9. When I do a major paper again, I will be sure to use a lot of resources and make sure I do a better job tying all the information into the essential topic/question.
Exhibition Fair
1. I had a ton of materials and activities for my exhibition fair. I had a display board that had info about the subject, along with a timeline of important music censorship events and pictures of banned and edited cover art. I had a stereo blaring out music from the PMRC's Filthy Fifteen. I had a TV showing controversial videos, and I had crossword puzzles for everyone to work on. I also had funny events through music censorship history taped onto my table.
2. The controversial videos were apart of MTV's special "Most Controverisal Videos." It aired at midnight, so I had to record it. I found the fifteen songs from the Filthy Fifteeen using WinMX (MP3 search program) and I burned them onto a CD. I bought the display board at Officemax and got the pictures for it from the Internet. I got the funny events from Eric Nuzum's "Parental Advisory" web-site.
3. It helped me when students were asking me questions regarding my topic. By answering these questions, I felt confident that I could do a terrific job on my presentation. And by golly, I believed I did.
4. To be honest, I wouldn't do anything different. I had a fair that attracted students, that had them learn, and it made them think. Why change it? The television showing the controversial videos was the best part, because they were glued to it.
5. Overall, I thought it wasn't necessary. We could of used that time to improve our presentations or our paper. The only real positive about it was that we got asked questions, and if we could answer them, then it gave us a lot of confidence for the big presentation. I don't know why we even did this. It didn't help me at all, especially when we went to the grade school. I didn't feel my stuff was real appropriate for them, so at times, I felt uncomfortable showing it to them.
Presentation
1. I first worked on my powerpoint, using the same order from my exhibition paper. Then, I added some bells, whistles, and movies. Next, I made notecards for myself. Finally, I practiced several times, noticing that my overall times got shorter and shorter (which is good).
2. Practicing the material was actually easy for me. The more I did it, the easier it was for me to do the presentation and the more confidence I gained. Memorizing my notecards was very tough. Even when I did the public one, I didn't completely memorize it.
3. I prepared well enough for my panel presentation, because I practiced it over and over before the faithful day. I also knew I was getting a grade for this, so it was imperative that I do the best I could do.
4. I used the criteria as a checklist, making sure I had all of the components needed. I made some adjustments, like reducing the amount of text on my powerpoint, or turning the music down when I was presenting.
5. I had a tough of strengths of my presentation. I felt I really answered my essential question and I engaged the audience through participation, weird facts, and humor. The videos and the background music added a nice touch. My VHS videos were terrific, as they informed the audience about certain things and I felt really comfortable presenting in front of a huge audience.
6. I pronounced some words correctly (Spiro and libretto to name a few), and I reduced the amount of text on my powerpoint. I also lowered the music when I was talking and I added some more humor to keep the audience engaged.
7. I strived to make these changes. I knew that by making these changes, my presentation would improve greatly. My powerpoint was a lot better than last time, because it was more informative without the high-amounts of text.
8. Absolutely. I find out what I did bad in the first presentation and I fix them. It made my second presentation a whole lot better in my opinion. I bet if I had to do it for a third time, it would be ten times better.
9. I would definitely try to memorize my lines more. Even though there were a lot of words to remember, I still thought that I could do them. This cost me from giving full eye-contact to the audience.
Use of Time
1. I used that time very well in Seminar and English/History. I used it to research information important to my topic and I used it to work on my exhibition paper, powerpoint, web-site, presentaton, and fair. I mainly used it though on my paper and my web-site. I did most of the powerpoint goods at home. I believe I was on task 95% of the time, the other 5% taking a break from all the work. The due dates really made me want to work and get it done in the manner that I did. I also wanted to get them done, because I had a lot of English/History and math and Spanish homework.
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