Here is a link to my rubric:
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
My iMovie Grading
For class, we had to grade our own iMovie and 4 others. The Pharaohs were Tutankhamen, Ramses II, Cleopatra, Hatshepsut, and Khufu.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Tutankhamen
For this project, I was partnered up with Jamie to make a video on Tutankhamen, who became Pharaoh at the age of 9. We hope you enjoy it, and learn something about King Tut!
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Houston, Texas Reflection
A few weeks ago, my class did a presentation about a city we've lived in and it's geographical luck, establishment and prosperity of civilization. I did mine about Houston, Texas since I had lived there for a little over eleven years. In class now, we are doing a reflection on what we thought we did well, what we could improve on, what we learned from our preparation and presentations from others, and last of all, the analysis of our performance.
I think one thing I did well on the project was probably organizing the way I did my information. I put all the information I needed into bullet points and organized it so that it was in chronological order. I also think that it was neat, and didn't look as if facts were strewn all over the place. I made sure my pictures weren't pixelated and that it stood out on my presentation background.
I think I could improve on my future presentations and projects in many ways. I suppose I could first practice presenting my presentation. When I got called up to the front, I was nervous and I could practically feel my heart pounding. Truth to be told, there was no reason for me to be nervous if I practiced a bit before. Sure, I looked over it a few times, said some lines out loud that I thought was necessary. But I didn't practice the whole thing, and certainly not in front of an audience. Next time, I'll know to do that so I won't have to freak out when it becomes my turn to present my project.
Another thing I could improve on would be speaking more slowly. When I get nervous, I tend to speak fast, and that's what happened to me when I presented the City Connection presentation. I think some people couldn't understand what I was saying. Slowing my speech down is another thing I could practice.
I actually learnt quite a bit from preparing my own presentation and listening to others. When I prepared my presentation, I realized that I never gave much thought to how Houston got started. I knew that Houston was named after Sam Houston, yes, but for almost everything else? Not quite as much. It was interesting learning all these other information while I was working on the project. I learnt from preparing my presentation that John and Augustus Allen founded Houston near Buffalo Bayou. I never even knew Houston was built near Buffalo Bayou!
Something I learned from listening to my classmates presentation is that not one city is the same as another. They all offer different weather, crops, resources, and history. It was interesting learning about new cities-some that I've never heard about.
As for my analysis of my performance, I believe that I did pretty well. I worked my hardest, and believe that I didn't leave out any of the requirements. Despite on what I think I could improve on, I'm proud of my finished presentation. I made sure that the information was accurate-I double checked the information. I used my time wisely, and didn't get distracted doing this presentation. I presented well, even though I may have talked a bit fast. I'm sure it could be improved though, but all in all, I believe that I did pretty well.
You can view my presentation from the link at the bottom. Hope you enjoyed both my reflection, and will learn something from my presentation about Houston, Texas!
Sit back and learn a bit on Houston, Texas. Enjoy!
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