They often say there is a method to the madness, baby, I can feel the madness.
The madness turns out to be very thoughtful approach to developing research methodologies. The blogs, the course discussions, the readings, the research, more reading, mapping, outlining, CRAPPing—it’s all starting to come together. Although it does feel a bit like my calculus class the night before the exam.
Reading is key. Do it first. Get a grasp on the content of articles. I mistakenly gave credit to the wrong speaker yet the content spoke loudly to me. Organization is important. Make sure you keep quotes in context—reading in blurbs can lead to misunderstanding.
Presentation Topic Introduction
The first several presentation takes were too long. Thirteen minutes, the ten and finally 7 minutes and 18 seconds or there about. It was difficult to present the topics in a way that did not make a case or try to impress opinions on the viewer. Head long into the prep for the project, I realized mistakes in my preliminary prep and the organization of main topic points. However, for the video presentation I was able to highlight the topics.
Presentation Tone
Lets just say its a good thing the out-takes did not make it to air. Have a hard time pronouncing names like Poggenpohl and Guililium. And it may sound to anyone not familiar with me—like an accent. The words design decision roll off the tongue dezindeezcession. Talk a bit fast and can be a bit hyper excited.
Vocabulary Presentation
Pedagogy is probably the only word not everyone is familiar with, and really this speaks to the education of children. Yet it is the word we continue to use for adult learners perhaps because it such a weird word.
Visual Presentation
Feel the color scheme pleasing as well as a few images, yet ultimately I could have used animation skills and 10 more hours to produce the desired end. Yet working with the time and skills, the presentation PDF achieved the goal of providing visuals to emphasis the words and provide thought cues..
Presentation Flow
Flows yet in hindsight if I had another week I would do it a bit differently. Food for thought as we go into the next step.
Presentation Timing
Paced a bit quick yet respected professors and peer time, kept to the required time frame of 5-7 minutes.