Rebeca Jasso-Aguilar's Paper: Post-presentation and feedback reflection

Rebeca Jasso-Aguilar's Paper: Post-presentation and feedback reflection

As regards team-planning, I must say I liked working with Melisa. It was easy and comfortable, because it was practical in the sense that we wasted no time on silly matters, but simply did our jobs, divided the tasks effectively and then decided how to organize the presentation itself. Of course, this was possible because we had worked together before, and because, after having been classmates for 5 years now, we are aware of the each other's skills and therefore trust each other.

                        As regards the presentation per sé, I will personally try to keep in mind the reasons for not reading aloud straight from the slide. I believe I assumed that everything was clear because my classmates said they understood, but the advice is worth taking notice of so as to fully exploit the potential of visual aids in the "appropriate" way as opposed to simply using them as summarized information for the audience. I am referring partly to the fact that reading aloud directly from the slides might hamper instead of help comprehension, and partly to the fact that, as mentioned in the feedback sheet, the presentation should aim not only at making comprehension easier but also at making retention of the information more easily achievable.

            I was somewhat (but humbly) surprised to hear that the use of discourse-markers was not effective, but I guess it is one of those things that at a certain point you assume you know and therefore stop thinking about. I will try and keep the issue in mind in the future.

            As for the experience of being a presenter, on the other hand, I must say I enjoy it! Presentations have always been proof to me that being in front of the classroom –that is, being a teacher- is something I like. I think that despite the many "flaws" I still have to work on, I generally manage to build good rapport  with the audience and to have fun together with them. I think I also usually succeed in entertaining the audience, thus making presentations light-going. For all this reasons, I like being in the shoes of a presenter. Of course, because I try to have fun during presentations, I might forget the context I am in, and probably that is why the use of informal expressions, such as "That's it" as a concluding remark, comes up. I will try to be careful next time.

            Finally, I would like to refer to the comments on the conclusion. I believe that even though my personal conclusion was not presented as such, it was present in the reflection I tried to carry out together with the audience, and during other parts of the presentation as well. I tried to convey my ideas in the form of questions that served as food for thought. However, again, I will try to make things different next time.