Lianet Mojena

 My experence in my first presentation in this class. 

Making presentations or speeches in front of a group of people, either online or in person, is a challenging task, at least for me. I remember always being scared and nervous. I think in this class I will learn the correct process for doing research based on the topic, developing the main points, organizing my point of view, and finding interesting and important information. Being sure that the information is true and editing what is necessary to make it a good search about the topic. Communicating with the audience is difficult because not all people think the same way, everyone has different opinions, and each person has the right to communicate their different points of view on things. I liked the presentation that we did in this course because it was like a complete introduction and explanation of what we needed to learn from the most basic to the most complicated, whether it was choosing a topic, how we were going to present it to the audience, and how to attract their attention.

When we make group presentations, the most important thing is the union of this group to distribute the tasks and agree on the research and presentation process. In the case that it is an individual project, it depends on each person. For example, in my case, when I do research, my first step is to understand what I am talking about and why. From these questions, I can develop what I need and why I need it. In the previous presentation, we saw the topics that we must avoid as a religion because it is something that people have many opinions about. We do not all belong to the same religion, so it would be better to avoid it. Another issue is drug or alcohol addiction and violence since people are currently aggressive. In my opinion, one of the most important points was cheating in class. As explained in the presentation, many studies are copied in classes, whether because the class is difficult, or they have other reasons. It is not something that should be done because it is like cheating on ourselves. By doing the proper research, we can pass the class. I don't like online classes. I feel that it is more difficult if we can distract ourselves from this in person. The pressure is felt a little more because it is face-to-face with the teachers and students, but ignoring If we attend to this topic in class, we will be able to pass with good grades.

Returning to the main topic, I enjoyed the presentation because, when presenting the slices, you could see the coordination between us as each of us knew which person we had to present behind and the decoration of everyone in the colors with the same theme. As we were large groups, we were able to distribute the assignment better, and each person was able to expand more on the topic, doing an improved and well-explained investigation of it so that the audience, in this case, the rest of the students and the teacher, could better understand the topic that they did not investigate. Additionally, I've learned knowledge of the many audiences and speech types, such as persuasive, informative, and entertaining. It was also clear that a strong introduction and an effort to use visuals to communicate the message were essential for attracting the audience's attention and keeping them involved throughout the whole process. This is an important class because in our majors we are going to need it, such as doctors confronting their patients to give bad or good news or how an architect or engineer plans their presentation to present a project. It is a class that will help us deal with people and learn how to cope with social pressure.

Why I didn't like the presentation, some people had trouble connecting to the meeting, so those points were at the end of the presentation and not in the order that was agreed upon. At the last moment, there were people who did not yet have their complete slices, so in some way, we were mishaps. I had some difficulties with the website where the project was made because I normally do it in PowerPoint and have never worked on this website. I had a little problem changing the size of the letters and adding images, but it is something that I can improve with practice. I didn't like having to speak in front of people I didn't know, and that made me nervous, but as I said before, that's why this class is made to help us improve our fears of presenting in front of an audience. By dividing the presentations by class, we had to expand our presentation more so that it was a more extended and complex presentation, but in a way, it helped us because we could process all the information more calmly and not feel so overwhelmed. When we listen to others speak, we take an example of each person and their abilities when presenting.

To conclude, the presentations in class will help me with my fear of speaking in front of an audience, improve my skills in class, and help me with the research process. I hope that in future presentations we can understand each other better in the group and be able to finish on time without being rushed. I am sure that from the beginning to the end of this class, we will enjoy it, and it will help us in future classes. The fact of being online has not made it difficult for us to communicate, although everything is through a screen, we have helped each other with our doubts. At the end of this class, we will understand everything that we didn't understand at first, and it will be easier. The time for questions and answers will be essential because we will improve our level of learning and clarify other people's doubts in order to make the topic simpler and less complex. These help us know if the audience clearly understood the message and remembers it together.