Friday, October 10
The post-presentation feeling is one of the best feelings a student can have. Leading up to our final presentation we fluctuated between being nervous to being quite silly about the whole thing. We would begin practicing using our "roller-coaster" voices because we really wanted the audience to feel as excited as we are about our project. I personally felt stressed that morning because of how much we changed our presentation and how little time we had to practice before Thursday, but I fully believe we did an amazing job. I felt we had a solid, confident presentation, and I know we can carry that over to Tuesday's presentation at the NEAq. I am very impressed at the other group presentations as well. Everyone was able to present their ideas and answer any question thrown at them. If anyone at the project center is looking for a major sign of overall improvement, just look and compare our ID2050 presentations with our final IQP presentations.
Us After Presentations!
When listening to our presentation it really dawned on me how much we have learned the past six weeks. I cannot believe we are already at the point where we are wrapping up our paper. I'm very surprised at how fast the weeks flew by and how much we have accomplished. My main fear is not being able to express our knowledge in our report. We have been working around the clock to edit, add information, and to update old information (yes, our report becomes outdated within a day of submitting a section). The amount of times we have switched our terminology has definitely caused a lot of editing headaches. I hope between the four of us, two advisors, and three sponsors we can fix all the bugs and get the paper ready to go.
I think it is important to not only reflect on how much we learned about right whales, the NEAq, video games, and social implications of technology, but also think of how we have grown as group members. We have spend an enormous amount of time together and really know the ins and outs of our group dynamics. We no longer shy away from second guessing a group member, but jump in immediately and talk through things. As far as receiving feedback, we have gotten used to the 100+ comments and really know how to take in the main messages and rework our paper (hopefully we are actually doing this correctly). Our advisors have been great at encouraging us and keeping us on track. It is a little daunting at times to review so many drafts, but in the end we are better writers and better at using written criticism to our advantage.
-Kady
-Kady
