After completing the Presentation and Web 2.0 Project, many new skills and abilities to create a successful and meaningful presentation were acquired. Before evaluating my own project, I evaluated another student’s Web 2.0 Presentation using an evaluation rubric. This initial evaluation immediately gave me insight into my own presentation and the project as a whole. By critiquing another’s project, I could reflect on individual aspects of my own presentation comparing the two side by side. I became far more objective in evaluating my personal project after completing the peer evaluation. The student that I evaluated had similar marks on their rubric as I did after completing the evaluations.
When evaluating my own presentation, I found a few areas that I could certainly improve upon. Although I felt that my presentation had a logical flow of content and that I didn’t leave many if any questions unanswered about the cause and the organization which I was promoting, I didn’t directly ask the audience any questions about their thoughts or give them any scenarios in which to connect to the cause. I felt that the second slide of my presentation, which contained statistics on acts against wildlife specifically in Colorado, sparked interest and grabbed attention with interesting yet awful statistics about wildlife and gaming violations.
After critiquing my own project, I also felt that I set the context of the presentation early and clearly stating the organization in which I was promoting as well as their mission and reasons for which they are helping wildlife. I didn’t use and outlandish claims and I also validated the claims which I brought forth in the presentation. I used caution to avoid typos and grammar errors within the slides. The slides were generally free of clutter and I ensured readability by using proper text color for the background that was chosen. On one slide, however, I did write the entire mission statement for the organization and read it verbatim during the presentation. I felt this was necessary and acceptable seeing as someone may want to review the presentation and have detail about what the organization was trying to accomplish. Other than that slide, I felt that I ‘said it’ then ‘showed it’ with brief descriptions and bullets throughout the presentation.
All in all, I learned a significant amount of new knowledge after completing the Presentation and Web 2.0 Project. I had a wonderful time exploring Microsoft PowerPoint and learning that PowerPoint is also capable of recording direct narration and also that PowerPoint can convert the slideshow directly into a movie or otherwise presentable means of media. I also learned that it is very important to start brainstorming and gathering information early as I ran into some trouble later on in the process with the overall organization of the information that I was trying to present. I also learned that receiving peer critiques is an invaluable source of feedback and also that a self-critique is a great way to reflect on the overall quality of my own work. Finally, I learned new skills such as a storyboard and source document are of great help when putting the presentation process into motion. I had an awesome experience learning about the power of Microsoft PowerPoint and now have an amazing skillset in which to use throughout my business career both now and in the future.
The link to my presentation on YouTube is:
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