Geo Class NEXT TOP MODEL!!!!

Today was K Knights official presentation for our working model on the layers of the atmosphere. 

Working with a group is often very challenging in UTT but nevertheless, learning to work well with others is important for anyone who plans on pursuing a career in any business. One of the primary things my group did well was working together. Our meetings were extremely productive and every group member promptly completed their designated tasks. Another thing we did well was gathering information. Our group certainly could not have done a better job at presenting the information we collected and using our model to illustrate. We made our model for diverse learners within the classroom so it can attract the eyes of the students and engage them in our lesson. In my honest opinion I think our group had the best model since it meet all the criteria required. Furthermore, although my public speaking had gotten a lot better during the first weeks of the semester, I still felt somewhat uncomfortable speaking in front of the class. As a result, I tended to rush my speech and there were a few times when I forgot what I was saying. Overall though, my group did a fairly good job with our presentation on the working model. I plan on learning from our mistakes and speaking in front of people as much as possible to improve my public speaking.

My group members and I were able to produce a good presentation mostly because of how well we worked together. After being assigned this assignment, we immediately began brainstorming topic ideas. After deciding to make a model on the layers of the atmosphere which was one of the first lessons that stood out to us from the beginning at the semester. As a result of our good collaboration we were able to find plenty of information to support our topic. This experience taught us to take advantage of each group members individual strengths when working as a team. For example, we delegated each task so each member would get something to do and each task would be equal. Unfortunately for us having good information and a well made power-point does not guarantee a successful presentation. My group members and I practiced this presentation twice to ensure everyone know who was saying what and when. Overall our speech had good content but we should of learn our parts properly so we need the paper in front us.

My personal strengths and weakness were mostly consistent with those of the group as a whole. I feel I did an especially good job of sorting through this information to find what was most important and relevant for this presentation. In class we often discussed the importance of maintaining the attention of the audience. By including only what is important I feel I did a good job of keeping the audience engaged. Like the group as a whole my weaknesses involved actually delivering the presentation. When speaking before an audience I have a tendency to speak very quickly. During this presentation when I noticed myself talking to quickly I tried to slow down to a more natural pace. There was more than one occasion when thinking too much about the pace of my speech resulted in me forgetting what I was about to say.

Over the course of this semester, I felt more and more confident each time I presented before the class. With more practice I have no doubt that I can become an effective public speaker. Completing this project has taught me how to give an effective presentation. Perhaps most importantly I learned that the way you present your information is actually more important than the information itself. Being a good presenter requires that you prepare well before each speech and practice speaking in front of an audience as often as possible. Learning this important fact and practicing how to work well with others made this project extremely worthwhile for myself and my fellow group members.