At the beginning of this project, I had high hopes of what I would achieve. I thought I would learn a lot about my project, and I did, but I thought I would be more of an ''expert'' than I was before the project. I had a plan with everything outlined. But it was just that- a plan- and plans rarely achieve their intention. From the beginning, I had a lofty, unrealistic goal. I think having this project as an assignment rather than a "choice" made it easier for me to grasp and learn. That goal made me always push myself to keep learning in hopes that I could reach that goal. But it was unrealistic, lofty, out-of-reach. Now, two or so months later, I've accepted that. I've accepted that what I achieved is what I achieved and it was the best I could do considering. I watch TEDTalks pretty religiously, and I've always loved the messages and stories that come out of it. So, for that reason, I started thinking about my TEDTalk early on in the project in hopes of being super prepared. But I had nothing. No lesson, no big 'ah-ha', no monumental, life changing words of wisdom. And that feeling continued till about six days until the TEDTalk, which is when it dawned on me to talk about appreciation and the idea of valuing what we have that others don't. I think the content that I had prepared was solid. I had information from third party sources outside of the project and weaved them in to support my point, and then had a way for people to follow it. So, for the actual talk aspect of it, I think I did a pretty good job. Now, for the delivery (......). For starters, I was definitely more comfortable and confident during the brain project. I don't know why, but I think having the more technical, logistical talk helped me understand and memorize it better. On stage, I wasn't completely comfortable. To prepare, I had gone over my script around eight or nine times to get it down; but, as soon as I got on stage, I started to have my internal freakout. I got really nervous and ended up having to use my note cards more than I would have liked. I stumbled one or two times, but I don't think it took away from my overall point. The visual that I created served mainly as the background of my talk. It was mainly everything that I was talking about on the screen. Every time I practiced, it went smoothly. But, of course, the worst had to happen on stage. When I was using the clicker, I guess I clicked it twice during one of the slides, because for 1/4 of the presentation, I was an animation/slide ahead which, when I realized, made me curse in my head over and over. But, I didn't make a big deal on stage, and when I got to about half way, I realized it, and fixed. While my TEDTalk had some things to work on, I liked how I took what I learned and made it into a lesson. Going up on stage, I was confident that I knew how to sell the lesson with the information I had. I also liked how I integrated what I learned. I talked about it more as a process, going down the body, putting in tidbits of interesting stuff. If we were to do the TEDTalk again, I would definitely practice more and have my script down. Apart from that, I was confident in my message and what I had to say. I'm still interested in anatomy, which I will be taking to anatomy camp this summer (nerd level achieved new high). All in all, I learned about what to do and what not to do in the future during a presentation, all which I hope to use in the future! At the end, I learned something which at the end of the day, was the goal of this project. So, for the last time,
Stay cool and don't forget to wonder! - Rhea M (*mic drop*) this jawn is overrrrrrr
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