Post for 10.17

This week definitely had a focus on presentations for me. I thought the video we watched was great because I feel like storytelling is something I am always engaged in when I watch other's presentations, but it was nice to have that validation of it being a great presentation skill. In regards to our class presentations it was nice to see how everyone else was interpreting their information and also how they arranged it into one cohesive presentation; as our group went first I was able to reflect on ways we could have improved our own presentation and I think that will help in the next part of our project.

I also had two work presentations this week which I felt more nervous about. One of them was the first meeting with parents that I was able to facilitate myself and I received great feedback from my work mentor. The other presentation was for my teaching credential class in which I had to show video of myself teaching, which was a very strange experience. I thought this was really helpful though for evaluating how I present not only to students but to other groups as well. I think long term professionally speaking it could be beneficial to record myself practicing presentations before I actually have to give them. I know presentations are something I will have to do in my future career, whether it is informally to students or more formally to PH professionals. I thought this week was a great way to start evaluating presentations skills.