a good idea. It was hard for us to find dates everyone was available on, but I think we did make the best out of it. Then, as for our presentation content, I wish I added more photos to the slides in the beginning (Yuki Nagai's part). Our teacher pointed that out, and I totally agree with that! I do agree that I should've inserted some more photos to make it more entertaining and support what he was saying. We forgot to lower the volume while playing the video too so that's a mistake I'll make sure to make next time. However, we also had lots of goods points as well. I was really glad we could all agree on the same ideas / furnitures once I found innovative further pieces and organized them all into one "catalog" on a document. Additionally, we started filming our videos early, so I think we had plenty of time to discuss what to say and what movements to make while videotaping. The videos (both the 3D and real life video), was edited super nicely thanks to Tsubasa! I feel that when brainstorming in class, everybody in our team pitched in and produced lots of creative ideas that follow the Spectator, Insider, Dreamer, and Realist guideline.
Afterwards, our teacher gave us some feedback on how we did as a group, as well as individual comments. First of all, the volume we played the video ar was too loud, but we don't want it to clash with our voice, and confuse the audience. That is something we have to be very careful of! Id like to experiment a little with video volume during presentations. How loud/quiet should it be to enhance our content? Also, something none of us noticed was how long each person spoke. It came off as a surprise to us when we found out Tsubasa, Yuki Arai, and I didn't talk for four minutes. Although we had an stopwatch sitting right by our computer, it wasn't split evenly. So, I think that it's important to go through the entire presentation multiple times as a group to get a good hold of everyone's speech rate. ((A speech rate is the pace you talk at, which becomes really important in a presentation.)) Last but not least, CONFIDENCE IS KEY! This is one of the biggest lessons I've learned from Mr.Paterson's class. While presenting, you want to seem confident and truly own the stage. Showing negative or unrelaxed signs such as standing still or refusing to speak, impacts presentations a lot. He said a good presenter should WANT to speak more. and I'd like to continue doing so.
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