Book Chapter Presentation Reflection

In preparing for this presentation, my group met several times to brainstorm ideas for the best presentation we could develop. We viewed many different presentation programs that are available on the internet and finally narrowed it down to Prezi. We were already vaguely familiar with this program. We were considering different timeline programs but could not find one that suited our material. Since we had all read the chapter previous to meeting, we split up sections to become 'experts' when presenting. We also searched for a video to begin the presentation that related to the information in the chapter. At first, when we were creating the Prezi presentation, it was difficult to figure out. We watched some tutorials to become more experienced and this helped. We talked over what each group member would be saying during our presentation and did a practice run to make sure it ran smoothly. We put great effort into making sure this presentation was completed correctly.

When students present information to their peers, they are gaining experience talking in front of a large group. It is different than having the teacher stand in front of the class every day and also makes things more interesting. Peers enjoy listening to familiar voices and watching them present so they can gain ideas as well. Presenting information to the class also requires hard work in creating and putting together a final product. There is knowledge learned in several different areas. Presenting course content to peers will also help in the future when I am a teacher because it is giving me more experience talking to a whole group. The more practice that future teachers can get speaking publicly, the more comfortable they will become at this.