Monday, May 19, 2014

THE THREE AMIGOS (Personal COURSE GOALS)

GOALS for the COURSE

1. Develop the ability to think on my toes in a timed manner, present the instructor or audience with thoughtful and professional responses or questions.

2. Understand the literature I read as I read. Two birds one stone type stuff. Break down the writer's main points either paragraph form or simple page summary as I complete the reading itself.

3. Rewire creativity into any assignment I possible can. School work gets boring might as well pump it full of fun and rainbows. View assignments as creative writing and brain teasing, convince myself it can be creative regardless of how mundane it is.

Friday, May 2, 2014

SWA Group Review 5/2

"Truth Behind Diets"
This group had two core strengths and one weakness. The first strength was the organization and theme of their slide. It was easy on the eyes, neat, and formal. I believe everyone should understand basic design elements when creating a slide show presentation and these are things teachers should appreciate and emphasize more on and encourage. The second strength was balance among the speakers. The even distribution of content allowed me to follow the presentation better and stray from the boredom of one speaker. The weakness that stood out was the length in text per slide. I often found myself focused more on the speaker that slide because the effort to read it was a bit much.

"Hypocrisy is a Whore" 
I would like to applaud their bold move and attempt at speaking about a controversial topic. The group, to me, had one strength and two weaknesses. The presentation was certainly thought provoking which is one the greatest things a group can accomplish. They grasped the attention and held you hostage with their ideas in an entertaining way. The first weakness was the constant imposed "ideals" and "morals" they placed on me/audience. They made an assumption about my/class' view on prostitution which I feel was largely incorrect. The second weakness was a lack of facts and knowledge on their presentation. They had used "South Park" as an example of sensationalizing sex in the media but the episode, like all of them, was satirical and commentary loaded which they seemed to miss. And the naked lounge thing. That crap was hilarious.  

ENGLISH 1A Presentation: Space Exploration