Reflection on Presentation#1

It is always hard to be the first group "up to bat". It is difficult to know what to present because you do not have the luxury of seeing other people's presentations for comparison. My group's presentation was on Classical Literary Criticism. Our group was Cherie, Jessica, Erika and me. We met after class and decided how we wanted to present our topic. We decided that playing a game would be a good ice-breaker and would put everyone at ease. We divided up the authors, each taking one from the group of the classical antiquity writers Gorgias, Plato, Aristotle, and Longinus. We then decided that the game "Jeopardy!" would be a good choice. We all worked on our questions for our authors according to the degree of difficulty assigned for the level[point value] of the game. We e-mailed our questions to Jessica, who volunteered to make a power point presentation on her laptop. I think she did a great job with that and deserves a good deal of credit. We met again the day of our presentation to determine how to divide the class up into teams and how we would play the game. The only problem we had was a technical difficulty with the computer that we were able to rectify by the next class period. Our presentation went well, and the class seemed to enjoy the interaction with one another. The only thing missing was a realistic buzzer for the right answer! Jessica was kind enough to bring treats for the winning team. I think our presentation was well received and got our class off to a good start. Everyone worked hard, and we made a good team! You might say we hit a home run!