Blog #9: Lesson 1 Reflection

1. Positive statement

What are you most proud of in your Lesson 1 Presentation and why?

Personally, I'm most proud of the fact that people enjoyed my presentation enough to talk about it afterward. I was one of the people who presented in the middle of the day and by then I expected that a lot of people would have lost interest in presentations but I was proud that I was able to bring everyone back and engage them with my presentation. I'm most proud of this because I'm obviously very passionately interested in my topic and when I feel like I did a good job of spreading that interest in the importance and knowledge of social psychology is, I know I'm doing alright. And especially because I want to ultimately teach psychology, having this lesson interest people makes me feel more confident and proud of my teaching skills. 

2. Question to Consider

a. What assessment would you give yourself on your Lesson 1 Presentation?

I would give myself an AE for the assignment.

b. Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the Lesson 1 component contract.

I met all the requirements of a P. I had 3 sources, I talked about my mentor and the work she's involved in, I gave experiment examples(3) and related then related them to real world examples (2). I thoroughly explained what my topic was and how it is important in every day lives of everyone. I introduced my working EQ and all the other requirements. But, I also passed the P requirements by not only doing everything expected of me, but doing it well. I demonstrated great knowledge of my topic, the presentation flowed well and I was also able to get others interested in it and that is what a good lesson is all about. 

3. What worked for you in your Lesson 1?

I think what worked for me, not just for this lesson but for this project, is that I am so interested in my topic that I know how a lot about it and I didn't need to even worry about memorizing information or looking at notecards, I was just able to go off of all that I knew about it. Also because I was so interested in it, I knew what aspects of it exactly to talk about to engage others and get them just as excited about it as I am. Another thing would be that the comfortablility with my topic made it a lot easier for me to hide my nerves and make me a good presenter.

4. What didn't work, and how would you have improved your Lesson 1?

Completely honestly, I was nervous enough to not really remember how the presentation went exactly. When I got up, there, I went on autopilot and I just followed the structure that I had set for myself. I think I would have to say that I would definitely have practiced it more because I went up there having only have practiced it once the night before to see if I would make time, but then when I did practice it I met 12 minutes and didn't try to fix it. So I went up there kinda hoping it would go better than I practiced it and that could have added to my nerves. I also would have asked for a lot more help with the lesson plan. There wasn't too much guidance on how we had to do it so I have the bare minimum. I figured all of the content would be in my speech and didn't realize the lesson plan in itself was a grade. That also could have contributed to my nerves before I went up. Other than that, no complaints.