Middle Ages Theatre
Reflection:
To begin with, I think I should have started off my presentation with more of a cultural context, rather than what Middle Ages Theatre actually was. There was a bit of a problem with my presentation slides, as I had the slides and notes on two different devices. I could have had a lot more images/videos of Middle Ages Theatre, rather than just 4 or 5. I was a bit rushed when doing this, as I had forgotten we were presenting on that day, which I take full responsibility for, and I should have been more prepared for my presentation. My voice in this video is quite clear and understandable, however, I do say "and, but, uh, etc." a lot more than necessary, that is due to my lack of preparation. Rather than just reading off of my notes, I should have made more contact with my audience; although I do a little bit, it could be improved. A HUGE problem I had was incorrect information. Some of the info I got was from sites that could have been unreliable, so I had wrong cultural context. I stated that it started at the fall of Rome, and brought back again by the Greeks. My sentences didn't make much sense, and I myself didn't even know what I was saying! One can hear kind of a tremble in my voice, out of nervousness I suppose, but I need to improve on that a bit. Some things I think I did well were state some of the playwrites and important people of that time period so the audience/listeners could get a better feel for when the time was and who was involved, as well as ideas/inventions that were brought up in that period. I spoke about the reign of Augustus with no background knowledge on him or his reign, and I didn't explain anything about him in my presentation, so that point was pretty irrelevant. In my opinion, the way I am speaking in this is quite monotone and if I were to listen to it, I would be extremely bored and probably not pay attention at all. This video is almost 11 minutes long, however my actual presentation is only about 6:30 minutes, with the rest of the time being for questions. I hardly had a conclusion to my presentation and ended it quite roughly with facts that probably aren't even true. As for the questions, I can't really comment on them because they are not part of my presentation, but I do think I answered questions relatively well and with a bit of understanding. Overall, I could have done MUCH better on this presentation, but I didn't due to lack of practice and uninformed research.
To begin with, I think I should have started off my presentation with more of a cultural context, rather than what Middle Ages Theatre actually was. There was a bit of a problem with my presentation slides, as I had the slides and notes on two different devices. I could have had a lot more images/videos of Middle Ages Theatre, rather than just 4 or 5. I was a bit rushed when doing this, as I had forgotten we were presenting on that day, which I take full responsibility for, and I should have been more prepared for my presentation. My voice in this video is quite clear and understandable, however, I do say "and, but, uh, etc." a lot more than necessary, that is due to my lack of preparation. Rather than just reading off of my notes, I should have made more contact with my audience; although I do a little bit, it could be improved. A HUGE problem I had was incorrect information. Some of the info I got was from sites that could have been unreliable, so I had wrong cultural context. I stated that it started at the fall of Rome, and brought back again by the Greeks. My sentences didn't make much sense, and I myself didn't even know what I was saying! One can hear kind of a tremble in my voice, out of nervousness I suppose, but I need to improve on that a bit. Some things I think I did well were state some of the playwrites and important people of that time period so the audience/listeners could get a better feel for when the time was and who was involved, as well as ideas/inventions that were brought up in that period. I spoke about the reign of Augustus with no background knowledge on him or his reign, and I didn't explain anything about him in my presentation, so that point was pretty irrelevant. In my opinion, the way I am speaking in this is quite monotone and if I were to listen to it, I would be extremely bored and probably not pay attention at all. This video is almost 11 minutes long, however my actual presentation is only about 6:30 minutes, with the rest of the time being for questions. I hardly had a conclusion to my presentation and ended it quite roughly with facts that probably aren't even true. As for the questions, I can't really comment on them because they are not part of my presentation, but I do think I answered questions relatively well and with a bit of understanding. Overall, I could have done MUCH better on this presentation, but I didn't due to lack of practice and uninformed research.