The skills that I've learnt from this course have benefitted me greatly. The most important skills that I've picked up are writing resume and application letter and how to deliver a good oral presentation.
I like the interactions in class. The discussions facilitates free-flowing ideas and make the class more lively and enjoyable. It is also very innovative for this module to introduce blogging as a means of interaction and communicating our ideas. I think that this is a good exercise to let students practice their written communication skills, which I believe is critical during working life.
Instead of using the NUS wiki, our group chose to use Googledocs. The reason is because all of us are already familiar with Googledocs and it more or less performs similar functions as NUS wiki. The real time updating of the documents is a particularly useful feature. The common problem that we encounter as students when doing group work is the "versioning" of the report. For big projects it can get quite confusing when people mix up the version numbers. Googledocs also facilitates online discussion, so that the group don't have to meet face-to-face all the time. I think that the module should continue incorporating Googledocs or NUS wiki as part of the module requirement.
Overall, I've learnt a lot from this module.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Reflection on Oral Presentation
This is a reflection of my oral presentation.
For my team's presentation, it was split into 3 parts. Sinwei took the first part about background, Sengleng presented our research and I took up the last part about benefits of our proposal and conclusion. For the dry run, my slides were done in a brief manner with only the main points. Instead, I focused on developing my script and thinking about what to say, which I thought was more important. I was thinking of improving my slides after the dry run. It was kind of funny to get filmed while presenting so I was quite unnatural and can't remember my lines. From the class's feedback, it seems that my part was also too short.
After the dry run, I revamped my slides, lengthened it and took more time to memorise my script. As a result of more adequate preparation, I think I did much better during the actual presentation compared to the dry run. Overall I think our team did well for the oral presentation.
From this exercise, I realise the importance of adequate preparation prior to a presentation and also our body language during presentation. For my case, even though I was quite nervous, I was still consciously trying to portray positive body languages and suppress the negative ones. What I learn from this module will definitely come in handy during the course of my work.
For my team's presentation, it was split into 3 parts. Sinwei took the first part about background, Sengleng presented our research and I took up the last part about benefits of our proposal and conclusion. For the dry run, my slides were done in a brief manner with only the main points. Instead, I focused on developing my script and thinking about what to say, which I thought was more important. I was thinking of improving my slides after the dry run. It was kind of funny to get filmed while presenting so I was quite unnatural and can't remember my lines. From the class's feedback, it seems that my part was also too short.
After the dry run, I revamped my slides, lengthened it and took more time to memorise my script. As a result of more adequate preparation, I think I did much better during the actual presentation compared to the dry run. Overall I think our team did well for the oral presentation.
From this exercise, I realise the importance of adequate preparation prior to a presentation and also our body language during presentation. For my case, even though I was quite nervous, I was still consciously trying to portray positive body languages and suppress the negative ones. What I learn from this module will definitely come in handy during the course of my work.
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